Present Perfect Tense

ANDIJON MACHINE-BUILDING INSTITUTE FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY DIRECTION OF TECHNOLOGICAL MACHINES AND GADGETS GROUP 12-22 STUDENT ORIBJONOV SIROJIDDIN PREPARED AN INDEPENDENT WORK

THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

Present Perfect

• or the most confusing tense you have ever tried to understand !

What do you need the Present Perfect for ?

• to tell what you have done recently/ lately.
• to tell what you have just or already done.
• to tell what you have never/ ever done.
• to tell what you have done so far/ up to now.
• to tell what you have done today/ this week/ this month/ this year.

What is so confusing about it ?

• It can describe either present or past activities !
• There is no similar grammatical item in Polish !

How can you form the Present Perfect?

Why don’t you try some exercises?

Choose the correct answer.

• Peter ........never watched „Maja bee”.
• A) had
• B) have
• C) has
• D) none of these

• Peter ........ has never watched „Maja Bee”.
• Congratulations!

How about this?

• Lidka hasn’t ........to Majorka yet.
• A) had
• B) seen
• C) drove
• D) none of these

• None of these
• Lidka hasn’t been to Majorka .
• Precisely!

Try the next question.

• ....you ever smoked?
• A) has
• B) do
• C) have
• D) none of these

• Have you ever smoked?
• Good!

Choose the correct answer again.

• She hasn’t ..........the dinner already.
• A) cooks
• B) cooked
• C) make
• D) none of these

• She hasn’t cooked the dinner already
• Very well!

Can you do this one ?

• He hasn’t ........ a shower today.
• A) take
• B) took
• C) taked
• D) none of these

• None of these
• He hasn’t taken a shower today.
• Well done!

Try this one !

• ...........Joan ever...........a shark?
• A) has J. eat
• B) does J. eaten
• C) has J. eaten
• D) none of these

• Has Joan ever eaten a shark?
• Not bad! Keep on trying

Choose the correct answer one more time.

• She has ........ a man.
• A) never kiss
• B) ever kissed
• C) just kisses
• D) none of these

• None of these
• She has never kissed a man.
• Of course, you are right !

Choose the correct answer.

• ..........you ever ......... your head ?
• A) have..........lost
• B) do............lose
• C) did...........lose
• D) none of these

• Have you ever lost your head ?
• Right again!

Choose the best answer again !

• Tom and Arthur ........................a dog so far.
• A) don’t buy
• B) hasn’t bought
• C) haven’t bought
• D) didn’t buy

• Tom and Arthur haven’t bought a dog so far.
• Excellent!

What’s the right answer now?

• .................Peter and Mat ............... abroad before?
• Has..............been
• Have............seen
• Have............been
• None of these

• Have Peter and Mat been abroad before ?
• You are absolutely right !

Why don’t you test yourself again?

• What action can you describe with the Present Perfect?
• How do you form it ?
• What time expressions can you use with the Present Perfect?
• What’s the difference between the Present Perfect and the Simple Past ?

• Congratulations
• you have just completed the test
• successfully!