Present Perfect Exercises
somdn_product_pageThese present perfect exercises are designed for A1+/A2 ESL students and provide structured grammar practice. Through eight engaging worksheet activities, students learn to use the present perfect to talk about experiences and actions at an unspecified time before now. They also practise affirmative and negative forms, questions, regular and irregular past participles, common time expressions, and the difference between the present perfect and past simple. This resource is ideal for classroom practice, homework, revision, assessments, fast finishers, and B1 revision.
Level: A1+/A2
Time: 25 minutes+
This lesson comes with:
Fillable Fields – This digital worksheet can be completed online or printed.
Teacher’s Copy – Includes detailed teacher’s notes and an answer key.
Student Version – Ideal for sharing via email for online lessons.
Present Perfect Exercises Overview
Exercise 1
Write the past and past participle forms of common regular verbs.
Exercise 2
Complete a past participle chart using a range of common irregular verbs.
Exercise 3
Complete present perfect sentences using the correct verb forms from a word box.
Exercise 4
Practise negative present perfect forms using regular and irregular verbs.
Exercise 5
Form present perfect questions from prompts using have/has and the correct past participles.
Exercise 6
Sort common time words and phrases according to the tense they are typically used with.
Exercise 7
Rewrite sentences using common present perfect adverbs including already, yet, ever, never, before, and just.
Exercise 8
Choose between the present perfect and past simple to complete contextualised sentences.
Skills Developed
- Present perfect affirmative, negative and question forms
- Regular and irregular past participles
- Question formation
- Time expressions and adverbs
- Present perfect vs past simple
- Grammar accuracy and written fluency
Lesson Objectives
- Use the present perfect accurately in affirmative, negative and question forms.
- Recognise and produce common regular and irregular past participles.
- Use common present perfect time expressions correctly.
- Distinguish between the present perfect and past simple in context.
Try this Present Perfect Worksheet in class today!
Note: This lesson includes printable and fillable field worksheets. For best results, we recommend using the free Adobe Acrobat Reader for digital completion or printing.
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