Present Perfect +
have / they / listened/ music / to
They have listened to music.
not / laundry / done / yet / have / my / I
I have not done my laundry yet.
You / ever / food /eaten / Italian / have / ?
Have you ever eaten Italian food?
TRUE OR FALSE:
We use the present perfect to talk about actions that happened and stayed in the past.
FALSE
before / played / the / children / have / times / many
The children have played many times before.
their / eaten / meal / not / they / have / yet
They have not eaten their meal yet.
English/ they/ spoken/ have / ever / ?
Have they ever spoken English?
Affirmative: What is the formula to create an affirmative sentence in the present perfect?
Give an example sentence...
FORMULA: Subject + have/has + Verb 3 (participle) + complement.
Examples: I, you, we, they... HAVE done the homework.
She, he, it...HAS done the homework.
The / lost / boy / has / match / the / tennis
The boy has lost the tennis match.
all / he / his / this / matches / has / season / not / won
He has not won all his matches this season.
Parents / received / your / have / letter / the / ?
Have your parents received the letter?
Negative: What is the formula to create a negative sentence in the present perfect?
Give an example sentence...
FORMULA: Subject + have/has + NOT + Verb 3 (participle) + complement.
Examples: I, you, we, they... HAVE NOT done the homework.
She, he, it...HAS NOT done the homework.
homework / already /you / your / done / have / all
You have already done all your homework.
brother / I / and / not / my / have / any / this / films / seen / week
My brother and I have not seen any films this week.
Many / this / how/ Bob / month / has / read / books / ?
How many books has Bob read this month?
Interrogative: What is the formula to create an interrogative sentence in the present perfect?
Give an example sentence...
FORMULA: Have/has + subject + Verb 3 (participle) + complement.
Examples: Have + I, you, we, they... DONE the homework?
Has + she, he, it... DONE the homework?
has / mother / from / come / my / home / work
My mother has come home from work.
have / people / many / not / I / invited
I have not invited many people.
How / sung / week / we / often / have / this / song / the / ?
How often have we sung the song this week?
When do we use the present perfect? What does it help us express? Please explain.
We use this tense when we want to talk about unfinished actions or states that started in the past and continue to the present.