The present perfect tense
Form OIOI have ended up in hospital. I’ve ended up… You/We/They OSOShe has ended up in hospital. She’s ended up… OAOAngela has fallen off bridges. OIOI have ended up in hospital. OSOSubj + h hh have/has + reg.verb-ed / irreg.verb III OAOAngela has fallen off bridges.
Negative sentence O Tom Cruise hasn’t driven cars through walls. O George Clooney and Tom Cruise haven’t climbed from one plane to another. O Have not O Has not
Questions and short answers O Have you been to Paris? O Have + subj. + verb O Yes, I have. O No, I haven’t.
Use We use the present perfect tense to talk about O 1 experiences up to now Rick ___________ cars through walls.
Use We use the present perfect tense to talk about O 1 experiences up to now Rick has driven cars through walls.
Use We use the present perfect tense to talk about O 1 experiences up to now Rick has driven cars through walls. O 2 recent events (just, recently) I _____ just ______ out of hospital myself.
Use We use the present perfect tense to talk about O 1 experiences up to now Rick has driven cars through walls. O 2 recent events (just, recently) I have just come out of hospital myself.
Been / Gone O They’ve been to the USA. O They aren’t there now. O They’ve gone to the USA. O They are in the USA now.
Have you ever done these things? O Fall out of bed O Do karate O See a shooting star O Live in a different town O Ride a motorbike O Be on the radio O Write to someone in English O Forget your homework
O I have fallen out of bed. O I haven’t fallen out of bed. O Fall-fell-fallen
O I have done karate. O I haven’t done karate. O Do-did-done
O I have seen a shooting star. O I haven’t seen a shooting star O See-saw-seen
O I have lived in a different town. O I haven’t lived in a different town. O Live, lived
O I have ridden a motorbike. O I haven’t ridden a motorbike. O Ride-rode-ridden
O I have been on the radio. O I haven’t been on the radio. O Be-was/were-been
O I have written to someone in English O I haven’t written to someone in English. O Write-wrote-written
O I have forgotten my homework. O I haven’t forgotten my homework. O Forget-forgot-forgotten