Auxiliary verb Have + Past Participle of main verbs

• To Express a past action when we don´t give details of when, how, etc. (we can use an adverbial of past time.

E.g. I´ve passed the exam.

Have you ever been to England?

• to express a past action with an adverbial of unfinished time.

E.g.: I have seen Mark today. (Today has not finish)

• With for + period of time

• with since + (specific point in time)

E.g.: How long have you lived here?

I´ve lived here for ten years since 1999.

We use the Present Perfect:

1. Find the past participle of the following verbs.

B) Complete the sentences with for or since:

• We have been here _______ two hours.

• She has waited for him _______ lunch time.

• They´ve been talking _______ a long time.

• Mary has not visited her grandparents _______ she arrived from abroad.

• You haven´t told me about your holidays _______ your last visit.

• We´ve lived in this town ­1998.

• She´s been in the bed _______ three hours!

• They´ve had their car _______ five years.

• I´ve studied ­ an hour or so.

• I haven´t done anything _______ this morning.

C) Choose tree verbs from exercise A and ask your partner your questions. Write down the answers:

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D) Build up sentences with the correct Word order. The verb should go into the Present Perfect.

• to see / an / I / accident. ________________________________________________________________

• an / she / to have / examination. __________________________________________________________

• ever / to / you / to be / France? ___________________________________________________________

• a / there to be / a storm _________________________________________________________________

• to try / several / they / times / not _________________________________________________________

• to be / lately / she / where? ______________________________________________________________

• sine / this / to live / house / 1998 / we / in __________________________________________________

E) Fill in the gaps with since or for. then write complete sentences as the example:

a ) for ages. b) ______ many years. c) ______ ten o´clock. d) ______ I was a child

e) ______ for breakfast. f) ______ five hours g) ______ten months h) ______ they got married

• I haven´t seen Mary for ages.

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F) Provide questions for these answers:

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• Yes, I have. I went to Paris last year.

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• No, I haven´t. I´ve never been to the USA.

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• She lived in Lisbon for five years.

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• They´ve worked in this office since 1986.

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• Yes, several times, but I don´t like flying very much.

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