Present Perfect Tense

Present Perfect Tense - A recap!

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​Generally, you use have for all subjects except the singular third-person, which instead uses has. 

First-person: I have come a long way. 

Second person: You have come a long way. 

Third-person plural: They have come a long way. 

Third-person singular: He/she/it has come a long way. 

Multiple Choice

We ... to Bali twice

• have gone

• has gone

Multiple Choice

I __________ eating lunch with my friends this fall.

• has liked

• have liked

We use the present perfect tense:

for something that started in the past and continues in the present

Example 1:

• How long has she been a singer?

• She has been a singer for twenty years.

Example 2:

• How long has he been an actor?

• He has been an actor since 1970.

Multiple Choice

Our class __________ in a play every year

• has performed

• have performed

Multiple Choice

Mr. Ari _________ the drama club ever since I joined

• has coached

• have coached

Multiple Choice

Donald has been an athlete ________ 2012.

• for

• since

Multiple Choice

I _________ the color green all my life.

• have loved

• has loved

Multiple Choice

She has been a pianist ________ twenty-five years.

• for

• since

Multiple Choice

Betsy has wanted to become a doctor since she was a child, and we __________ her.

• has encouraged

• have encouraged

Multiple Choice

He ______________ to Hawaii many times.

• have been

• went

• has been

• was going

Multiple Choice

The present perfect tense is made:

• have/has + past participle

• had + participle

• be + verb + -ing

• have/has + past tense

Multiple Choice

She _________________ ten pages already.

• has wrote

• has written

• writed

• wrote

Multiple Choice

Steven ________________ seven movies so far this month.

• saw

• will see

• has seen

• will have seen

Multiple Choice

We have lived here ____________ 2008.

• for

• since

• in

• on

Multiple Choice

We have lived here _______________ 10 years

• for

• since

• in

• on