Present Perfect Tense: In the Present Perfect Tense the past participle 3rd form of the verb is used with has or have. ‘Has’ is added with third person singular subjects, as—‘he’, ‘she’, ‘if and ‘Have’ is added with T, ‘we’, ‘you’, ‘they and plural nouns.
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Present Tense
Present Perfect Tense Formula:
| Subject + has/have + 3rd form of verb + object. |
The Present Perfect Tense is used:
The Present Perfect Tense is used with the words: yet, as yet, already, just, just now, so far, since, ever since, presently, once, twice, thrice etc
1. To indicate completed activities in the immediate past:
Examples:
- He has gone out.
- It has struck ten.
- We have eaten all the cookies that were kept in the tin.
2. To express past actions whose time is not given and not definite:
Examples:
- I have never known him to be angry.
- Mr. Hamish has gone to Japan.
- Have you read ‘David Copperfield’?
3. To describe past events when we think more of their effect in the present than of the action itself:
Examples:
- Mary has eaten all the biscuits.
- I have cut my finger.
- I have finished my work.
4. To denote an action beginning at some time in the past and continuing up to the present moment (often with since and/or for phrases).
Examples:
- I have known him for a long time.
- He has been ill since last week.
- We have lived here for ten years.
Present Perfect Tense Worksheets
Fill in the following blanks with the Present Perfect Tense of the verbs given in brackets:
1. Where ………… you ………… your purse? (lose)
2. ………… she not yet ………… her work? (finish)
3. How many sums ………… she ? (solve)
4. My sister ………… from Meerut presently. (return)
5. Raju ………… Saroj since 1980. (know)
6. Asha ………… never ………… the Red Fort. (see)
7. Devanshi ……………………… (get) a new car now.
8. Nidhi ……………………… not (come) back yet.
9. I ……………………… already (see) this film.
10. The postman ……………………… not (come) so far.
11. She ……………………… (be) a teacher since 2000.
12. They ……………………… (know) us for several years.
13. She ……………………… (join) a college recently.
14. The old man ……………………… (live) here all his life.
15. He ……………………… not (wear) the new shirt yet.
16. Tbm left the school some time ago. He ……………………… not (return) yet.