present perfect tense

Present Perfect Tense

Present perfect

• We use the present perfect to talk about experiences

• My parents have been to Argentina many times

• We use the present perfect to talk about something which started in the past and continues now

• We have lived in this house for 5 years.

• We use the present perfect to talk about something which happened in the past but we don't say when.

• I have seen that movie before.

Present perfect

• We form the present perfect with the verb HAVE/HAS + PAST PARTICIPLE

• If it's a negative sentence, we use HAVEN'T / HASN'T + PAST PARTICIPLE

• If it's a question we flip the order of the sentences using HAVE YOU / HAS SHE-HE + PAST PARTICIPLE

​Regular verbs

You have 2 minutes to write down these notes.

​NOW...MEMORIZE THE LIST

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Key words:

just
already
since
for
yet
ever/never
how long
Examples:
I have just finished my homework.
Have you already seen the film?
I have been a teacher for 20 years.
They haven't answered yet.
Have you ever been to France? I have!
How long have you had a pet?
I have had a dog since last year.

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More key words:
it's the first/second time
once, twice
many times, several times
recently, lately
so far
up to now
before (at the end of a sentence)

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Examples:
It's the first time I've been to Italy.
I have tasted Chinese food once.
He has tried to call her many times.
Have you seen Mary recently?
What's your favourite game so far?
I've never had sushi before.

Shannon has read 2 books this month

What does that mean?

We have learnt three tenses this week.

and here?

My parents haven't gone to Paris yet.

What about this one?

Multiple Select

Đâu là dấu hiệu của thì hiện tại hoàn thành? (Có thể chọn nhiều hơn một đáp án)

• since last Sunday

• last Sunday

• on Sunday

• every Sunday

Multiple Choice

I __________________ a student for five years. (be)

• I have been

• I has been

• I have be

• I have was

Multiple Choice

I ______ (go) to Paris twice.

• had goed

• has gone

• have went

• have gone

Multiple Choice

She _____ (work) in the company for 2 years

• has work

• has worked

• have worked

• has working

Fill in the Blanks

We

(eat) Chinese food in China

Multiple Choice

I ______ to her this week. (negative)

• haven't talk

• haven't talked

• hasn't talked

• hasn't talk

Multiple Choice

My sister _____ my cake

• Have ate

• Has eat

• have eaten

• Has eaten

Multiple Choice

How long ______ the children slept?

• did

• have

• has

• was

Multiple Choice

That tree __________ there for five hundred years.

• does

• have been

• is been

• has been

Multiple Choice

Have you __________ left a restaurant without paying the bill?

• never

• still

• ever

• yet

Fill in the Blanks

He

(live) in Hong Kong for ten days.

Fill in the Blanks

I saw him in May, but I

( not see) him since then.

Fill in the Blanks

___________ already _______ (do) your homework?