PRESENT PERFECT

- To talk about unspecific time before now

- To talk about experiences

Positive sentences

Subject + have/ has + past participle + complement

I He
You Have She Has
We It
They

1. I have seen that movie twenty times.

2. I think I have met him once before.
3. She has met Leonardo Dicaprio..
4. People have traveled to the Moon.
 Negative sentences

Subject + haven´t or hasn´t + past participle +complement.

1. We haven´t met Gaston Acurio.

2. She hasn´t called her boss.

Questions

Have / Has + subject + past participle + complement ?

1. Have you met Gaston Acurio?

2. Has she called her boss?
Write questions in present perfect simple.

1. you / answer / the question

Have you answered the questions__________________________________________
2. Jenny / lock / the door
Jenny has locked the door
3. Walter / call / us
Has walter called us?
4. you / see / the picture
Have yoy seem the picture
5. your parents / get / the letter
Have your parents gotten the letter?
6. it / rain / a lot
Has it rained a lot?
7. how often / we / sing / the song
How often have we singed the song?
8. Marco / watch / the film
___________________________________________________________
9. how many books / Bob / read
___________________________________________________________
10. ever / you / be / to London
Have you ever been to London?
 Present perfect and simple past

1. I’ve been to Cusco once.

2. I went to Cusco last year.

 Present perfect and simple past

Present Perfect Past simple

- To talk about an indefinite time in - To talk about a definite time or
the past specific time

E.g. E.g.
I´ve met Bill twice. We met Bill in 1999 and again in 2016.
 Complete the conversation with the present perfect or the simple past tense.

1 A: have jake met our new teacher? (Jake/meet)

B: Yes, she has . He met Her in the office this morning. (meet)

2 A: have they been To this class before? (they / be)

B: No, we have . They’re new at this university.

3 A: have you eaten in the new university restaurant? ( you/ eat)

B: No, i haven´t . Is it good?

4 A. have your classmates spoken with the university director? ( your classmates
/ speak)
B: Yes, they have. They spoke With her yesterday. (speak)

5 A: has Beth seen the new language lab? (Beth/ see)

B: No, i haven´t . But she seen the library. ( see)
 Have you ever ………..?

a
Have you ever tried sushi?

try
b

try

take
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