Present Perfect Tense

1. Present Perfect Tense or the most confusing tense you haveever tried to understand ! Bożena Klukowska Gimnazjum w Chylicach ul.Dworska 2

2. What do you need the Present Perfect for ? • to tell what you have done recently/ lately. • to tell what you have just or already done. • to tell what you have never/ ever done. • to tell what you have done so far/ up to now. • to tell what you have done today/ this week/ this month/ this year.

3. What is so confusing about it ? • It can describe either present or past activities ! • There is no similar grammatical item in Polish !

4. How can you form the Present Perfect?

5. Why don’t you try some exercises?

6. Peter ........never watched „Maja bee”. A) had B) have C) has D) none of these Peter ........ has never watched „Maja Bee”. Congratulations! Choose the correct answer.

7. Lidka hasn’t ........to Majorka yet. A) had B) seen C) drove D) none of these None of these Lidka hasn’t been to Majorka . Precisely! How about this?

8. ....you ever smoked? A) has B) do C) have D) none of these Have you ever smoked? Good! Try the next question.

9. She hasn’t ..........the dinner already. A) cooks B) cooked C) make D) none of these She hasn’t cooked the dinner already Very well! Choose the correct answer again.

10. He hasn’t ........ a shower today. A) take B) took C) taked D) none of these None of these He hasn’t taken a shower today. Well done! Can you do this one ?

11. ...........Joan ever...........a shark? A) has J. eat B) does J. eaten C) has J. eaten D) none of these Has Joan ever eaten a shark? Not bad! Keep on trying Try this one !

12. She has ........ a man. A) never kiss B) ever kissed C) just kisses D) none of these None of these She has never kissed a man. Of course, you are right ! Choose the correct answer one more time.

13. ..........you ever ......... your head ? A) have..........lost B) do............lose C) did...........lose D) none of these Have you ever lost your head ? Right again! Choose the correct answer.

14. Tom and Arthur ........................a dog so far. A) don’t buy B) hasn’t bought C) haven’t bought D) didn’t buy Tom and Arthur haven’t bought a dog so far. Excellent! Choose the best answer again !

15. .................Peter and Mat ............... abroad before? Has..............been Have............seen Have............been None of these Have Peter and Mat been abroad before ? You are absolutely right ! What’s the right answer now?

16. What action can you describe with the Present Perfect? How do you form it ? What time expressions can you use with the Present Perfect? What’s the difference between the Present Perfect and the Simple Past ? Why don’t you test yourself again?

17. Congratulations you have just completed the test successfully!