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2. Have you ever eaten insects? Have you ever seen a ghost? Have you ever had an accident? 3. The present perfect is often used for an action which started at some time in the past, and is still continuing now. Example: When do we use thePRESENT PERFECT Past tense I lived in USA in 2001Present tense Now, I live in Mexico (2008) I have lived in USA Present perfect tense 4. To form the PRESENT PERFECTyou need to remember that in English we have two kinds of verbs in this tense, Regular Verbs andIrregular Verbs . 5. Regular Verbs 6. Want/Wanted/wanted Talk/Talked/talked Open /opened/opened Close/closed/closed 7. Walk/walked/walked Play /played/played Listen/listened/listened Jump/jumped/jumped 8. Watch/watched/watched Dance/danced/danced Cry/cried/cried Clean/cleaned/cleaned 9. Wait/waited/waited Climb/climbed/climbed Work/worked/worked Play/played/played 10. IRREGULAR VERBS 11. Win/won/won Give/gave/given Find/found/found Break/broke/broken 12. Take/took/taken Think/thought/thought Cut/cut/cut Buy/bought/bought 13. Read/read/read Write/wrote/written Sleep/slept/slept Run/ran/run 14. Eat/ate/eaten Drink/drank/drunk Fly/flew/flown Speak/spoke/spoken 15. To form the Negative Form we just need to add NOT Have not =havent has not =hasntCarlos has gone to Houston AFIRMATIVE FORM I have played soccer in this team Sandra has met a famous actor .We have worked here since 2001 I havent played soccer in this team Carlos hasnt gone to Houston Sandra hasnt met a famous actor We havent worked here since 2001 NEGATIVE FORM 16. COMPLETE THE STATEMENTS WRITING THE VERBS IN PARENTHESIS IN PARTICIPLE: A. My mother _______________________ a delicious dinner. (prepare) B . Susan and Carlos ____________________ to Europe twice this year. (go) C. I _____________________ a ghost (not/see) D. The teacher _____________________ the students with their homework. (help) E. Maria ____________________ a great picture in the school. (paint) F. We _____________________ money for our wedding. (not/save) G. Rayados ______________________ a soccer match. (win) H. Luis _____________________ all the questions in the exam. (not/answer ) I. I ______________________ in this company since 2001. (work) J. My parents _____________________ to Tampico. (travel) 17. Y E S/N OQ U E S T I O N S YES / NO QUESTIONS AFIRMATIVE Negative Haveyou ever ridden a horse? Yes, I have No, I havent Haveyou ever eaten frogs legs? Yes ,I have already eaten No, I havent eaten yet Have you ever copied in an exam? Yes, I have No, I havent Has he ever gone to Tampico? Yes, he has No, I hasnt Has Mary ever had an accident? Yes she has No she hasnt 18. When do we use FOR and SINCE We use for with a period of time, for example: For a few days for half an hour for two years For a year For three hours We use since with the time when the action started, for example: Since last year Since June 8th Since I met you Since I started the course Since last week 19. Exercise. Decide if you need for or since with these time expressions LAST WEEKEND TEN SECONDS I FINISHED SCHOOL MY BIRTHDAY A LONG TIME FIFTEEN YEARS I WAS A BOY AUGUST 20. Exercise. Do we use for or since with the following time references Weve been here ___________ nine oclock I have worked for International House __________ more than eight years I havent visited my home town ___________ i left school I havent been to the cinema __________ ages I have studied non-stop _________ 9:15 I have had a driving licence _____________ I was eighteen She hasnt had a day off ___________ 1999 Johan has been in England ___________ more than two weeks now Peter has been my best friend __________ we were nine 21.