SPARROW READERSB1

Present Perfect

Ruby · Standard

Grammar summary

Subject	Affirmative	Negative
I	have / I've	have not / haven't
You (one person)	have / you've	have not / haven't
He / She / It	has / he's / she's / it's	has not / hasn't
We	have / we've	have not / haven't
You (a group)	have / you've	have not / haven't
They	have / they've	have not / haven't

Present perfect = have/has + past participle. She has finished. They have seen it.

Regular: work - worked. Irregular: go - gone; see - seen; write - written.

Use it for experiences, present results and situations continuing until now.

01 Build the present perfect

Use the present perfect of the verbs in brackets.

Example: He has made a cake. (make)

1.My sister her keys. (lose)

2.You and I the project. (finish)

3.The bus at last. (arrive)

4.I three emails today. (write)

5.Your friends lunch. (eat)

6.You a lot this term. (work)

02 Complete the participles

Write the past participle of each verb in brackets.

Example: I have spoken to her. (speak)

1.She has a new notebook. (buy)

2.We have the answer. (find)

3.He has all the water. (drink)

4.They have a beautiful picture. (draw)

03 Complete the negatives

Use the negative present perfect of each verb.

Example: She hasn't called yet. (not / call)

1.Sam his room yet. (not / tidy)

2.We that film yet. (not / see)

3.I my phone yet. (not / find)

4.The lesson yet. (not / begin)

Grammar summary

Marker	Meaning / pattern	Example
already	before now	I have already finished.
just	a very short time ago	She has just arrived.
yet	up to now; usually at the end	Have you finished yet?
for	a period of time	We have lived here for two years.
since	a starting point	He has known her since 2020.

Questions: Have you finished? Has she arrived? What have they done?

Short answers: Yes, I have. / No, I haven't. Yes, she has. / No, she hasn't.

Finished past time: I saw him yesterday. Use past simple with yesterday / last week.

04 Ask and answer

Complete the questions and short answers.

Example: Where have you put it? (put)

1. your brother the book? (read)

2.What they for the project? (make)

3.Have you and Jo finished? Yes, we .

4.Has the bus arrived? No, it .

05 For or since?

Complete each gap with for or since.

Example: I have lived here since 2021.

1.She has played the piano five years.

2.We have known each other primary school.

3.I have had this bag last September.

4.They have waited here twenty minutes.

06 A school project

Complete the gaps using the verbs or clues in brackets.

Example: We have already chosen the topic.

1.Maya a short film. (make)

2.We have finished it. (a moment ago)

3.The teacher has seen it. (earlier than expected)

4.She us some useful advice. (give)

5.We haven't uploaded the film . (up to now)

6.We together since Monday. (work)