The present perfect tense

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Have you flown a kite?

Yes, I have flown a kite.


No, I haven’t flown a kite.


Yes, I have.


No, I haven’t.

Have you ever flown a kite? Yes, I have flown a kite many times.

Have you ever flown a kite? No, I have never flown a kite.



I have climbed a mountain. You have caught a butterfly. He has ridden a horse.

She has played chess. We have been to Africa. They have planted a tree.

The Present Perfect Tense is used to talk about things that did or did not happen at some

unspecified time in the past. The exact time is not mentioned.

I have climbed a mountain.

We haven’t been to Africa.

You have never caught a butterfly.

You can use the Present Perfect Tense to talk about things that happened more than once at

unspecified times in the past.

He has ridden a horse many times.

She has played chess several times.

They have planted a tree a couple of times.



Review of the Past Participle

The past participle is a verb form used in the present perfect tense. The past participle of regular

verbs is the same as the simple past form.

Base form Simple Past Past Participle

climb climbed climbed

Some irregular verbs have a different past participle form.

Base Form Simple Form Past Participle

fly flew flown

A list of verb forms.

Base Form Simple Past Past Participle

be was/were been

catch caught caught

climb climbed climbed

eat ate eaten

feed fed fed

fly flew flown

hold held held

listen listened listened

make made made

play played played

plant planted planted

post posted posted

ride rode ridden

sleep slept slept

travel traveled traveled

use used used

win won won

wreck wrecked wrecked

Write the past participle form of each verb.

be _______ eat _______ fly ______ use _______ win _______

feed _______ hold _______ make _______ play _______ post _____

ride _______ catch _______ climb _______ plant _______ sleep _______

wreck _______ listen _______ travel _______



Form of the Present Perfect Tense

Negative form of the Present Perfect Tense

You can use the adverb not to make the sentence negative.

You can use the adverb never to make the sentence negative.

You can use a contraction of have/has and not to make the sentence negative.

Write the answer to these questions as they apply to your own life.

Example:

Have you eaten rhubarb? Have you ever fed a lion? Have you held a baby?

Yes, I have eaten rhubarb. ____________________ _________________

No, I haven’t eaten rhubarb.

Subject have/has not

She has not played

past participle

Subject have/has past participle

I have climbed a mountain.

Subject haven’t/hasn‘t past participle

chess.

Subject have/has never past participle

She has never played chess.

She hasn‘t played chess.



Have you listened to classical music? Have you ever made apple pie? Have you posted a comment on a blog?

___________________________ _____________________ ___________________________

Questions in the Present Perfect Tense

You can use the adverb ever to form a question in the present perfect tense.

Write a question for each of these answers.

Example:

Have you slept in a tent? _________________________ ____________________

Have you ever slept in a tent? No, I have not traveled to Borneo. Yes, I have used the Internet

Yes, I have slept in a tent. many times.

Have/Has subject past participle

Have you been to Africa?

Have/Has subject ever past participle

Have/Has you ever been to Africa?



Short Answers in the Present Perfect Tense

Have you ever wrecked your car?

Has he won the lottery?

Write a short answer to these questions as they apply to your own life.

Example:

Have you flown a kite? Have you ridden a horse? Have you held a baby? Have you slept in a tent?

Yes, I have. __________________ ________________ ________________

No, I haven't.

Have you ever wrecked your car? Have you ever planted a tree?

________________________ ______________________

Yes, subject have/has.

Yes, I have.

No,

No,

subject

he

haven‘t/hasn‘t.

hasn‘t.



Board Game

Instructions:

This game requires a pair of dice. The board is on page 8.

Each player receives a counter and places it on one of the starting corners. The counters are

on this page under these instructions.

Shuffle the cards and place them face down on the board. The cards are on pages 9-11.

Players take turns casting the dice and moving the counters in the direction indicated by the

arrows. When a player lands on a smiley face, he/she picks a card and asks the question

written on the card to any one of the other players.

The first player to get his/her counter back to his/her starting corner wins the game.

Counters:



Board Game

Starting

Corner

Starting

Corner

Starting

Corner

Starting

Corner

Place Cards

Here



Board Game

Playing Cards

Have you ever flown

a kite?

Have you ever

climbed a mountain?

Have you ever

caught a butterfly?

Have you ever ridden

a horse?

Have you ever played

chess?

Have you ever been

to Africa?



Board Game

Playing Cards

Have you ever

planted a tree?

Have you ever eaten

rhubarb?

Have you ever fed a

lion?

Have you ever held a

baby?

Have you ever

listened to classical

music?

Have you ever made

apple pie?



Board Game

Playing Cards

Have you ever

posted a comment on

a blog?

Have you ever slept

in a tent?

Have you ever

traveled to Borneo?

Have you ever used

the Internet?

Have you ever

wrecked your car?

Have you ever won

the lottery?

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