Present perfect

7th grade L1

Form:
AFFIRMATIVE
S + have/ has + Past Participle
(V+ed/3rd form)
1. I have finished my homework.
2. She has stopped running.
3. You have done your exercises.
4. He has bought a book.

NEGATIVE
S + havent /hasnt + Past
Participle
1. I havent finished my homework.
2. She hasnt stopped running.
3. You havent done your
exercises.
4. He hasnt bought a book.

For / since
FOR +
period of time
For
For
For
For

three days
a year
two weeks
12 years

INTERROGATIVE
Have/Has + S + Past Participle
1. Have you finished your
homework?
2. Has she stopped running?
3. Have you done your exercises?
4. Has he bought a book?

PRACTICE
SINCE +
point in time
Since
Since
Since
Since

Friday
2008
two weeks ago
I was born

1. List the time expressions under two headings.

FOR or SINCE:
a long time last Wednesday a year six
months July days and days 1989 I was a
child May 25th four weeks I started school
a short time I was born ages yesterday
my parents moved here

2. Put the verbs in the Present Perfect (affirmative or

negative) and SINCE or FOR as appropriate:

3. Complete the blanks with verbs in the Past Simple

or Present Perfect Simple

1. I (know) ____________________________ I needed

glasses
a) ________ 5th grade ; b) __________ the past half year
2. I (not have) _________________________ a headache
a) ________ about half a year
b) __________ I changed my glasses
3. I (be) ________________________ very hot
a) ________ early morning; b) __________ noon
4. The pot (be) __________________________ on the
stove
a) ________ an hour;
b) __________ several hours
5. Grandmother (not touch) _____________________ it
a) ________ lunchtime; b) __________ half an hour
6. I (not have) ________________________ a decent
meal
a) ________ December; b) __________ almost a month
7. My mother (teach) ___________________________
in the same school.
a) _________ 1980; b) __________ she was 23 years old
8. My father (not travel) __________________________
by train
a) _________ 3 years; b) __________ he has the car

1. Everyone (have) _______________ milk and sandwiches

at breakfast yesterday.
2. Martin, the class (start) ________________ ten minutes
ago!
3. Our aunt (go) ____________ back home yesterday
morning. My mother (help) ____________________ with her
luggage for two hours.
4. I (meet) _____________ Cathy at Jims party last Sunday.
We (not meet) _______________________ since then.
5. Last week I (start) _____________ reading this novel. I
(read) ___________________it for a week.
6. We (use) _________________________ computers in our
school for the past few years.
7. He (lose) ________________ his glasses yesterday. He
(look for) _____________________ them for two hours.
8. Tom and I (watch) _________________ TV since this
morning. He (leave) ____________ 5 minutes ago.
9. Im hungry. I (not eat) ____________________ since last
night.
10. We (do) ________________ an experiment showing

the effects of global warming last week in our Biology

class.