PRESENT PERFECT. UNIT 7

Present Perfect - Use

1) Result of an action in the past is important in the present

I have cleaned my room.

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2) Recently completed action

He has just played handball.

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3) State beginning in the past and still continuing

We have lived in Canada since 1986.

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4) together with lately, recently, yet

I have been to London recently.

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Signal words

just, yet, never, already, ever, so far, up to now, recently, since, for

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Form

have/has + past participle

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Examples

Affirmative sentences:

I have cleaned my room. I've cleaned my room.

You have cleaned your room. You've cleaned your room.

Negative sentences:

I have not cleaned my room. I've not cleaned my room. I haven't cleaned my room.

You have not cleaned your room. You've not cleaned your room. You haven't cleaned your room.

Questions:

In the Present Perfect we put the auxiliary (have or has) before the subject
(Auxiliary - Subject - Verb - Rest). see: Questions in Present Perfect

Have I cleaned my room?

Have you cleaned your room? Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use Present Perfect. Example: I ___________ my father's car. (to wash) Answer: I have washed my father's car. Toggle example 1) Karen me an e-mail. (to send) 2) Dave and Pat the museum. (to visit) 3) I at the pet shop. (to be) 4) They already their rucksacks. (to pack) 5) Marcus an accident. (to have) 6) We the shopping for our grandmother. (to do) 7) I just my bike. (to clean) 8) Emily her room. (to paint) 9) Lisa and Colin to a concert. (to go) 10) My friends smoking. (to give up)