1HVG Present Perfect U12

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Present Perfect

• How to use
• When to use it 

Present Perfect 

To talk about actions that happened some time in your life up to now. 

--> the action is not completely finished

Perhaps, like me, you've always thought that travelling is something for rich people. 

Now, I think I've been wrong all this time. 

How?

subject + has / have + past participle

Past participle - regular verbs: +ed

Past participle - irregular verbs: 3rd row

Present perfect

'has' is used with

1. he, she, it
2. I, you, we, they

I ... lived in Italy since I was five. 

Mark ... been to Norway three times. 

We ... worked on our France homework for hours now. 

She ... done a lot of different jobs. 

has

has

have

have

I lived in Italy

I have lived in Italy

Present Perfect

Past Simple

Which sentence is in Present Perfect tense?

1. My cat finally caught the mouse.
2. His cat hasn't caught a mouse since last year.
3. My dog never catches anything.
4. Did you get caught?

Which sentence is in Present Perfect tense?

1. She goes home at 8 o'clock.
2. He fell off his bike.
3. She has eaten 3 sandwiches so far.
4. They worked all day yesterday.

Use present perfect:
He ... (to listen).

Use present perfect:
She ... (to sing) all her life.

Use present perfect:
The parents ... (to go) home.

Use present perfect:
I ... (to be) hungry.

Let's get to work!

Do exercise 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 of Unit 12 in your workbook. 

Work on your own or with your neighbour. 

Questions? Raise your hand. 

Finished? Study the irregular verbs