ESL Grammar: Present Perfect Tense
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I ______ him at least four times but he ______ the phone.

have called, has not answered

Bobby is so dirty because he ______ outside the whole afternoon.

has played

The doctor ______ yesterday.

has come

I ______ in bed since Tuesday, and I can’t stand it anymore.

<p>have lain</p> Signup and view all the answers

I ______ never ill like this before.

<p>have never been</p> Signup and view all the answers

It ____________________________ the whole week and I can’t even have a cup of tea in the morning to cheer myself up.

<p>rained</p> Signup and view all the answers

Since Fred _____________________ of a heart attack she _____________________ all alone.

<p>died</p> Signup and view all the answers

Jessica, my cleaning lady, _____________________ a few days ago.

<p>left</p> Signup and view all the answers

Last summer I __________________ (CYCLE) in the rain along a country road in France with my best friend Tom.

<p>cycled</p> Signup and view all the answers

We __________________ (DECIDE) to go on a cycling holiday in northern France.

<p>decided</p> Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Present Perfect Simple and Progressive

  • The present perfect tense is used to describe an action that started in the past and has a connection to the present.
  • The post office is near, and the speaker has been there many times before.
  • You can go home now after writing emails for over three hours.
  • The speaker has called someone at least four times, but they haven't answered.
  • Bobby is dirty because he played outside the whole afternoon.
  • The president has been preparing for his speech the whole morning.

Present Tense Simple and Continuous

  • In Britain, women do not normally wear hats.
  • The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
  • Dad is making a terrible noise outside while mowing the lawn.
  • The speaker spends weekends near the coast and goes there nearly every weekend.
  • She smokes thirty cigarettes a day but is trying to stop.

Letter to Janet

  • The doctor came yesterday and didn't like the speaker's cough.
  • The speaker has been lying in bed since Tuesday and has never been ill like this before.
  • The weather has been terrible, and it has been raining the whole week.
  • The milkman didn't come this morning, but the speaker is sure they paid their bill.
  • Alice got married last week, and Mary's kids have left home.
  • Lucy Millmann is moving to Doncaster next month because she has been all alone since Fred died.
  • The speaker has been neighbors with Lucy for over twenty years, and she has always been friendly and helpful.
  • Jessica, the cleaning lady, left a few days ago, and the speaker didn't trust her since she broke plates and blamed the cat.
  • The village hasn't changed very much, and a new family has taken over the grocery store recently.

Past Tense

  • The speaker cycled in the rain along a country road in France with their best friend Tom last summer.
  • They decided to go on a cycling holiday in northern France, neither of them having been to France before.
  • They learned a little bit of French at school and managed to brush up on the basics.
  • They wondered if they made the right decision after planning their route carefully for months.
  • They forgot one important factor: the weather.

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Practice your English grammar skills with this quiz on the present perfect simple and progressive tenses. Fill in the blanks with the correct verb forms to complete the sentences.

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