Forming the Present Perfect Tense – affirmative sentence ‘to have’ (have, has) + the past participle (V3) If you use one of these signal words - just, already -, they go between have and V3 e.g.: have already seen I You We They have / 've He She It has / ‘s read a book watched TV gone to the cinema played basketball started the plan stood next to me rained Task – Write the correct forms of the verbs on the lines from this list (regular verbs) e.g.: I have slept a lot to ask to kiss to answer to play to bake to practise to clean to stop to disappear to tidy 1) What a good smell! I _ a cake 2) I _ for some help 3) What's this? The bus _ 4) Janet _ some questions 5) I can't find my glasses They 6) There's no more mess I _ the house 7) The windows aren't dirty Mum them 8) What a great pianist! He _ a lot 9) Jill _ just _ a boy 10) What's this mess? The boys _ in the garden Task – Create sentences in the present perfect using the words given Don't forget to use the correct form of the verb Be careful with the signal words 1) to visit / already / the students / this museum _ _ 2) just / I / to / to talk / an inspector _ _ 3) the thief / to arrest / the police _ _ 4) granny's / the children / to taste / apple pie _ _ 5) since this morning / ten trees / to plant / the gardener _ _ Task - Complete the sentence with the correct Present Perfect form of the verb in the brackets e.g.: David has written a book (write) 1) The students _ their books to school (to bring) 2) The pop group _ a lot (to practise) 3) His brother _ already _ the ball (to catch) 4) We _ (to go out) 5) Mum _ to cook something new (to try) 6) Dick _ my homework (to copy) 7) Jake _ your address (to forget) 8) They _ for the train (to wait) 9) Thomas _ the shopping (to do) 10) Doug _ French fries (to eat) Task - Write the correct forms of the verbs on the lines from this list (irregular verbs) e.g.: Mum has cooked a delicious soup for lunch to be to hear to begin to meet to buy to set to come to steal to fly to win 1) Dad _ some noise 2) You _ ill for a week 3) My son already _ Sophie 4) They _ the race 5) Jim _ home recently 6) I _ some apples 7) My class _ the competition 8) We can have lunch I _ the table 9) Someone _ my bike 10) Mr Greene to Paris twice this year Task – Create sentences in the present perfect using the words given Don't forget to use the correct form of the verb Be careful with the signal words 1) to write / ten books / his uncle _ _ 2) at the bookshop / to see / your mother / I _ _ 3) Betty / in the park / to ride a bike _ _ 4) my birthday / to forget / my friend _ _ 5) to be / for six hours / hungry / we _ _ © Susan V Toth Forming the Present Perfect Tense – affirmative sentence ‘to have’ (have, has) and the past participle (V3) If you use one of these signal words - just, already -, they go between have and V3 e.g.: have already seen I You We They have / 've He She It has / ‘s read a book watched TV gone to the cinema played basketball started the plan stood next to me rained Task – Write the correct forms of the verbs on the lines from this list (regular verbs) e.g.: I have slept a lot to ask to kiss to answer to play to bake to practise to clean to stop to disappear to tidy 1) What a good smell! I _ a cake 2) I _ for some help 3) What's this? The bus _ 4) Janet _ some questions 5) I can't find my glasses They 6) There's no more mess I _ the house 7) The windows aren't dirty Mum them 8) What a great pianist! He _ a lot 9) Jill _ just _ a boy 10) What's this mess? The boys _ in the garden Task – Create sentences in the present perfect using the words given Don't forget to use the correct form of the verb Be careful with the signal words 1) to visit / already / the students / this museum _ _ 2) just / I / to / to talk / an inspector _ _ 3) the thief / to arrest / the police _ _ 4) granny's / the children / to taste / apple pie _ _ 5) since this morning / ten trees / to plant / the gardener _ _ Task - Complete the sentence with the correct Present Perfect form of the verb in the brackets e.g.: David has written a book (write) 1) The students _ their books to school (to bring) 2) The pop group _ a lot (to practise) 3) His brother _ already _ the ball (to catch) 4) We _ (to go out) 5) Mum _ to cook something new (to try) 6) Dick _ my homework (to copy) 7) Jake _ your address (to forget) 8) They _ for the train (to wait) 9) Thomas _ the shopping (to do) 10) Doug _ French fries (to eat) Task - Write the correct forms of the verbs on the lines from this list (irregular verbs) e.g.: Mum has cooked a delicious soup for lunch to be to hear to begin to meet to buy to set to come to steal to fly to win 1) Dad _ some noise 2) You _ ill for a week 3) My son already _ Sophie 4) They _ the race 5) Jim _ home recently 6) I _ some apples 7) My class _ the competition 8) We can have lunch I _ the table 9) Someone _ my bike 10) Mr Greene to Paris twice this year Task – Create sentences in the present perfect using the words given Don't forget to use the correct form of the verb Be careful with the signal words 1) to write / ten books / his uncle _ _ 2) at the bookshop / to see / your mother / I _ _ 3) Betty / in the park / to ride a bike _ _ 4) my birthday / to forget / my friend _ _ 5) to be / for six hours / hungry / we _ _ © Susan V Toth KEY Task 1) The students have brought their books to school 2) The pop group has practised a lot 3) His brother has already caught the ball 4) We have gone out 5) Mum has tried to cook something new 6) Dick has copied my homework 7) Jake has forgotten your address 8) They have waited for the train 9) Thomas has done the shopping 10) Doug has eaten French fries Task 1) What a good smell! I have baked a cake 2) I have asked for some help 3) What's this? The bus has stopped 4) Janet has answered some questions 5) I can't find my glasses They have disappeared 6) There's no more mess I have tidied the house 7) The windows aren't dirty Mum has cleaned them 8) What a great pianist! He has practised a lot 9) Jill has just kissed a boy 10) What's this mess? The boys have played in the garden Task 1) Dad has heard some noise 2) You have been ill for a week 3) My son has already met Sophie 4) They have begun the race 5) Jim has come home recently 6) I have bought some apples 7) My class has won the competition 8) We can have lunch I have set the table 9) Someone has stolen my bike 10) Mr Greene has flown to Paris twice this year Task 1) The students have already visited this museum 2) I have just talked to an inspector 3) The police have arrested the thief 4) The children have tasted granny's pie 5) The gardener has planted ten trees since this morning Task 1) His uncle has written ten books 2) I have seen your mother at the bookshop 3) Betty has ridden a bike in the park 4) My friend has forgotten my birthday 5) We have been hungry for six hours