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Grammar
Explanations Tomakethepositivepresentperfecttense,use:
Infographics 'have'/'has'+thepastparticiple
'A'and'The' Makethepastparticiplebyadding'ed'toregularverbs(for
example,'play'becomes'played')
VerbTenses
Thereareafewverbsthatchangetheirspellingwhenyouadd
VerbPatterns 'ed'(forexample,'study'becomes'studied')
PhrasalVerbs Wealsohavesomecompletelyirregularverbs

Questions (Also,here'ssomehelpifyouarenotsurehowtopronounce'ed'
Adjectives attheendofaverb).
Conditionals
Positive PositiveShortForm
ReportedSpeech
Ihaveplayed I'veplayed
ThePassive
youhaveworked you'veworked
IrregularVerbs
hehaswritten he'swritten
StativeVerbs
RelativeClauses shehaswalked she'swalked

Prepositions ithasrained it'srained

Modals wehavetravelled we'vetravelled

Gerundsand theyhavestudied they'vestudied

Infinitives
Participles Tryanexerciseaboutthepositiveformhere
ImproveYourEnglish Thenegativeisreallysimpletoo.Justput'not'after'have'or'has':
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Aboutme Negative NegativeShortForm

Ihavenoteatenbreakfasttoday Ihaven'teaten
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EmailMe youhavenotbeentoAsia youhaven'tbeen

F.A.Q. hehasnotseenthenewfilm hehasn'tseen

shehasnotplayedtennis shehasn'tplayed

ithasnotsnowedthiswinter ithasn'tsnowed

wehavenotsleptallnight wehaven'tslept

theyhavenottriedthefood theyhaven'ttried

Tryanexerciseaboutthenegativeformhere

Tomakeaquestion,put'have'or'has'infrontofthesubject:

'Yes/No'Questions

haveImissedthebus?

haveyouvisitedLondon?

hasheworkedasawaiterbefore?

hasshemetJohn?

hasitbeencoldthisweek?

havewearrivedtooearly?

havetheystudiedEnglishgrammarbefore?

Asyoucanimagine,for'wh'questions,wejustputthequestionword
before'have'or'has':

'Wh'Questions

wherehaveIleftmyumbrella?

whathaveyoudonetoday?

whyhashegonealready?

wherehasshebeenintheUK?

whyhasitrainedsomuchthissummer?

whathavewedone?

wherehavetheylearnedEnglishbefore?

Clickhereforalistofallthepresentperfectexercises

Ifyouwanttolearnmoreaboutthetenses,especiallyabouthowtouse
themwhenyou'respeaking,youcouldtrymyvideocourse,Terrific
Tenses,whichispartofPerfectEnglishGrammarPlus.

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