PRESENT PERFECT

PRESENT PERFECT

* They have played tennis.

How long have they been married?

They have been married for 45 years.

He has eaten chocolate

Affirmative Form

They have swum You have swum We have swumIt has swum

She has swum He has swum

You have swum I have swum

Negative Form

They haven’t swum You haven’t swum We haven’t swumIt hasn’t swum

She hasn’t swum He hasn’t swum

You haven’t swumI haven’t swum

O Have Have Have Has Has Has Have Have Interrogative they swum? you swum? we swum? it swum? she swum? he swum? you swum? I swum?

EXERCISESO Say the past participles of the verbs .work................... eat .................... go .................... do .................... drink .................... read …………………buy .................... teach .................... sing ....................

EXERCISESO Fill in the blanks with the Present Perfect. 1. I ...................... (see) that film before.2. We ...................... (read) three English books in

class.3. My mother ..................... (be) to London twice this

year. 4. John ........................... (borrow) four CDs from me.5. The children ............................ (eat) breakfast.6. You ......................... (drink) all the coffee.7. Be quiet! The film ......................... (start).8. My parents ....................... (have) this house since

1950.

We use the present perfect: for actions which happened at an unstated indefinite time in the past. The exact time is not important.

My parents have bought a new horse. (When did they buy it? We don’t know when; the time is not mentioned.)

Jack has been to London twice. (When? We don’t know.)

O She has broken her arm. (The exact time is not mentioned what is important is the fact that her arm is broken.)

O Jack has bought a new horse. (The exact time is unimportant or unknown. What is important is the fact that he now owns a new horse.)

O We use the present perfect: for actions which started in the past and are still continuing in the present. I have known Sue for five years. (We met five years ago and we still know each other.) My father has worked here for seven years. (He started working here seven years ago and He still works here.)

O They have been friends for twenty years. (They met each other twenty years ago and they are still friends) PRESENT PERFECT