Present Perfect Tense Practice

This video tutorial from ESL Library covers the present perfect tense, explaining its uses for indicating finished past actions and ongoing actions that started in the past. It details how to form the present perfect using the auxiliary verb 'have' and the past participle of the main verb. The video distinguishes between regular and irregular verbs, providing examples of each. Viewers are encouraged to practice forming sentences using the present perfect tense.

What do verb tenses indicate?

• The subject of a sentence

• The time an action takes place

• The object of a sentence

• The mood of a sentence

Which of the following is a reason to use the present perfect tense?

• To describe a hypothetical situation

• To describe an ongoing action in the future

• To describe a finished past action without specifying when it happened

• To describe an action happening in the future

What is the structure of the present perfect tense?

• Subject + had + base verb

• Subject + have/has + past participle

• Subject + is/are + base verb

• Subject + will + base verb

Which sentence correctly uses the present perfect tense?

• I will finish my homework.

• I have finished my homework.

• I am finishing my homework.

• I finished my homework.

How do you form the past participle of regular verbs?

• By changing the verb completely

• By adding -s to the base verb

• By adding -ing to the base verb

• By adding -ed to the base verb

Which of the following is the past participle form of 'eat'?

• Eating

• Eated

• Ate

• Eaten

What is the past participle form of the verb 'write'?

• Wrote

• Writing

• Written

• Writed

Which of the following sentences is in the present perfect tense?

• He will eat breakfast.

• He is eating breakfast.

• He has eaten breakfast.

• He eats breakfast.

How long have we had a dog?

• For eight years

• For two years

• For twelve years

• For one year

What should you do after looking at the picture?

• Describe the picture

• Write a present perfect sentence

• Draw the picture

• Write a past tense sentence