Chapters 1 & 2, Book Chapters 1 & 2, Book 5B5B

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Present perfect tense (I)

Present perfect tensePresent perfect tense

We form the present perfect tense with have/has + past participle.

IIYouWe

They

the milk.have drunk

He He She She

ItItthe milk.has drunk

Present Past Present perfectgo went have / has gonesee saw have / has seeneat ate have / has eaten

break broke have / has broken

Irregular verbsPresent perfect tensePresent perfect tense

Regular verbsPresen

tPast Present perfect

ask asked have / has askedcook cooke

dhave / has cookedwait waited have / has

waitedopen opened have / has opened

e.g. (a) Charlie is eating the sandwich.

(b) Charlie has eaten the sandwich.

Present perfect tensePresent perfect tense

We use the present perfect tense to talk about completed actions.

We do not usually use these phrases with present perfect tense (e.g. yesterday, last week, in 1999, on Monday).

I have washed the dishes yesterday.

I washed the dishes yesterday.

Present perfect tensePresent perfect tense We use the present perfect tense when we do not know the time of action.

OR

Now you try.Now you try.Presen

tPast Present perfect

e.g. make

4 draw

7 tear

made have / has made

drew have / has drawn

tore have / has torn

1 do 2 take3 walk

5 write6 break

did have / has done

took have / has takenwalked have / has walked

wrote have / has writtenbroke have / has broken

Now you try.Now you try.Presen

tPast Present perfect

12 throw

15 drive

swam have / has swum

threw have / has thrown

drove have / has driven

9 ride

10 clean

11 wear

13 fly 14 sing

rode have / has riddencleane

dhave / has cleanedwore have / has worn

flew have / has flown

sang have / has sung

8 swim

Now you try.Now you try.

e.g. Charlie ____________ the sandwich. (eat)

has eaten

1 You ______________ a picture. (draw)

have drawn

2 Tina ____________ a letter to Santa Claus. (write)

has written

3 Peter ___________ a camel. (ride) has ridden

4 I ___________ using the computer. (finish)

have finished

Already, yetAlready, yet In the present perfect tense, we use already with positive (yes) sentences and yet with questions or negative (no) sentences.

Have you eaten the apples yet? (question)‘Yet’ goes at the END of a

sentence.

Yes, I’ve already eaten the apples. (positive)

‘Already’ goes in the MIDDLE or at the END of a sentence.

No, I haven’t eaten the apples yet. (negative)

or Yes, I’ve eaten the apples already. (positive)

Now you try.Now you try.e.g. (do)

______ Mary _______ her homework ______?

No, she __________________ her homework _______.

Has doneyet

hasn’t / has not doneyet

1 (wash)

________ you ________ the dishes _______?

Yes, I _______________________ the dishes.

Have washedyet

’ve / have already washed

2 (give)

______ they _______ the present to their mother _______?

No, they ____________________ the present to their mother _______.

Have givenyet

haven’t / have not given yet

3 (cook)

_____ Mother _______ the dinner ______?

Yes, she _________ the dinner ______.

Has

cookedyet

has cooked already

EverEver Ever means at any time. We use it to ask people whether they have done something before.

== Have you worn a costume at any time

in the past?

e.g. Have you ever worn a costume?

No, I’ve never worn a costume. (negative)

Yes, I’ve worn a costume. (positive)

EverEver

You can answer with these words:

No. of times Adverbs

1 once

2 twice

3 three times4 four times

e.g. Yes, I’ve worn a costume once.

She has been to China three times.

Now you try.Now you try.e.g. (Lizzie, ride a horse)

______________________________?

______________________________.

Has Lizzie ever ridden a horseYes, she has ridden a horse

once

(, once)

1 (they, see a panda)

___________________________________?

___________________________________.

Have they ever seen a panda

No, they’ve /they have never seen a panda

( )

2 ( you, make a model ship)

__________________________________?

__________________________________ .

Have you ever made a model shipYes, I’ve / I have made a model ship twice

(, twice)

3 (Tom, drive a racing car)

_______________________________?

_______________________________.

Has Tom ever driven a racing car

No, he has never driven a racing car

( )

4 (Tom, fly in a helicopter)

______________________________?

______________________________

______________.

(, four times)

Has Tom ever flown in a helicopterYes, he has flown in a helicopterfour times

(, twice)

5 (You, wear a costume)

________________________________?

________________________________.

Have you ever worn a costume

Yes, I’ve / I have worn a costume twice

PracticePracticeFill in the blanks with the present perfect tense or past tense.

e.g. Mary __________(do) her homework already.

1 My mother __________(go) to the market yesterday.2 Peter and Candy __________(swim) in the new swimming pool already.3 Cindy __________(eat) some cakes last Sunday.

has done

went

have swum

ate

4 _____ you ever _____(sing) in a concert?

Yes, I _____________ in a concert once.

5 ______ you _____(eat) anything this morning?

6 My parents __________(be) to Japan twice.

7 Sally __________(fall) down from the bed last night.

Have

sung‘ve/have

sung

have been

fell

8 John __________(read) the book already. has read

Did eat