FOCUS 2 - 3.5 present perfect

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Present Perfect 

        

have/has + past participle

  have or has?

I have

you have

                          he/she/it has

we have 

you have 

they have

He .............played battle royale since this morning.

1. has
2. have

They ....... fought together
for hours.

1. has
2. have

Brite Bomber ...... earned
the backpack.

1. has
2. have

past particple 

regular verbs  

                                                    irregular verbs

1

2

           

             regular verbs     

1

verb + -ed

play - played

walk - walked

work - worked

want - wanted

           

             irregular verbs

2

the 3rd row of the irr verbs

to do     - did       - done

to fly      - flew      - flown

to fight - fought - fought

to swim - swam  - swum

Cas has never ........(dance)
a Fortnite emote.

1. danceed
2. dancet
3. danced
4. dancen

Snorkel ops has ..........
head first into the fight.

1. dives
2. dived
3. dove
4. diven

The constructor has
............... a really strong
fort.

1. build
2. built
3. builded
4. buildet

finished time = past simple

I lived in Paris for 5 years before I moved to Moscow

I have lived in Paris for 5 years

unfinished time = present perfect

key words 

If you find these words in the sentence, you often need to use the present perfect: let's go over them. 

so far / before / lately / up till now / for how long

For

Yet

Never

Ever

Just

Already / always

Since

If you have never done something, but you always wanted to

So, we're talking about experiences here.

Then this also happened in the past and hasn't finished: You haven't experienced it yet

So, present perfect!!

It has started and is still going on   

              unfinished                                present perfect

it is a finished action                 past simple     

He has played fortnite for three hours.

He played fortnite yesterday.

Is it finished?

No

present perfect

Yes

Does the sentence indicate when it happened?

Yes

past simple

No

present perfect

Mary .................(win) the lottery last year.

1. past simple
2. present perfect

We ............(prepare / already) dinner.

1. past simple
2. present perfect

James ...................(find)
your ring in the garden yesterday.

1. past simple
2. present perfect

He .........................(come / just) home

1. past simple
2. present perfect

They ...........(buy) their car two years ago

1. past simple
2. present perfect

I ..............(see / not) anyone yet.

1. past simple
2. present perfect

Mary won the lottery last year.

We have already prepared for dinner.

James found your ring in the garden yesterday.

He has just come home.

They bought their car two years ago.

I haven't seen anyone yet.

Is it finished?

No

present perfect

Yes

Does the sentence indicate when it happened?

Yes

past simple

No

present perfect

I ..... since I left home this morning.

1. have not ate
2. have not eaten
3. has not ate
4. has not eaten

My car ..... down again.

1. broke
2. have broken
3. has broke
4. has broken

I ......... a sandwich this morning

1. have eaten
2. ate
3. eats
4. has eaten

My car .............. down yesterday

1. broke
2. has broken
3. breaks
4. have broken

They ..... a brand new sports car.

1. have just bought
2. have just buy
3. has just bought
4. has just buy

They ........ a brand new
sports car last week.

1. have just bought
2. just bought
3. have just buy
4. just buy

She ..... three pieces of pizza already!

1. have ate
2. have eaten
3. has ate
4. has eaten

We ..... across the Pacific three times.

1. have sailed
2. have sail
3. has sailed
4. has sail

..... an eagle?

1. Have you ever seen
2. Have you ever see?
3. Has you ever seen
4. Has you ever see

I ..... snowboarding.

1. have never try
2. have never tried
3. has never try
4. has never tried

I ...........snowboarding last Christmas.

1. have tried
2. has tried
3. tried
4. try

Someone ..... my video player!

1. have stole
2. have stolen
3. has stole
4. has stolen

The books ...... on that shelf for 15 years.

1. have be
2. has be
3. have been
4. has been

Oh nee, ook een kerstboodschap van de Minions ...

Well done! 

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