Affirmative: I have seen the film before. She has seen the film before.
Negative: They haven’t seen the film before. He hasn’t seen the film before.
Interrogative: Have you seen the film before? Has she seen the film before?
Past participle verb forms must be learned because they don’t follow any rule:
Go Gone
Come Come
Buy Bought
Drink Drunk
Eat Eaten
Find Found
See Seen
to become
to bring
to build
to buy
to catch
to drive
to eat
to fight
to fly
to forget
become
brought
built
bought
caught
driven
eaten
fought
flown
forgotten
to get
to give
to go
to have
to know
to make
to ride
to sit
to sleep
to gotten
to given
to gone
to had
to known
to made
to ridden
to sat
to slept
1- Recent events: It is used to describe recent events without a definite time. A time expression may emphasize recentness:
just, recently, lately
Uses of the present perfectUses of the present perfect
Why are they so happy?
They have just won a prize so they are really pleased
2- Personal experiences: It is used to express personal experiences, there is not a definite time given. The time expressions ever and
never are very often used with this meaning
I have never been to Japan. Have you ever been there?
3- It is used to express actions that started in the past and continue to the present, the time period is not finished. We
use for and since with this meaning.
I haven’t eaten since yesterday morning. I am really hungry
I haven’t drunk anything for two days. I am terribly thirsty
We use definite expressions with the Past simple tense: yesterday, last week, … ago
etc, while we don’t use definite time expressions with the Present perfect
tense.
I have been to France three times
When did you go there last? I went there last Summer
Gerald has bought a new car.
He bought it last week.
Have you met Ray?
– Yes, I met him when we were students.
My parents have been to India.
In fact, they went there twice last year.
He has been to London. Now he is here. He can tell you
wonderful stories about London.
He has been in London for two weeks. He is still in London.
Where’s Peter? He has gone to London. He is in Italy or on
his way to London.
Have you ever been to Canada?Yes, ____________.Has Jane ever cooked Thai food?No, ____________.Have Li Mang and Xiu ever written poetry?Yes, ____________.Has Cesar ever read an English newspaper?Yes, ____________.Has Julio ever fallen asleep in class?No, ____________.Have Ramon and Sancho ever driven a car?No, ____________.
Answer the questions. Use short answers.
I have
she hasn’t
they have
he has
he hasn’t
they have
My friends __________ (go) to Europe twice.
We ____________ (travel) by plane lots of times.
Rob _________ (go) on a blind date.
Martha __________ (do) karate.
I ____________ (dye) my hair three times.
Kerry ____________ (eat) insects in Thailand.
William __________ (ride) a camel in Egypt.
My parents ___________ (swim) in the Indian Ocean.
Complete the sentences. Use the present perfect.
have gone
have traveled
has gone
has done
have dyied
has eaten
has ridden
have swum
Talk talked / talkenFall fell / fallen Go went/ goneBreak breaked / brokenWear worn / woreDo done / didBe was/ been
Circle the correct past participle.
She / win the lotto (already)______________________________.He / tell a lie (just)______________________________.I / not visit Europe (yet)______________________________.They / start the exam (already)______________________________.I / make a mistake (just)______________________________.We / not have dinner (yet)______________________________.
Write sentences in the present perfect. Use already, just, and yet.
She has already won the lotto
He has just told a lie
I haven’t visited Europe yet
They have already started the exam
I have just made a mistake
We haven’t had dinner yet