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Year 4 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. 1.Meera ____ finished her homework.

    • a) haves
    • b) have
    • c) has
    • d) having

  2. 2.Sort each subject by the helping verb it takes in the present perfect.

    Groups: have · has

    • I
    • they
    • we
    • my brother
    • the dog
    • she

  3. 3.Two words, please. Use the present perfect of "break": Somebody ____ the window.

  4. 4.Choose the right form: The children ____ their lunch.

    • a) has eaten
    • b) have eaten
    • c) has ate
    • d) have ate

  5. 5.Two words, please. Use the present perfect of "write": I ____ three letters this week.

  6. 6.I have ____ that film twice.

    • a) seeing
    • b) seen
    • c) saw
    • d) see

  7. 7.Which sentence is in the present perfect?

    • a) She is washing the dishes.
    • b) She washed the dishes.
    • c) She has washed the dishes.
    • d) She washes the dishes.

  8. 8.Put the parts in order to make one correct sentence.

    • We
    • seen
    • never
    • such a big kite.
    • have

Answer key — Year 4 English — The present perfect

  1. 1. c) has
  2. 2. I → have; she → has; they → have; my brother → has; we → have; the dog → has
  3. 3. has broken
  4. 4. b) have eaten
  5. 5. have written
  6. 6. b) seen
  7. 7. c) She has washed the dishes.
  8. 8. 1. We 2. have 3. never 4. seen 5. such a big kite.