Unit 2 The Present Perfect Tense

The Present Perfect Tense affirmative and negative

A) Look at the pictures of these towns and cities. Tick the ones you have visited at some point in
your life.

Look!
I have been to San Nicolas.
I haven’t been to Granadero Baigorria.

B) What about you??? I have been to… I haven’t been to…

Look!
PRESENT PERFECT POSITIVE

I have visited Rome.

They have won a lot of competitions.
She has lost her keys.

PRESENT PERFECT NEGATIVE

I haven’t been to Buenos Aires.

We haven’t seen a UFO.
She hasn’t finished her homework yet.

C) Complete these sentences with the correct form of the present perfect.

1) He ____________________ to Mar del Plata. (travel) 5) I _____________________ along the beach. (walk)
2) They ____________________ dinner yet. (not have) 6) Tommy _____________________ (buy) some
3) Susan ____________________ a lot of sea wolves. souvenirs.
(see) 7) Jenny _____________________ (not buy) anything.
4) Paul _______________________ to the beach yet. 8) Peter and Jack _____________________ (try) exotic
(not go) food.
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The Present Perfect Tense questions

Look!
YES/NO QUESTIONS

Have you (ever) seen a UFO?

Yes, I have.
Has Mary (ever) seen a UFO?
No, she hasn’t.

D) Put the words in order to write questions. Then answer them.

1) you – Peru – visited – ever – have ?

2) been to – Machu Picchu – your grandma – has – ever ?
3) ever – your friends – flown on a plane – have ?
4) to England – your best friend – been – ever – has ?
5) come – to Argentina – ever – has – your favorite singer ?

Never, ever, just, yet

Look!
I have never seen a panda.
I have just heard a tiger.
Have you ever visited Africa?
Have you been to Italy yet?
No, I haven’t visited Europe yet.

E) Put the words in the right order.

1) yet – started – his trip – hasn’t – Tom

2) the boys – just – the station – have – left
3) we – never – to USA – have – been
4) in a restaurant by the sea – eaten – you – have – ever ?
5) never – Peter – has – travelled – abroad

F) Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect.

1) I ____________________ a big boat. (just / see) 6) ___________________ a car in another

2) We __________________ Peter yet. (not meet) country? (you / ever / rent)
3) Mary ____________________ in England for 7) __________________ Sue in Paris? (Tom / visit)
years. (live) 8) My brother ____________________ to Brazil.
4) Mark _______________ abroad yet. (not be) (never be)
5) _________________ a passport? (Paul / ever/ 9) Tom _____________________ a trip to
have) Mendoza. (just / win)
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Extra practice

G) Read the text and use the verbs in the box to fill the gaps. They must be in the Present Perfect.

travel meet dance have (x2) ride

see live be (x 5) do

My grandfather is 96 years old. When he was He (h) ______________ married twice. His first
born, Queen Victoria was still in the throne. Since wife died when she was 32. He met his second
then, there (a) have been four different wife while he was travelling round France by bike.
kings and a queen on the throne of the United He and his wife, Eleonor, (i) ______________
Kingdom. He (b) ______________ the Queen on married for fifty years, and they (j)
several occasions. In 1959 he was a soldier in New ______________ in the same house in the
Zealand when she came to visit, and in 1972 he country since they got married. He says that he (k)
went to a garden party at Buckingham Palace. He ______________ never ______________ ill in his
(c) ______________ a lot, especially in the Far life. He (l) ______________ a cold sometimes, of
East. He (d) ______________ the Taj Mahal in course, but nothing serious. The secret of good
India and the Pyramids in Egypt. He (e) health, according to my grandfather, is
______________ big game in Africa and (f) exercise. He goes swimming every day. He
______________ a camel across the Sahara (m) ______________ tango since he was a boy.
Desert. He says that the most beautiful place he He also has a glass of whisky every night! He (n)
(g) ______________ to is Kathmandu in Nepal. ______________ certainly ______________ an
interesting life. I hope he lives to be a hundred.

H) Answer the following questions about “My grandfather” in exercise A and about you.

1) Has your grandfather been married for a long 5) Has he had an interesting life?
time? 6) Have you ever been to Mexico?
2) Has he ever met the Queen? 7) Have you ever tried Chinese food?
3) Has he often been ill? 8) Has your teacher ever been angry with you?
4) Have he and his wife lived in their house for a 9) Have you ever forgotten to do your homework?
long time?

I) Make positive and negative sentences about the following people.

2) Bill and Sophie are unemployed.
Example: - not have a job for six months
Alice is a journalist. __________________________________________
- meet a lot of famous people - not buy clothes for a year
She has met a lot of famous people. __________________________________________
- not be on television - not be to the cinema for six months
She hasn’t been on television. __________________________________________

1) Robert Swan is an explorer. 3) Sandra is a tennis player

- be to the North Pole - play since she was six
__________________________________________ __________________________________________
- see polar bears - not win a senior competition
__________________________________________ __________________________________________
- never get lost - never play at Wimbledon
__________________________________________ __________________________________________
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Present Perfect or Past Simple?

