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Work in pairs. With the help of your partner, frame sentences using the verbs in the
boxes and the tenses in brackets.

throw _____________________________________________ (past perfect)

accept _____________________________________________ (present perfect)

think _____________________________________________ (future perfect)

visit _____________________________________________ (past perfect)

run _____________________________________________ (present perfect)
leave _____________________________________________ (future perfect)

Let’s Learn Present Perfect Tense

The present perfect tense is formed by using the subject + has or have + main verb in its
past participle form.
The present perfect tense is used to:

� indicate an action that has been completed in the immediate past.
I have seen the Taj Mahal.
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� describe an action beginning at some point of time in the past and continuing up to the
present moment.

He has lived in Delhi.
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Formation of Sentences in Present Perfect Tense

The negative in present perfect is formed by using has not or have not + past participle
form of the main verb. For example:

She has not slept for two days.
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The interrogative (yes/no question) in present perfect is formed by beginning a question
with have or has followed by subject and past participle form of the main verb. For example:

Has she replied to our query?
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