Presente perfecto simple

Affirmative
Ive practised
Hes practised
Shes practised
Its practised
Youve practised
Weve practised
Theyve practised

Negative
I havent practised
He hasnt practised
She hasnt practised
It hasnt practised
You havent practised
We havent practised
They havent practised

Questions
Have I practised?
Has he practised?
Has she practised?
Has it practised?
Have you practised?
Have we practised?

Have they practised?

El present perfect se utiliza para hablar de
* algo que comenz en el pasado y que contina en el presente.
Ive worn glasses since I was seven.
How long have you lived here?
* experiencias vitales, cuando no se especifica cundo tuvieron lugar.
Weve visited South America twice.
Have you ever been on a motorbike?
* algo que sucedi en el pasado y que tiene un efecto en el presente.
Ive forgotten their phone number.
(I havent got their phone number now.)

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* El past simple se utiliza con expresiones de tiempo y fechas; el present perfect,
cuando no se menciona el momento o la fecha.
Hes gone. He left yesterday.
Have you done your homework?
I did it last night.
* been y gone tienen significados diferentes.
Hes been to Granada. (He went and came back.)
Hes gone to Granada. (Hes still there.)

For and Since

for
Hes had a motorbike for two months.
Theyve lived in Portugal for ten years.
since

Hes had a motorbike since his birthday.

Ive known my best friend since I was four.
for y since se utilizan para expresar durante cunto tiempo ha continuado una
accin hasta el presente.
* for se utiliza para hablar de un periodo de tiempo.
Ive been here for three days / a month / a year / a long time.
* since se utiliza para hablar de un momento concreto en el tiempo.
Ive known how to surf since I was fifteen / since last summer / since I went to
Cornwall.

Already, Just and yet

already
Theyve already bought their Christmas presents.
Shes already seen that film.
just
Hes just had his breakfast.
Ive just sent an e-mail to Mary.
yet
He hasnthad lunch yet.
Have you finished yet?
* already y just se utilizan detrs de have ( has y delante del past participle.
John has already finished the exam.
Shes just left the house.
* yet se coloca al final de las frases. Se utiliza en oraciones negativas e
interrogativas.
Have you seen Harry Potter yet?
I havent read the book yet.

Ejercicios
A.Write in Present Perfect
1. Bob (lose) ............... the key of his house.
2. Mariela (save) ............... almost $70.000 for a new house.
3. Jenny (finish) ............... her homework.
4. Cristina (break) ............... the windows.
5. My mother (buy) ...............new glasses.
6. I (read) ...............a hundred pages of the book.
7. I (find) ............... an attractive boyfried.
8. The city (suffer) ............... terrible floods.
9. Tibisay (think) ...............very carefully about her situation.
10. The factories (contaminate) ............... too many rivers.
11. Sean (study) ............... so hard for the final exam.
12. We (write) ............... a lot of beautiful stories.
13. Margaret (travel) ............... to Italy.
14. I (go) ............... to the cinema.
15. They (bring) ............... a beautiful dog.
16. Wayne (arrive) ...............late to work.
17. Victoria (visit) ............... wonderful cities in the US.
18. The designer (make) ............... me a nice dress.
19. Nuria (invite) ............... her boyfriend to the wedding.
20. Amparo (want) ............... to work in the fashion industry.

B. Choose the correct alternatives.

1) (Do you hear / Are you hearing / Have you heard) the news?
2) Im sorry, I (dont speak / Im not speaking / havent spoken) your language.
3) Peter (dont phone / isnt phoning / hasnt phoned) Elizabeth yet.
4) I cant stop to talk now I (go home / m going home / have gone home).
5) Marco (lives / is living / has lived) here since he was twelve.
6) (Do you have / Are you having / Have you had) lunch yet?
7) Julio (likes / is liking / has liked) playing tennis every day.
8) (Have they eaten / Are they eating / Do they eat) there before?

C. Complete: Infinitive past participle

1) arrive 2) be 3) try 4) join in 5) make 6) swim 7) do 8) eat

D. Complete this postcard. Use the present perfect form of the

verbs from exercise B.
Hi Jose,
At last we in Greece.
The local summer festival here is amazing! I here for two days and I
loads of things!
I a dancing competition and I in the sea at midnight!
My brother some new friends from Italy. We lots of delicious
Greek food and my parents lots of different local wines!
See you soon!

Love, Cristina

E. Make these sentences negative.

1) Ive phoned my sister.

2) Theyve lived here for 3 years.

3) Nick has finished his homework.

4) My boyfriend has met my parents.

5) Weve walked a long way today.

6) Ive bought you diamond earrings.

F. Write questions and add the words in brackets.

1) Theyve spoken English. (ever)

2) Marie and Brendon have been to a pop concert. (ever)

3) Youve slept in a tent. (ever)

4) Rick has played in a band. (ever)

5) John has been to Australia. (ever)