Form of the Present Perfect

Form of Present Perfect

	Positive	Negative	Question
I / you / we / they	I have spoken.	I have not spoken.	Have I spoken?
he / she / it	He has spoken.	He has not spoken.	Has he spoken?

For irregular verbs, use the participle form (see list of irregular verbs, 3rd column).
For regular verbs, just add “ed”.
Exceptions in Spelling when Adding ‘ed’

Exceptions in spelling when adding ed	Example
after a final e only add d	love – loved
final consonant after a short, stressed vowel or l as final consonant after a vowel is doubled	admit – admitted travel – travelled
final y after a consonant becomes i	hurry – hurried

• Exceptions in Spelling when adding ‘ed’

Practise the irregular verbs

Go to School Level 0 Level 1

Level 2 Level 3 Level 4

Practise the irregular verbs

• have or has

• Positive Sentences in Present Perfect Simple

• Negative Sentences in Present Perfect Simple

• Sentences with ‘never’ in Present Perfect Simple

• Questions in Present Perfect Simple
  

Active into Passive Voice

Exercises on Passive (Form)

• Exercise on Passive with Simple Present
• Exercise on Passive with Simple Past

Exercises on Passive (Active → Passive)

• Exercise on Passive with Simple Present
• Exercise on Passive with Simple Past

Exercises on Passive (Active or Passive)

• Exercise on Simple Present
• Exercise on Simple Past

Titanic: Active or Passive Voice?

Passive - Titanic

Run the slides on the Titanic. Would you use the active or passive?

Passive Voice

When do we use the passive? We use the passive in the following cases:

Case 1: The thing done is more important than the doer.

         e.g. A new supermarket was opened in our district last week.

Case 2: Both the thing done and the doer are important.

         e.g. Algeria was colonized by the French.

Case 3: The doer is unknown.

        e.g. A lot of articles are stolen in the supermarket every day.

Case 4: We don't want to mention the doer.

         e.g. I was told that you had broken my glasses.

Here you've got some exercises:

• http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=516
• http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=520
• http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3685