Present Perfect Tense Grammar Exercises: Level A2-B1 (with Answers)

'have lived' is correct because 'for five years' with a situation continuing up to the present requires the present perfect. 'Lived' alone is simple past and would imply they no longer live there. 'Has lived' is for a singular subject, not 'they'. 'Are living' is present continuous and cannot combine with 'for five years' to show duration from the past.

True. The present perfect simple uses “have” or “has” as an auxiliary verb together with the past participle of the main verb, as in “She has finished” and “They have gone.” In negative sentences and questions, other words may appear between the auxiliary and the past participle.

The present perfect is used for a past action that has a result or impact in the present. 'He has broken his arm' means he cannot use it now — the past event affects the present. The other options describe completed actions at specific past times or ongoing present actions, which require simple past or present continuous.

The correct order is 'I have never eaten sushi before' because in the present perfect, 'have' comes after the subject, 'never' comes between have and the past participle, and 'before' signals the unspecified time up to now.

'Have you ever tried Thai food?' is correct because present perfect questions use have/has + subject + past participle. The other options use wrong word order, wrong auxiliary, or the base form instead of the past participle.

'has' is correct because 'just' is a key present perfect signal meaning a very recently completed action, and the subject 'the manager' is third-person singular requiring 'has'. 'Have' is used for I/you/we/they. 'Had' forms the past perfect, not the present perfect. 'Was' forms the past simple passive, which does not fit this context.

'We have already booked the hotel' is correct because 'already' signals a completed action relevant to now, requiring the present perfect. The other sentences all use time expressions like 'last night', 'in 2019', and 'yesterday' that refer to a specific finished time, which requires the simple past.

The correct order is 'Has she finished her homework yet?' because present perfect questions begin with Has, then the subject, then the past participle, and 'yet' comes at the end of questions.

'yet' is correct because 'yet' is used in negative sentences to talk about something expected but not happened. 'Already' is used in affirmative sentences. 'Just' means very recently and does not fit a negative expectation context. 'Ever' is used in questions and negative sentences about life experience, not about expected near-future actions.

'Since' indicates the starting point of an action that continues to the present, so the brother started in 2018 and still works there now. 'Since' is not used to show duration — that is the role of 'for'. The sentence does not mean the action is finished.

'has not eaten' is correct because the present perfect negative is formed with has/have + not + past participle. 'Did not eaten' mixes simple past auxiliary with a past participle. 'Has not eat' uses the base form instead of the past participle. 'Have not eaten' uses the wrong auxiliary for the third-person singular subject 'she'.

The present perfect is used for four main purposes: life experience (ever/never), recently completed actions (just), actions with present result, and duration from a past point to now (since/for).

False because 'for' indicates the duration of an action (e.g., 'for two years'), while 'since' indicates the starting point (e.g., 'since 2020'). Confusing 'for' and 'since' is one of the most common student errors with the present perfect.

'Have you ever been to Australia?' is best because 'ever' in a present perfect question asks about any time in a person's life up to now, without specifying when. The simple past question 'Did you go to Australia last summer?' refers to a specific time. The other options use incorrect forms or refer to specific past events.