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Grade 5 English Language Arts — 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.I have ____ that film twice.

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

  2. 2.Meera ____ finished her homework.

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

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

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

  4. 4.Match each verb to its past participle — the form that follows have or has.

    • eat
    • write
    • see
    • do
    • take
    • give
    • done
    • eaten
    • written
    • seen
    • taken
    • given

  5. 5.Sort each sentence by its tense.

    Groups: Present perfect · Simple past

    • 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.
    • We have visited the museum.

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

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

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

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

Answer key — Grade 5 English Language Arts — The present perfect

  1. 1. a) seen
  2. 2. a) has
  3. 3. d) She has washed the dishes.
  4. 4. eat → eaten; write → written; see → seen; do → done; take → taken; give → given
  5. 5. 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
  6. 6. have written
  7. 7. has broken
  8. 8. 1. We 2. have 3. never 4. seen 5. such a big kite.