Auxiliary verb Have + Past Participle of main verbs
We use the Present Perfect:
· to express a past action with an adverbial of unfinished time.
E.g.: I have seen Mark today. (Today has not finish)
· To Express a past action when we don´t give details of when, how, etc. (we can use an adverbial of past time.
E.g. I´ve passed the exam.
Have you ever been to England?
· With for + period of time
· with since + (specific point in time)
E.g.: How long have you lived here?
I´ve lived here for ten years since 1999.
B) Complete the sentences with for or since:
A) Find the past participle of the following verbs.
· We have been here _______ two hours.
· She has waited for him _______ lunch time.
· They´ve been talking _______ a long time.
· Mary has not visited her grandparents _______ she arrived from abroad.
· You haven´t told me about your holidays _______ your last visit.
· We´ve lived in this town 1998.
· She´s been in the bed _______ three hours!
· They´ve had their car _______ five years.
· I´ve studied an hour or so.
· I haven´t done anything _______ this morning.
C) Choose tree verbs from exercise A and ask your partner your questions. Write down the answers:
· ________________________________?
· ________________________________.
· _______________________________________________________________________________?
· Yes, I have. I went to Paris last year.
· No, I haven´t. I´ve never been to the USA.
· She lived in Lisbon for five years.
· They´ve worked in this office since 1986.
· Yes, several times, but I don´t like flying very much.
F) Provide questions for these answers:
· I haven´t seen Mary for ages.
· ___________________________________________________________________________________
a ) for ages. b) ______ many years. c) ______ ten o´clock. d) ______ I was a child
e) ______ for breakfast. f) ______ five hours g) ______ten months h) ______ they got married
E) Fill in the gaps with since or for. then write complete sentences as the example:
· to see / an / I / accident. ________________________________________________________________
· an / she / to have / examination. __________________________________________________________
· ever / to / you / to be / France? ___________________________________________________________
· a / there to be / a storm _________________________________________________________________
· to try / several / they / times / not _________________________________________________________
· to be / lately / she / where? ______________________________________________________________
· sine / this / to live / house / 1998 / we / in __________________________________________________
D) Build up sentences with the correct Word order. The verb should go into the Present Perfect.
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