The Present Perfect

   

THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE Complete the sentences using the past participle of the verbs in brackets.

Complete the the sentences. Use the present present perfect – positive or negative.

The train has stopped. We can go out now. (stop) She isn’t ready. She hasn’t packed her cases yet. (pack)

My mum isn’t at home now. She has gone (go) to the supermarket.

taken She  some yet. photos. (take) Sallyhas hasn’t arrived Where can she be? (arrive) I’ve never spoken to your mother. (speak) I haven’t decided which shoes to buy yet. (decide) My father has driven to Rome. (drive)

So far this month I have seen (see) three films. I’m hungry. I hadn’t (have) my lunch yet. I haven’t seen (see) Helen yet today. Is she at school? Our football team won (win) all its matches so far this year. I don’t know your boy-friend. I haven’t met(meet) him yet.

Choose the correct verb from the box and complete the sentences using the present perfect form. answer break buy leave lose

clean empty finish walk

Tom has emptied the rubbish. Claire has answered all the questions. I have walked ten kilometres. They have broken their car keys. John has bought a new jacket. Diana has lost her arm. Bill and Tim have cleaned the kitchen. The train has left the station. Karen has finished her violin practice.

Complete what Susan says. Use the PPT and for   or since . a) I’m from France, but I live in London now. I lives (live) here since 1992. b) I’m a journalist. I work for a sports magazine in London. I worked there for two years c) I’m married. My husband’s name is Jonathan. We are (be) married since 1993. d) Jonathan works in a bank.  He worked(work) there for three years. e) We have a flat in south London. We had (have) the flat since last May.

Put the words in the right order. a) I/homework/yet/finished/ I/homework/yet/finished/ haven’t/my I haven’t finished my homework yet b) I/homework/my/done/have I/homework/my/done/have/already /already I have done my homework already c) I/homework/my/finished/hav I/homework/my/finished/have/just e/just I have just finished my homework d) He/home/gone/has/already He has gone home already e) Mark/come back/France/just/has/from back/France/just/has/from Mark has come back just from France f) They/bought/new/a/just/have They/bought/new/a/just/have/house /house They have bought a just new house g) We/had/lun We/had/lunch/haven’t/yet ch/haven’t/yet We haven’t lunch yet h) The train/the station/already/left/has The train has left already the station s tation i) left/the train/yet/has/? Has the train left yet?

Complete. Use just, already or yet. Have you bought a new bike already? Great! Sean has just broken the world record! Don’t shout! He hasn’t finished his homework yet. Can I go to Jane’s party? I’ve already asked you three times. Mark can’t win the race now. He’s just fallen off his bike. Have you cleaned your room yet? I’ve already asked you twice. Adam is very clever. He’s already passed all his university exams. I haven’t sent the email to Amy yet. Joe has already gone. If you hurry you can catch him.