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Present Perfect.

The document summarizes the present perfect simple tense in English. It is formed using has/have + the past participle of the verb. For regular verbs, the past participle is formed by adding "-ed" while irregular verbs have unique past participle forms that must be memorized. The present perfect is used to talk about actions that occurred in an indefinite time in the past or when the time is unimportant. Examples and exercises are provided to illustrate use of the tense.

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Present Perfect.

The document summarizes the present perfect simple tense in English. It is formed using has/have + the past participle of the verb. For regular verbs, the past participle is formed by adding "-ed" while irregular verbs have unique past participle forms that must be memorized. The present perfect is used to talk about actions that occurred in an indefinite time in the past or when the time is unimportant. Examples and exercises are provided to illustrate use of the tense.

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THE PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

1. The present perfect simple is formed with has/have + past participle of the verb:
He has washed / I have done
2. The past participle of regular verbs is formed by adding –ed (so it is the same in the form
as the simle past): washed , stayed, carried, watched , listened, studied etc.
3. The past participle of irregular verbs all have diffirent forms and must be learned by
heart :
I have done, he has driven, I haven’t taken etc.
4. The present perfect is used for an action that happened in the past , but the time of the action is not
given : I have bought a lot of postcards.

Affirmative Negative
Full form Short form Full form short form
I have washed I’ve washed I have not washed I haven’t washed
You have washed You’ve washed You have not washed You haven’t washed
He has washed He’s washed He has not washed He hasn’t washed
She has washed She’s washed She has not washed She hasn’t washed
It has washed It’s washed It has not washed It hasn’t washed
We have washed We’ve washed We have not washed We haven’t washed
You have washed You’ve washed You have not washed You haven’t washed
They have washed They’ve washed They have not washed They haven’t washed

EXERCISES
1. John………………………………….Chinese at the school (not / study)
2. Gran ………………………………..to a lot of interesting countries. (fly)
3. Liz …………………………………….her homework. (not/ finish )
4. Jason …………………………….. a lot of good photographs. (take)
5. The Korgs ……………………….all around the universe. (travel)
6. I ………………………………………lots of mistakes in my life (make)
7. She …………………………………her brother for 6 months. (not/see)
8. The Smiths ………………………………her efor a long time. (live)
9. Nigel ………………………………………….the Taj Mahal several times. (visit)
10. The baby …………………………………..all of the milk. (drink)
11. The postman ………………………………..the letters (deliver)
12. My secretary ………………………………the letters yet. (not/type)
13. Allan …………………………………ill two weeks. (be)
14. Tom and john …………………………………..friends since 1985.
15. We ………………………………………..anything of him recently. (not/hear)
 GOOD LUCK 

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