Name: __________________________________ Date: __________________
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
1. The present perfect is used to indicate a link between the present and the past. The
time of the action is before now but not specified, and we are often more interested
in the result than in the action itself.
2. Structure:
Positive: S + have/has + V3/ed + O.
Negative: S + haven’t/hasn’t + V3/ed + O.
Question:
Yes/No: Have/Has + S + V3/ed + O?
– Yes, S +have/has. / No, S + haven’t/hasn’t.
WH-question: When/Where/Why/What/How + have/ has + S + (not) + V3/ed + (O)?
3. Practice:
Task 1: Give the correct form of the verb in the bracket. ( /10)
1. She (be)…………. at her computer for eight hours.
2. Hannah (not/have) ……………any fun for a long time.
3. My grandfather (not/ play)……….. any sport since last year.
4. You’d better have a shower. You (not/have)………. one since Monday.
5. I don’t live with my family now and we (not/see)…………. each other for ten years.
6. I…… just (realize)…………… that there are only three weeks to the end of the
semester.
7. Anna (finish) … reading three books this month.
8. How long…….. (you/know)………. each other?
9. ……….(You/ take)………… many photographs?
10. Jack (eat)………………. at the Sheraton Hotel yet?
Task 2: Rewrite these sentences without changing the meaning. ( /10)
1. She finished her homework. (already)
→ ……………………………………………………………………………..
2. He ate breakfast. (already)
→ ……………………………………………………………………………..
3. I didn’t do my homework. (yet)
→ ……………………………………………………………………………..
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4. They didn’t arrive. (yet)
→ ……………………………………………………………………………..
5. She finished cleaning the room. (already)
→ ……………………………………………………………………………..
6. We didn’t watch the new movie. (yet)
→ ……………………………………………………………………………..
7. He didn’t call his parents. (yet)
→ ……………………………………………………………………………..
8. They finished the test. (already)
→ ……………………………………………………………………………..
9. I haven’t finished my homework. (yet, question)
→ ……………………………………………………………………………..
10. She has already eaten dinner. (already, question)
→ ……………………………………………………………………………..
Task 3: Cirle and correct the mistake. ( /10)
1. I haven’t cutted my hair since last May.
.…………………………………………..
2. My mother has not working as a teacher for almost 5 years.
…………………………………………..
3. The lesson haven’t started yet.
…………………………………………..
4. Has the dog eat yet?
…………………………………………..
5. I am worried that I still hasn’t finished my housework yet.
…………………………………………..
6. I have just decided to start working next week.
…………………………………………..
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7. Long has been at his computer since seven hours.
…………………………………………..
8. Thao hasn’t received any good news since a long time.
…………………………………………..
9. My brother hasn’t played any sport for last year.
…………………………………………..
10. I’d better have a shower. I hasn’t hadone since Sunday.
…………………………………………..
Task 4: Complete these sentences using positive and negative form. ( /5)
1. My father (not/ play)……….. any sport since last year.
2. Some people (attend)………….the meeting right now.
3. I don’t keep in touch with Alan and we (not/call)……………………each other for 8
months.
4. I………………….just (realize)…………… that there are only three weeks to the final
exam.
5. We (have)……………………dinner in a restaurant right now.
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