New Headway - Unit 7

Present Perfect
for & since
Present Perfect vs. Simple Past
The boy was 1m10 tall one year ago. Now he is 1m11 tall.
 He has grown one millimeter in one year.
Tom is looking for his key. He can’t find it.
 He has lost his key.
(=He lost it and he still hasn’t got it)
(+) S + have/has + past participle (PP)
Ex: Tom has lost his key.
(-) S + have/has + not + PP
Ex: Tom has not lost his key.
(?) Have/Has + S + PP?
Ex: Has Tom lost his key?

FORM
LONG FORMS AND SHORT FORMS
Affirmative




Negative
An action or situation that started in the past and continues in the present.




Ex:
He has played football since he was a child.
USE AND DIAGRAM
An action when the time is not important, it is expressed as an experience.




Ex:
We have never traveled by train.
An action was completed in the very recent
past, expressed by `just` and `recently`.




Ex:
She has just broken her leg.

Action is repeated in an unspecified period between the past and now.




Ex:
I have seen that movie three times.
SIGNAL WORDS
EXERCISES
1. Emma _________ this film on TV (not/to see)
2. When ______ she ______ the office ? (to phone)
3. I ___________ a new laptop. (to buy)
4. ______ you ever _______ to New York? (to be)
5. Andy ____________ his sister’s bike. (not/to repair)
6. The students __________ their homework. (not/to forget)
7. What _______ you _______ in the kitchen? (to drop)
Exercise 1: Use the Present Perfect and the verbs in brackets to complete these sentences.
hasn`t seen
has
phoned
have bought
Have
been
hasn`t repaired
haven`t forgot
have
dropped
Look at pictures and complete the sentences using Present Perfect with “just”
She ______________asleep.
They _______________ out.
has just been
have just gone
What have they just done?
He ______________ lottery.
They _____________ married.
has just won
have just got
for is used with a period of time: for six days, for a long time…
Ex: I have lived here for ten years.

since is used with a point in time and means “from that point to the time of speaking”.
Ex: She has been here since six o’clock.
Use for or since to complete the sentences below
Sarah has lived in London ______ 1985.
_______ Christmas, the weather has been quite good.
3. The house is very dirty. We haven’t cleaned it _____ ages.
4. They’ve known each other _______ they were at school.
5. I haven’t had a holiday _____ ten years.
EXERCISES
since
Since
for
since
for

1. I __________ (have) these shoes since my 18th birthday.
2. I ________ (tidy) my desk, but now it’s in a mess again.
3. The last time I ______ (go) to Brighton was in August.
4. I’d like to meet a ghost, but I _________________ (never/see) one.
5. I’ve finished my homework. I ______(do) it before tea.
EXERCISES
have had
tidied
went
have never seen
did
Exercise 1: Use the correct tense to complete these sentences.
1. I’ve lost my key. I can’t find it anywhere.
 RIGHT
2. Have you seen the news on television last night?
 WRONG: Did you see the news on television last night?
3. I’ve bought a new car last week.
 WRONG: I bought a new car last week.
4. I’m very hungry. I haven’t eaten anything today.
 RIGHT
5. When has this book been published?
 WRONG: When was this book published?
Exercise 2: Are the underlined parts of these sentences right or wrong? Correct the wrong ones.