B116 questions · Intermediate · Tenses and Time
Present Perfect Exercises with Answers
Have you ever, I've just finished, she's lived here for years. The tense that connects the past to now, and the for and since that go with it.
Lessons on this topic
- Ever and Never
Have you ever…? to ask about experience, I have never to say not once, short answers, and when the conversation switches to the past simple.
- Just, Already and Yet
Just for a moment ago, already for done, yet for not done: how they work with the present perfect, where they go, and Have you… yet?
- Present Perfect Continuous
Have / has been + -ing for an activity still going on or just stopped, how it differs from the simple form, and verbs like know.
- Present Perfect with For and Since
Use the present perfect for something that started in the past and is still true: for + a length of time, since + a starting point, How long…? and It's … since.
- Present Perfect: Have / Has + Past Participle
How to form the present perfect with have / has + past participle, negatives and questions, when it replaces the past simple, and been vs. gone.
- Present Perfect vs Past Simple
Unfinished time takes the present perfect, finished time the past simple: today, this morning, It's the first time I've…, and news then details.
