Present Perfect – auxiliary HAVE or HAS + PAST PARTICIPLE (3rd column)
Regular verbs: arrive – arrived – arrived
Irregular verbs: go – went – gone
HAVE – I, you, we, they
HAS – he, she, it
Negative: haven’t or have not
Hasn’t or has not
Interrogative – Has he? – Have you?
It is used where there is a connection between past with the present. An action that hasn’t finished yet.
Explicando melhor: quando uma ação estabelece uma conexão entre o passado e o presente, algo que ainda não terminou.
I have been married for two years.
She has lived in South Korea since 2020.
Mary has studied Portuguese for four years.
They have worked in Miami since August.
Indefinite past – an action that finished in the past but in an indefinite date.
Neste caso, o Present Perfect é usado para expressar um passado indefinido, ou seja, uma ação que já ocorreu no passado, mas não é importante mencionar quando.
We have visited Italy.
They have gone to Germany.
Mike has worked in Brazil.
Karen has moved to a new house.
Negative sentences:
Pete hasn’t lived in New York.
He hasn’t worked in his company for a long time.
They haven’t visited Europe yet.
I haven’t traveled to Spain before.
Interrogative sentences:
Have you lived in Canada?
Has your brother bought a new car?
Have Karen and Paul gone to England?
Has Stephanie swum in that club?
She has visited Italy.
Exercises:
1 – Anne has visited Portugal.
Neg:
Int:
2 – They haven’t been married since 2016.
Aff:
Int:
3 – Have you gone to Africa?
Aff:
Neg:
4 – Karen has written two books.
Neg:
Int:
Remember: have or has + past participle
Answer:
1 – How long have you lived in your house?
2 –How many states have you visited in Brazil?
3 – Have you traveled to Europe before?
4 – Has your brother / sister gone to the USA?
5 – Has your father / mother bought a car?
6 – Has your uncle / aunt traveled abroad?
Put these sentences into a correct order:
1 – has – she – forgotten – name – my
2 – hasn’t – Mike – to – Italy – traveled
3 – Pete – drunk – whisky – has – ?
4 – have – eaten – Indian food – they – ?
5 – hasn’t – gone – he – Africa – to
6 – Pete and Paul – swum – haven’t – in – club – the
Remember – you never change the main verb – affirmative, negative or interrogative – past participle – regular or irregular verbs
Example:
arrive – arrived – arrived – regular verb
bring – brought – brought – irregular verb