Past Tense Using Have

English Language: KS3, topic 3.9.3

The Present Perfect Tense

We use the present perfect tense to talk about things that have happened more than once in the past or to talk about things that happened at an unknown time in the past.

Past perfect tense

Past perfect tense

  • The present perfect tense always uses has or have followed by a past tense verb.
  • We will look at examples of the past perfect tense on the next slides...
I have watched

I have watched

You have watched

You have watched

He/she/it has watched

He/she/it has watched

We have watched

We have watched

You (plural) have watched

You (plural) have watched

They have watched

They have watched

Test yourself on Past Tense Using Have

  • What word do we need to add to form the present perfect tense?

    __I ______________ always loved cricket.

  • What is the name of the tense we use to talk about things that have happened more than once in the past and might still happen?

  • What is the name of the tense we use to talk about things that have happened at an unknown time in the past (e.g. we have been there before)?

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