Present perfect tense (I)

Present perfect tensePresent perfect tense

We form the present perfect tense with have/has + past participle.

IIYouWe

They

the milk.have drunk

He He She She

ItItthe milk.has drunk

Present Past Present perfectgo went have / has gonesee saw have / has seeneat ate have / has eaten

break broke have / has broken

Irregular verbsPresent perfect tensePresent perfect tense

Regular verbsPresen

tPast Present perfect

ask asked have / has askedcook cooke

dhave / has cookedwait waited have / has

waitedopen opened have / has opened

e.g. (a) Charlie is eating the sandwich.

(b) Charlie has eaten the sandwich.

Present perfect tensePresent perfect tense

We use the present perfect tense to talk about completed actions.

We do not usually use these phrases with present perfect tense (e.g. yesterday, last week, in 1999, on Monday).

I have washed the dishes yesterday.

I washed the dishes yesterday.

Present perfect tensePresent perfect tense We use the present perfect tense when we do not know the time of action.

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Now you try.Now you try.Presen

tPast Present perfect

e.g. make

4 draw

7 tear

made have / has made

drew have / has drawn

tore have / has torn

1 do

2 take

3 walk

5 write

6 break

did have / has done

took have / has takenwalked have / has walked

wrote have / has writtenbroke have / has broken

Now you try.Now you try.Presen

tPast Present perfect

12 throw

15 drive

swam have / has swum

threw have / has thrown

drove have / has driven

9 ride

10 clean

11 wear

13 fly 14 sing

rode have / has riddencleane

dhave / has cleanedwore have / has worn

flew have / has flown

sang have / has sung

8 swim

Now you try.Now you try.

e.g. Charlie ____________ the sandwich. (eat)

has eaten

1 You ______________ a picture. (draw)

have drawn

2 Tina ____________ a letter to Santa Claus. (write)

has written

3 Peter ___________ a camel. (ride) has ridden

4 I ___________ using the computer. (finish)

have finished