Present Perfect — A1 Lesson 1

Life experience with ever/never · Recent actions with a present result

What is the Present Perfect?

We use the present perfect to talk about two things:

Use 1 — Life experience: Things you have done (or never done) in your life. We don't say exactly when.
I have visited Paris.  |  She has never eaten sushi.
Use 2 — Recent action, present result: Something that happened recently and the result is important now.
I have lost my keys. (= I can't find them now.)  |  She has broken her arm. (= Her arm is broken now.)

How do we make it?

Positive

Subjecthave / hasPast participle
I / You / We / Theyhavevisited, eaten, lost…
He / She / Ithasvisited, eaten, lost…

Negative

Subjecthaven't / hasn'tPast participle
I / You / We / Theyhaven'tvisited, eaten…
He / She / Ithasn'tvisited, eaten…

Questions

Have you ever visited another country?
Has he ever eaten Japanese food?

Short answers: Yes, I have. / No, I haven't.  |  Yes, he has. / No, he hasn't.

Ever and Never

We use ever in questions: Have you ever seen a tiger?
We use never in positive sentences with a negative meaning: I have never seen a tiger.

Common Irregular Past Participles

VerbPast ParticipleVerbPast Participle
bebeeneateaten
seeseenmeetmet
dodoneloselost
breakbrokenwinwon

Regular verbs just add -ed: visit → visited, cook → cooked, play → played, watch → watched, try → tried.

True or False?

Read each sentence. Is it true or false?

Multiple Choice

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Gap Fill

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Matching

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Word Order

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Error Correction

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Complete the Sentence

Complete each sentence using the present perfect. Use the verb in brackets.

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