Beginners' English: Present perfect

Beginners English 1 Minute

25th March 2020

Grammar: Present Perfect

To talk about something that happened in the past – but we don’t say when:

Subject + have/has + past participle / verb 3

I have been to Ha Noi // You have eaten sushi // He has worked in Germany

NOT He has worked in Germany last year 

Can use ‘for’ and ‘since’

I have lived in Sai Gon for 5 years // We have been working since 6.00 am

POSITIVE I have seen 

NEGATIVE I haven’t seen

QUESTION Have you seen … ?

Practice: Make these sentences present perfect

EXAMPLE – I / study / French // I have studied French

  1. She / tell / her boss she wants a holiday (tell  told)
  2. They / walk / to the shop [ verb ‘walk’ is regular so add -ed]
  3. You / work / with David for four years. regular (add -ed)
  4. His wife / not make / dinner [make made]
  5. You / take / the engineering exam ? [take took taken]

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London-born English teacher, now living and working in Sai Gon, Viet Nam. I want to use this site to post lesson notes, extra work, helpful links as well as general notes about my time in SE Asia and Viet Nam. I also want to give real classroom experiences and how to deal with real classes of noisy, unmotivated and resistant students. Additionally, I'll be posting links to films, publishing plays and stories, and introducing friends who work in the arts.

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