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    FORM

    A FFIRMA TIVE
    Subject+ have/has + past
    participle of the main verb.
    NEGA TIVE
    Subject+ havent / has nt +
    pas t participle of the main
    verb.
    INTERRO GA TIVE
    H ave / Has +subjec t+ past
    participle of the main verb.

    USE OF THE TENSE


    I ts used to talk about ac tions
    that have a pres ent res ult.
    I cant find my key. I ve los t it.
    I ts als o used to talk about
    ac tions that s tarted in the past
    and c ontinue up to the pres ent.
    I have lived here all my life.
    We often use this tense to talk
    about experienc es in life or to
    announce a recent happening.

    BEEN OR GONE

    I have never eaten caviar..


    They have arres ted the thief.
    When we us e this tense we are
    interes ted in the ac tion its elf, not
    in the time when it happened. We
    cant us e pas t time expressions
    with this tense.
    I have bought a new c d.
    N ot I have bought a new c d two
    days ago.

    We us e been when we want to


    say s omebody has gone to a place
    and has already returned from that
    place.
    I have been to L ondon s everal
    times .
    We us e gone when we want to
    express s omebody has gone
    s omewhere and is s till there.
    Paul has gone to the cinema. H e is
    not here yet.

    ALREADY JUST YET NEVER EVER- FOR - SINCE

    A LREA DY is us ed in
    affirmative sentences before
    the past partic iple.
    I have already seen that film.
    JUST is us ed before the past
    participle to mean that
    s omething happened not a
    long time ago.
    I ve just finis hed the book.

    YET is used in negative sentenc es


    with the meaning of still. I ts
    placed at the end of the sentenc e.
    I havent met Bob yet.
    I n ques tions yet has the s ame
    meaning as already and it is plac ed
    at the end of the question.
    H ave you met Bob yet?
    NEVER is us ed before the pas t

    FOR is used to talk about the


    duration of an ac tion.
    I have lived here for 20 years .

    the past partic iple to mean you


    have not experienced s omething
    in your life.
    I have never eaten I ndian food.
    EVER is us ed before the pas t
    participle to know if you have
    experienc ed s omething in your
    life.
    H ave you ever played s nooker?

    SINCE is us ed with a point in


    time.
    I have lived here since 1999 .
    REMEMB ER we often us e this
    tens e with time expressions s uc h
    as : lately, recently, up to now, s o
    far and after the expression I ts
    the firs t /s econd time

    Complete the sentences using a suitable verb from the list in the
    Present Perfect.
    RESCUE
    TA KE

    NOT LOSE

    TELL

    RECEIVE

    1.

    BREA K

    KNOW
    READ

    NOT CA TCH

    GO
    HA VE

    WIN

    FIND
    BUY
    BE

    FA LL
    BREAK

    MISS

    Lorna is exe rcising be cause she wants to lose we ight but she

    ____________ a single k ilo ye t.


    2.

    Linda is ve ry sad. She ________ just _________ up with he r

    boyfriend.
    3.

    Paul is sitting in his arm chair reading the ne wspape r. He ______

    already ________ half of it.


    4.

    Jim is ve ry happy be cause he ____________ the football match.

    5.

    This is the first time Alan _______________ hiking. He s really

    ex cited.
    6.

    Its a sunny warm day so Lisa ____________ the baby for a walk .

    7.

    The fireman ____________ just __________ the little boy from the

    fire .
    8.

    Today its Be ths mums birthday. Be th ____________ he r a beautiful

    bunch of flowe rs.


    9.

    Pete r is hitchhiking be cause his car ____________ down.

    10. John and his mothe r __________ already __________ to the

    supe rmarke t.
    11. He nry __________ just ___________ the formula he was look ing for.
    12. Larry and Cathe rine are good friends. They _____________ each othe r

    for a long time .


    13. Dave is reading the le tte r he ______________ from his wife.
    14. Tom loves his cat. He _______________ it for a long time.
    15. George is fishing in the rive r but he _______________ any fish ye t.
    16. Mary ______________ Sue a se cret about one of he r school mates.
    17. Look ! Poor Ben _____________ just ____________ off his bike.
    18. Robe rt ______________ the bus and now he will have to take a taxi to

    go to work.

    ELMOUHTAKER12

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