📝 Daily Practice
🎯 Lesson Goal
Learn how to make questions with the Present Perfect tense to talk about experiences and recent actions.
🧠 Grammar Focus
We use the Present Perfect to ask about experiences or actions that happened at an unknown time before now. We make questions with ‘Have’ or ‘Has’ + subject + past participle. Use ‘have’ with I, you, we, they, and ‘has’ with he, she, it. Examples: Have you eaten breakfast? Has she finished her work? Have they visited the museum? Has it rained today? We use these questions to find out about things that have happened before now.
📖 Short Reading
Anna has just arrived in the city. She has asked many people, "Have you seen the old library?" Some people have said yes, but no one has given her a clear answer. She has also asked, "Have you tried the new coffee shop?" Many have said they have. Anna has never been there. Today, she has asked many questions to learn about this new place.
✏️ Exercise 1 – Fill in the Blanks
1. ____ you ever visited New York? (Have / Has / Do)
2. ____ she seen the new movie? (Have / Has / Did)
3. ____ they finished their homework? (Have / Has / Do)
4. ____ he tried sushi before? (Have / Has / Is)
5. ____ you heard the news today? (Did / Have / Has)
6. ____ it rained this week? (Has / Have / Is)
7. ____ we seen that show? (Have / Has / Do)
8. ____ she been to Italy before? (Has / Have / Did)
🔗 Exercise 2 – Matching
1. Have you eaten breakfast?
2. Has he visited Paris?
3. Have they finished work?
4. Has she tried sushi?
5. Have we met before?
6. Has it rained today?
✅ Exercise 3 – Multiple Choice
1. ____ you ever eaten pizza? (Have / Has / Did)
2. ____ she finished her homework? (Have / Has / Do)
3. ____ they visited the museum? (Have / Has / Did)
4. ____ he tried the new restaurant? (Have / Has / Is)
5. ____ you seen that movie before? (Have / Has / Did)
6. ____ it snowed this winter? (Has / Have / Is)
📝 Writing Practice
1. Write 2-4 sentences asking about your friend’s recent experiences using Present Perfect questions.
2. Write 2-4 sentences asking questions about places someone has visited.
3. Write 2-4 sentences asking if someone has done activities this week.
📚 Key Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| question | a sentence to get information |
| have | used to make Present Perfect |
| has | used to make Present Perfect with he, she, it |
| visited | been to a place |
| tried | done or tasted something |
| answered | replied or said back |
| never | not ever |
| before | earlier than now |
| many | a lot of |
| people | persons |
🔎 Answer Key
- exercise_1_fill_blanks: 1.Have 2.Has 3.Have 4.Has 5.Have 6.Has 7.Have 8.Has
- exercise_2_matching: 1.Ask about breakfast today 2.Ask about travel experience 3.Ask if work is done 4.Ask about food experience 5.Ask about past meeting 6.Ask about the weather
- exercise_3_multiple_choice: 1.Have 2.Has 3.Have 4.Has 5.Have 6.Has
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