Present Perfect

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 2

Coming weeks

SO Present + Past Tenses                Monday 17th June

Listening Test                                        Monday 24th June

Present Perfect                    (is a past tense!)

Use:
1) When something has begun in the past and continues in the present
                         Ex.: We have lived in the same house since 1999.

2) When you talk about experiences

                         Ex.: I have never eaten snails before.

3) When you talk about something that has happened in the past with a visible result in the
      present

                         Ex.: I have painted that chair. (so, do not sit on it)

When do you use the Present Perfect?

What are the signal words for the Present Perfect?

The dog .................. the cat up a tree, so it's stuck up there.

1. has chased
2. have chased

I ..................... my homework yet.

1. haven't did
2. have done
3. haven't done

My parents ................ a new car!

1. have bought
2. have baught
3. have buyed

She .................. her hair, it's a lot blonder.

1. have dyed
2. has dyed

The mean kids have ............ us for years.

1. bullyed
2. bullied
3. bulleed

My sister ............................... from university.

1. has graduated just
2. has just graduated
3. just has graduated

Have you ever .............. to Brasil?

1. be
2. was
3. been
4. were

I .................. in this house since 2005.

1. am living
2. have lived
3. has lived
4. lived

John has already ............. to bed.

1. gone
2. went
3. go

We have never ............... our father very well. He's a complicated man.

1. understand
2. understanded
3. understood