The document provides information about the present perfect tense in English, including its formation using have/has + past participle and differences compared to the simple past tense. Examples are given to illustrate using the present perfect for unfinished past actions, experiences, and situations still continuing from the past to present. The document also contains tables reviewing regular and irregular past forms of verbs and exercises for practicing the present perfect.

1. SPORT
HAVE YOU EVER WON AN AWARD OR A MEDAL?
HAVE YOU EVER PLAYED ?
HAVE YOU EVER RUN A MARATHON?
PROBLEMS
HAVE YOU EVER CRASHED YOUR BIKE OR CAR?
HAVE YOU EVER LOST MONEY?
HAVE YOUR PARENTS PUNISHED YOU?

2. HAVE YOU EVER DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
Be vegetarian
Learn a native language
Get a degree
Teach someone to do something
Do volunteering work
HAVE YOU BEEN…?
HAVE YOU LEARNT..?
HAVE YOU GOT…?
HAVE YOU TAUGHT…?
HAVE YOU DONE…?

3. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
SUBJECT + HAVE / HAS + PAST PARTICIPLE
SUBJECT + HAVEN’T / HASN’T + PAST PARTICIPLE
HAVE / HAS + SUBJECT + PAST PARTICIPLE

4. Past Simple Past Participle
Play played
Finish
Borrow borrowed
Arrive
Drink drunk
See
Have
Help
Be was / were
Give
Know
Regular
1-
2-
3-
4-
5-
Irregular
1-
2-
3-
4-
5-
6-
played
finished
borrowed
arrived
helped
drink- drank- drunk
see-saw-seen
have-had-had
be-was/were-been
give-gave-given
Know-knew-known
Complete the table, then classify the verbs
played
finishedfinished
borrowed
arrived arrived
drank
saw seen
had had
helped helped
been
gave given
knew known

5. Present Perfect
vs
Simple Past

6. Present Perfect Past Tense
have/has + participle form
Regular verbs(-ed)
Irregular past simple form
Happened in the past until present
(effect or event) Happened in the past
He has waited for your for a long
time. Go and meet him for once
He waited for two hours, then he left.

7. Present Perfect Past Tense
have/has + participle form
Regular verbs(-ed)
Irregular past simple form
Started in the past and continues to
present.
(Unfinished action)
Started and finished at an specific
time.
(specific in time)
I have studied at University for two
years now. I will leave it next year.
I studied at Oxford University in 1995.

8. Present Perfect Past Tense
have/has + participle form
Regular verbs(-ed)
Irregular past simple form
Used to talk about experiences.
Used to describe specific past details
from an experience.
We have been to Disneyland and
have met Mickey mouse.
We went to Disneyland when I was 3
years old. It was fantastic.

9. Present Perfect Past Tense
have/has + participle form
Regular verbs(-ed)
Irregular past simple form
just
Already
Yet
So far now
Since/for
Ago
Last month, year, week
Yesterday
In 1970

10. Observe more samples
I have memorised all the words in the
dictionary. I am the walking dictionary.
I read all the words in the dictionary
long ago but I forget most of it now.
I visited the museum again last
December. This means I have visited the
museum for 3 times.
I visited the museum in December. It
was such a lovely time.
Who has that money? It has been there
since last month. It has not been
claimed since
I found some money on the road.
I didn’t know who had it.
Have you gone to the library? It is
awesome.
Did you go home last Sunday? I did.

11. Let’s practise.
I _____ (never, eat) a Japanese sushi in my life.
_____ (you, have) a maths test yesterday?
We _____ (see) a concert when we went to London.
She _____ (not ride) her bike since the accident.
She _____ (ride) her bike alone when the accident ____
(happen).
I have never eaten a Japanese sushi in my life.
Did you have a maths test yesterday?
We saw a concert when we went to London.
She has not ridden her bike since the accident.
She rode her bike alone when the accident happened.