Present Perfect

To form the Present Perfect Tense we use has or have with the past participle form of the verb. Most past participles end in -ed (worked, studied, etc.). Irregular verbs have special past participles that must be memorized. (went, spoken, seen, etc.)

We use Present Perfect Tense:

· to express an action that began in the past and continues in the present (often with since and for).

Example: David has worked in Spain since 1996.

· with adverbs such as ever, already, never, recently, lately, yet, always, etc.

Example: Jane has already recieved her birthday presents.

· to express an action that happened at an indefinite time in the past (the exact time when it happened is not important)

Example: We have moved into a new house.

· to talk about a repeated action in the past with unspecified time of completion (with so far, many times, since, for the last year,for hours, for a week, several times, etc.)

Example: He has been in New York many times.

· to talk about a very recently completed action

Example: We have just finished our lunch.

· we often use Present Perfect after a superlatives

Example: This is the most delicious food I have ever eaten.

· we also use Present Perfect with the expressions "This is the first time...", "It's the first time...", etc.

Example: It's the first time I've ever eaten Chinese food

· sometimes Present Perfect is used to emphasise on the completion of the act in the time clause (with time words such as when, until, after, before, as soon as)

Example: You can go out as soon as you have finished your homework.

Exercise 1.Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form:

Exercise 2.Translate into English:

Exercise 3.Make up the sentences using the Present Perfect:

Exercise 4.Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:

TEST 3 (Present Perfect)

1. Choose the correct answer:

 

2. Make up the sentences using the Present Perfect:

 

3. Translate into English: