Present Perfect questions

Present Perfect Tense:
  • Form: Subject + Have/Has + Past Participle + Object
  • Example: "I have eaten breakfast already."
  • Usage: Describes an action that happened at an unspecified time before now or that started in the past and continues to the present.

Definition and Use
Present perfect is used to describe:
  • Actions that have happened at an unspecified time before now.
  • Actions that started in the past and continue to the present.
  • Life experiences.

Structure
  • Affirmative: Subject + has/have + past participle
    • Example: "I have eaten breakfast."
  • Negative: Subject + has/have + not + past participle
    • Example: "I have not eaten breakfast."
  • Question: Has/Have + subject + past participle?
  • Example: "Have you eaten breakfast?"

Examples
  • Affirmative: "She has finished her homework."
  • Negative: "They have not visited the museum."
  • Question: "Has he ever traveled to France?"

Here are some guidelines for using common time expressions with the present perfect tense:
Ever
  • Usage: To ask about any time up to now.
  • Example: Have you ever been to New York?

Never
  • Usage: To express that something has not happened at any time up to now.
  • Example: I have never seen such a beautiful sunset.

Already
  • Usage: To indicate that something has happened sooner than expected.
  • Example: She has already finished her homework.

Yet
  • Usage: Typically used in questions and negatives to talk about something that hasn't happened but is expected to.
  • Example: Have you finished your assignment yet? / She hasn't called yet.

Just
  • Usage: To describe something that happened very recently.
  • Example: I have just eaten lunch.

For
  • Usage: To indicate the duration of an action (how long).
  • Example: They have lived here for five years.

Since
  • Usage: To indicate the starting point of an action.
  • Example: He has worked here since 2010.
Activity
Make 3 affirmative questions using the Present perfect

Make 3 negative questions using the Present perfect

Use the Time Expressions: Ever, never, already, yet, just, for, since
Has she ______ tried sushi?
  • She has ______ finished her homework.
  • They have ______ visited the museum twice this year.
  • I have ______ seen a ghost.
  • Have you ______ completed the project?
  • I have ______ called the doctor.
  • They have ______ arrived at the airport.
  • He has ______ been late to class.
  • She has worked at the company ______  three months.
  • They have been friends ______  childhood.
  • We haven’t received the package ______.
  • We have known each other ______  last summer.
  • He has lived in this city ______ ten years.
  • Have you ______ been to Paris?

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