This tense is used to talk about actions happening in a recent past and which relate to the present, it indicates in a way that the action just happened or has happened recently.
The specific time is not important since these actions happened at an unspecified time, so phrases like the following are used...
- Never
- Ever
- Many times
- Yet
- Already
- Just
- Recently
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Subject + Have / Has + Past Participle form of The Verb + the rest of the sentence.
In this tense, the use of the auxiliaries
Have / Has
depends on the subject of the sentence.
If the Subject is or equals
He - She - It
We use the auxiliary "Has" + Past Participle of the verb.
If the subject is or equals
I - You - We - They
We use the auxiliary "Have" + Past Participle of the verb.
If the main verb of the sentence is regular, the past participle form is the same as the Past Simple, that is to say, we add -Ed to the end of the verb.
If the verb of the sentence is irregular, it is written according to the 3° column of the list of irregular verbs (Past Participle).
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Examples
I have never flown in a plane.
(It is used the auxiliary "Have" since the subject of the sentence is I and the verb "Flown" is the past participle of the verb "Fly", which is irregular and figures in the 3° column of the irregular verbs list).
Tony has worked in many different places.
(It is used the auxiliary "Has" since the subject equals "He" and the verb "Worked" is the past participle of the verb "Work", which is regular and is written with -Ed at the end)
He has just opened the window.
They have already been to Paris.
Subject + Have Not / Has Not + Past Participle of The Verb + the rest of the sentence.
In the negative form, the same structure as in the affirmative form is used but you add "Not" to the auxiliary verb, writing...
Have Not (Haven't).
or
Has Not (Hasn't).
Have / Has + Subject + Past Participle of The Verb + the rest of the sentence ...?
In the interrogative form, the auxiliaries
Have or Has
are written before the subject of the sentence and the verb is also written in Past Participle.
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Answer
Correct Answer
Which of the following sentences is grammatically wrong?
It has never rained in that desert.
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We has seen an UFO.
Well done!
They have written a good article.
Wrong answer
_ _ _ _ _ Japanese?
Have you ever spoken
Good!
Have you ever speak
Keep trying
Has you ever spoken
Try again
Kristen _ _ _ _ _ Mike yet.
haven't seen
Wrong answer
has saw
Keep trying
hasn't seen
You did it!
I _ _ _ _ _ a lot of photos.
've taken
Great!
has taken
Try again
have take
Wrong answer
You _ _ _ _ _ a great job.
's done
Keep trying
have done
Cool!
hasn't done
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The Present Perfect is used to talk about actions that started and finished in the past.
True
Wrong answer
False
You did it!
The Present Perfect is not specific.
True
That´s it!
False
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The main verb is always conjugated in the Participle form.
True
Correct answer!
False
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I _ _ _ _ _ finished my homework yet.
haven't
Well done!
hasn't
Keep trying
hasn
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They _ _ _ _ _ gone to Brazil.
has
Wrong answer
have
Good!
hasn't
Keep trying
She _ _ _ _ _ just arrived home.
haven't
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has
Great!
does
Wrong answer
My father hasn't _ _ _ _ _ the car.
fix
Keep trying
fixed
Cool!
fixing
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The journalist has _ _ _ _ _ the article.
write
Wrong answer
wrote
Keep trying
written
You did it!
_ _ _ _ _ you ever seen that movie?
Has
Try again
Have
That´s it!
Haven't
Wrong answer
_ _ _ _ _ he ever been to Paris?
Does
Keep trying
Have
Try again
Has
Correct answer!