Year 5 English — The present perfect

Build the present perfect with have or has and a past participle, and tell it apart from the simple past.

Name: ________________________

1.Choose the right form: The children ____ their lunch.
- a) has ate
- b) has eaten
- c) have ate
- d) have eaten
2.Match each verb to its past participle — the form that follows have or has.
- eat
- write
- see
- do
- take
- give
- seen
- done
- written
- taken
- eaten
- given
3.Meera ____ finished her homework.
- a) haves
- b) have
- c) has
- d) having
4.Sort each sentence by its tense.
Groups: Present perfect · Simple past
- We have visited the museum.
- We visited the museum last year.
- They painted the wall in May.
- He lost his pen on Monday.
- They have painted the wall.
- He has lost his pen.
5.Which sentence is in the present perfect?
- a) She is washing the dishes.
- b) She has washed the dishes.
- c) She washes the dishes.
- d) She washed the dishes.
6.Two words, please. Use the present perfect of "play": They ____ two matches so far.
7.Two words, please. Use the present perfect of "write": I ____ three letters this week.
8.I have ____ that film twice.
- a) see
- b) saw
- c) seeing
- d) seen

Answer key — Year 5 English — The present perfect

1. d) have eaten
2. eat → eaten; write → written; see → seen; do → done; take → taken; give → given
3. c) has
4. We have visited the museum. → Present perfect; We visited the museum last year. → Simple past; He has lost his pen. → Present perfect; He lost his pen on Monday. → Simple past; They have painted the wall. → Present perfect; They painted the wall in May. → Simple past
5. b) She has washed the dishes.
6. have played
7. have written
8. d) seen