Present perfect + auxiliary verbs

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

This lesson

- Grammar recap

- Exercises

Goals

After this lesson, you

- can explain when to use the present perfect

- are able to use the present perfect

Present perfect

I have walked to school.

She has lived here since 2013.

They have worked for six hours.

Have / has + verb + -ed

Irregular verbs in the present perfect

Third row (past participle)

They have spoken about this.

I have bought a new chair.

Leon has written three books.

Present perfect - when?

1. When something happened and it is NOT important when (past simple?)

2. When something happened in the past and is still going on (I have lived in London since 2017)

3. When something happened in the past and you can see the results now (She has painted the walls)

4. When something has just happened or hasn't happened yet (I have just called her. I haven't received an answer yet.) (signal words: just, yet, lately, recently)

How do you make the present perfect?

When do you use the present perfect?

Present perfect:
She __________ (lose) her passport while traveling abroad.

1. have lose
2. has losed
3. has lost
4. has losted

Present perfect:
He __________ (spend) all his money on a new computer.

1. has spent
2. has spend
3. has spended
4. have spended

Present perfect:
I ... (walk) to school every day for a year. I feel great.

1. have walk
2. has walk
3. have walked
4. has walked

Present perfect:
She ... (be) a great mother to her children.

1. have beed
2. has beed
3. hase been
4. has been

Present perfect:
I __________ (break) my phone screen twice this year.

1. have break
2. have breaked
3. have broke
4. have broken

Present perfect:
They __________ (swim) in the ocean for hours.

1. have swum
2. have swimmed
3. have swam
4. have swim

Present perfect:
I __________ (teach) myself how to play the guitar.

Present perfect:
She __________ (leave) her keys in the office.

Present perfect:
He ... (deal with) some awful customers, but he still likes his job.

I can use the present perfect.

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Must

Persoonlijke noodzaak, kan niet anders

I must do my homework, because I want a good grade.

She has been running in the rain. She must be wet.

Mustn't

Niet moeten/mogen

You mustn't tell people what to do.

Have to

Moeten (verplicht, van buitenaf)

You have to do the dishes after dinner.

Don't / doesn't have to

Niet hoeven

You don't have to stay. I'll be fine.

Should/shouldn't

Zou (niet) moeten

You should treat others the way you want to be treated.

She shouldn't eat that much sugar.

Exercises

Do exercise A and E (4.2).

Finished?

Check your answers

Study irregular verbs