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Present Perfect · Exercises

C2Proficient practice

Formal style: inversion and subtle tense choices.

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What you’ll practise at C2

  • Past participles (gone, seen, written…)
  • Negatives: haven’t / hasn’t
  • Questions: Have you…?
  • Present perfect or past simple?
  • Simple or continuous (have been doing)
  • Passive: has been done
  • Inversion: Never have I…
  • Timelines: what the tense means

Need a refresher? Learn the present perfect: rules, tables and audio examples.

Sample exercises

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  1. Rewrite the sentence starting with “Rarely”.

    She has rarely tasted anything like it.

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    Rarely has she tasted anything like it.

    Starting with a negative adverb (Never, Rarely, Seldom) is formal and emphatic: adverb + have/has + subject + participle.

  2. Write the present perfect simple or continuous.

    Yuki _____ (drink) coffee all day.

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    Yuki has been drinking coffee all day.

    For an activity that has been going on (all morning, for an hour), use the present perfect continuous: have/has been + -ing.

  3. Rewrite the sentence starting with “Never”.

    Our teacher has never felt so welcome anywhere.

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    Never has our teacher felt so welcome anywhere.

    Starting with a negative adverb (Never, Rarely, Seldom) is formal and emphatic: adverb + have/has + subject + participle.

  4. Is this sentence correct?

    My dad has swum in a frozen lake.

    Correct · Has a mistake

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    My dad has swum in a frozen lake.

    Yes, it’s correct. “swim” is irregular: swim – swam – swum. After have/has use the past participle (swum).

  5. Choose the correct sentence.

    Which sentence is correct?

    Rarely have you eaten such a delicious meal. · Rarely you have eaten such a delicious meal. · Rarely has you eaten such a delicious meal. · Rarely have eaten you such a delicious meal.

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    Rarely have you eaten such a delicious meal.

    Starting with a negative adverb (Never, Rarely, Seldom) is formal and emphatic: adverb + have/has + subject + participle.

  6. Which timeline shows this sentence?

    We have played the guitar.

    Some time before now, and it matters now · A habit, or something always true · In progress around now · Going on from the past up to now

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    We have played the guitar.

    “have played” is the present perfect (have / has + past participle): some time before now, and it matters now.