Look!
I visited my friends last weekend. / I have visited my friends.

We use the Past Simple to talk about We use the Present Perfect to talk about
definite past time. indefinite past time.
I went to Buenos Aires last year. I have never been to Buenos Aires.
a year ago. Has she ever travelled to Brazil?
yesterday. We have just painted the classroom.
in 2001. Have you finished your hamburger yet?
I haven’t finished yet.

J) Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or the Present Perfect.

1) Paul _______________________ to the country 6) I _______________________ to school last

last week. (go) week. (not go)
2) I _______________________ to the country. 7) We _______________________ the house yet.
(never be) (not clean)
3) Sheila _______________________ college. (just 8) _______________________ the presents yet?
start) (you open)
4) My friends _______________________ the 9) _______________________ an accident two
lottery last year. (win) weeks ago? (you have)
5) The dog _______________________ me 10) I _______________________ an accident two
yesterday. (bite) weeks ago. (not have)

K) Complete the story. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect and the Past Simple.

A SAD STORY OF A SAD MAN

One Sunday evening two men (1) _________ (meet) in a London pub. One of them was very unhappy.
“Life is terrible, everything in the world is really boring”, he said.
“Don’t say that”, said the other man. “Life is marvelous! The world is so exciting! Think about Italy. It’s a
wonderful country. (2) __________ you ever _________ (be) there?”
“Oh, yes. I (3) _________ (go) there last year and I (4) ____________ (not like) it”.
“Well, (5) __________ you __________ (be) to Norway?(6) __________ you ever ___________ (see) the
midnight sun?”
“Oh, yes. I (7) _________ (go) in 1984 and I (8) __________ (see) the midnight sun. I (9) __________ (not
enjoy) it”.
“Well, I (10) ________ just _________ (return) from a safari in Africa. (11) _________ you _________
(visit) Africa yet?”
“Yes, I (12) __________ (go) on a safari in Africa last year and I (13 __________ (climb) Mount Kilimanjaro.
It was really boring”.
“Well”, said the other man, “I think that you are very ill. Only the best psychiatrist can help you. Go see Dr
Greenbaum in Harley Street”.
“I am Dr Greenbaum”, answered the man sadly.

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Extra practice

A) Put the words in the right order. C) Complete the sentences. Use the present
perfect – positive or negative.
1) I/homework/yet/finished/ haven’t/my
___________________________________________ 1) My mum isn’t at home now. She
2) I/homework/my/done/have/just ___________ (go) to the supermarket.
___________________________________________ 2) So far this month I ______________ (see)
3) they/homework/their/finished/have/? three films.
___________________________________________ 3) I’m hungry. I _____________ (have) my
4) He/home/gone/has/just lunch yet.
___________________________________________ 4) I _________________ (see) Helen yet today.
5) Mark/come back/France/just/has/from Is she at school?
___________________________________________ 5) Our football team ________________ (win)
6) They/bought/new/a/have/house all its matches. They are the best!
___________________________________________ 6) I don’t know your boyfriend. I ____________
7) We/had/lunch/haven’t/yet (meet) him yet.
___________________________________________ 7) Paul can play videogames now. He
8) The train/the station/just/left/has ________________ (finish) his homework.
___________________________________________ 8) Mary can’t play videogames. She
9) left/the train/yet/has/? __________________ (finish) her homework
___________________________________________ yet.
10) haven’t/my friends and I/to Bariloche/been 9) Tammy is very tired. She ________________
___________________________________________ (run) a very long race.
11) you/to Bariloche/ever/have/been/? 10) Tom isn’t tired. He _________________
___________________________________________ (run) Tammy’s race. He ________________
(sleep) all day.

B) Complete with the present perfect form of the

verbs in brackets. D) Answer.

1) I ____________________ (be) to Brazil, but I 1) Have you ever been to Brazil?

___________________ (never be) to Mexico. 2) Have your friends ever been to Brazil?
2) _______________________ (Tom / arrive)? No, he 3) Have your classmates and you ever travelled
______________________ (not arrive) yet. together?
3) _______________________ (you / ever / be) to 4) Has your English teacher ever been angry with
Bariloche? No, I haven’t, but I you?
_________________________ (just / return) from 5) Have you ever eaten sushi?
Mendoza.
4) My sister _______________________ (lose) her keys.
E) Choose the correct option.
She ___________________ (not see) them since last
night.
1) Tom has played / played tennis yesterday.
5) The boys ________________________ (eat) the
2) We didn’t eat / haven’t eaten yet.
spaghetti, but they ____________________ (not try) the
3) The dog has run away / ran away last
soup.
week.
4) We have seen / saw a UFO last year.
5) Have you ever been / Did you ever be to
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