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ESL Helpful Handouts The Present Perfect Tense Page 1 of 11
Free handout: http://sites.google.com/site/eslhelpfulhandouts Photo Acknowledgments: www.flickr.com (Creative Commons License) - Michael Kappel, mikebaird, Feggy Art, Jinsonocx, Bohari Adventures, globrvisions, jemsweb, gbaku, justgrimes, Tambako the Jaguar, Svadifari, massdistraction, su-lin, almodestuff, franzisco, codiceinternet, Open Sky Media
Have you flown a kite?
Yes, I have flown a kite.
Have you flown a kite?
No, I haven’t flown a kite.
Have you flown a kite?
Yes, I have.
Have you flown a kite?
No, I haven’t.
Have you ever flown a kite? Yes, I have flown a kite many times.
Have you ever flown a kite? No, I have never flown a kite.
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I have climbed a mountain. You have caught a butterfly. He has ridden a horse.
She has played chess. We have been to Africa. They have planted a tree.
The Present Perfect Tense is used to talk about things that did or did not happen at some
unspecified time in the past. The exact time is not mentioned.
I have climbed a mountain.
We haven’t been to Africa.
You have never caught a butterfly.
You can use the Present Perfect Tense to talk about things that happened more than once at
unspecified times in the past.
He has ridden a horse many times.
She has played chess several times.
They have planted a tree a couple of times.
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Review of the Past Participle
The past participle is a verb form used in the present perfect tense. The past participle of regular
verbs is the same as the simple past form.
Base form Simple Past Past Participle
climb climbed climbed
Some irregular verbs have a different past participle form.
Base Form Simple Form Past Participle
fly flew flown
A list of verb forms.
Base Form Simple Past Past Participle
be was/were been
catch caught caught
climb climbed climbed
eat ate eaten
feed fed fed
fly flew flown
hold held held
listen listened listened
make made made
play played played
plant planted planted
post posted posted
ride rode ridden
sleep slept slept
travel traveled traveled
use used used
win won won
wreck wrecked wrecked
Write the past participle form of each verb.
be _______ eat _______ fly ______ use _______ win _______
feed _______ hold _______ make _______ play _______ post _____