Present Perfect Just, have, already

Present Perfect

just - already - yet

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.

​What is it

Present Perfect (elements)

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​Subject

​Auxiliar

​Action

Match

Match the following

• I you we they he she it

• have-has

• past participle

Subject

auxiliar

Verb(action)

• Subject

• auxiliar

• Verb(action)

Present Perfect (elements)

​I

you we they

he she it

​have

has

​past participle

been

cleaned

seen

​Subject

​Auxiliar

​Action

• They have been married for nearly fifty years.

• She has lived in Liverpool all her life.

​​Affirmative

• ​They haven't been in the city.

• Charles hasn't had breakfast yet.

​​Negative

Match

Place the elements in order to create a Present Perfect Question.

• auxiliar

• subject

• verb

• ?

1

2

3

4

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• Have you seen my jacket?

• Have you looked in your bedroom?

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Questions

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Has

• Marcus

• had

• an

• accident?

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2

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4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Marcus

• haven't

• had

• an

• accident.

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2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Marcus

• has

• had

• an

• accident.

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Fill in the Blanks

Make the following sentence negative: "I've seen that film before."

Fill in the Blanks

Make the following sentence negative: "He has written three books."

Fill in the Blanks

Create an affirmative sentence: Sandy/have/nightmares

Fill in the Blanks

Create an negative sentence: Charlie and I/have fun/together