Present Perfect

Which English tenses do you remember?

Rearrange the words to make 'yes/no' and wh-questions. 1. anywhere did you weekend interesting last go? 2. grow up did you where? 3. did for your car new much how pay you? 4. into your when you did move new house? 5. listening to what you are? 6. the game basketball who won? 7. I borrow can your phone? 8. you do watch want movie a tonight to?

Present Perfect Positive The present perfect is made with subject + have/has + past participle. I've taught English in Italy and in Russia. Johnny Depp has starred in lots of brilliant films.

Present Perfect Negative The negative present perfect is made with subject + have/has not + past participle. I haven't seen the first Bond film. .

Present Perfect Questions Present perfect yes/no questions are made from have/has + subject + past participle? Present perfect question word questions are made from question word + have/has + subject + past participle? Have you ever eaten a banana?

Ever and never We often use the present perfect with the words ever or never. Ever means at any time in someone's life. We usually use ever in questions. 'Has he ever worked in China?' 'No, he hasn't.' Never means not at any time in someone's life. I've never seen the first Bond film. Sometimes we ask questions with never. Often we do this to express surprise: Have you never eaten a banana?

Past participles The past participle is the third form of the verb. For example, with the verb to see, the three forms are: see, saw, seen. We use the past participle in present perfect sentences with ever and never. Have you ever eaten sushi? I've never seen the first Bond film.

Regular and irregular verbs Many verbs are regular. The past participle ends with -ed look - looked - looked climb - climbed - climbed want - wanted - wanted

Some verbs are irregular. Here are some of them: become - became - become eat - ate - eaten forget - forgot - forgotten give - gave - given go - went - gone / been have - had - had know - knew - known meet - met - met read - read - read ride - rode - ridden run - ran - run say - said - said see - saw - seen sell - sold - sold sing - sang - sung win - won - won write - wrote - written

Contractions with 'to have': have becomes -'ve: I have done → I've done you have been → you've been we have eaten → we've eaten they have drunk → they've drunk has becomes -'s: he has met → he's met she has studied → she's studied it has gone → it's gone my friend has arrived → my friend's arrived

Useful words the Antarctic The very cold region that is the most southern part of the world climb to go up something marathon a race where people run over a distance of 42 kilometres medal a small flat piece of metal that you can win in a competition, or for doing something very brave

Take a look at the picture and think about the experiences you've had in your life so far. Oxford elementary 12, pre-intermediate 4,9