The Use
The Perfect Present Tense is used when something happened in the past and has an effect until now.
The Rule/Form (active-voice)
Positive Sentence Structure:
Subject + have/has Adverb + adverb (if necessary) + Verb (in the past participle form) + Object. Example: I have studied English.
Negative Sentence Structure:
Use never and as adverbs.
Question Structure:
have/has + Subject + Adverb (commonly: ever) + Verb (in the past participle form) + Object + etc… +? Example: have you yet studied English? yes.
Tag Question Structure:
have/has + not (if the sentence was positive ) + noun +?. Example: I haven’t yet studied English. have I? Yes, you haven’t.
The Rule/Form (passive-voice)
Positive Sentence Structure:
subject + have/has + been + verb (past participle). Example: The homework has been done.
Negative Sentence Structure:
subject + have/has + not + been + verb (past participle). Example: The homework has not been done.
Question Structure:
have/has + subject + been +verb(past participle). Example: has the homework been written? yes, of course.
Tag Question Structure:
have/has + noun +?. Example: The homework has not been done, has not it? no, it has not.
Adverbs
already,
yet,
just,
since,
so,
far,
never,
ever.
A Test
1 - She already ____ _____ [ finish ] her work.
A - Was finished.
B - Has finished.
C - Finished.
2 - I ______ _____ [ see ] a real lion in my life.
A - Had never seen it.
B - Never saw.
C - Have never seen it.
3 - I ____ just [ eat ] my breakfast.
A - Have just eaten.
B - Had just eaten.
C - Just eaten.
4 - MY mother ____ [visited] my grandmother since one week.
A - Had not visit.
B - Has not visited.
C - Did not visit.
5 - ____ you ever [ see ] Makka in your life?.
A - Has you ever see.
B - Had you ever seen.
C - Have you ever seen.
6 - My father ______ [worked] in KSA for a long time.
A - Has worked.
B - Was worked.
C - Had worked.
7 - My ant ______ [ find ] a new job in London.
A - Found.
B - Was found.
C - Has found.
8 - I _______ never [ cook ] before.
A - Had never cook.
B - Have never cooked.
C - Has never cooked.
9 - We ______ just [ arrive ] from the market.
A - Have just arrive.
B - Had just arrived.
C - Have just arrived.
10 - I ______ [ live ] in KSA for 10 9 years.
A - Had lived.
B - Have lived.
C - Was lived.
11 - My father _____ [ save ] some money for us.
A - Had saved.
B - Was saved.
C - Has saved.
12 - My friend ____ just [ go ] to his home,.
A - Had just gone.
B - Has just gone.
C - Was gone.
13 - Leila and Fatima ___ [ know ] each other since a long time.
A - Have known.
B - Has known.
C - Were know.
14 - She still _____ [ finish ] her work.
A - Had not finished.
B - Has not finished.
C - Was not finished.
15 - I ______ [ call ] my father since one hour without answering.
A - Have called.
B - Had called.
C - Was called.
16 - Be careful, my mom _____ [ brake ] a glass just now.
A - Have broken.
B - Was broken.
C - Has broken.
17 - My father ______ [ leave ] to KSA since 2 weeks.
A - Has left.
B - Had leave.
C - Had been left.
18 - I _____ [ go ] to the market this morning.
A - Had go.
B - Have gone.
C - Was gone.
19 - My sister ____ [ be ] ill for 2 days.
A - Has been.
B - Had been.
C - Was been.
20 - We ____ [ meet ] our teacher since schooldays.
A - Had not meet.
B - Have not met.
C - Have not meet.
Answers
1B – 2C – 3A – 4B – 5C – 6A – 7C – 8B – 9C – 10B – 11C – 12B – 13B – 14B – 15A – 16C – 17A – 18B – 19A – 20B