Questions in the Present Perfect Simple
1. Yes No Questions in the Present Perfect Simple
Auxiliary | Subject | Verb | Remainder | Yes/No | Subject | Auxiliary (+ n’t) |
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Have | you | done | your homework? | Yes, No, No, | I I I | have. have not. haven’t. |
Has | Susan | telephoned | today? | Yes, No, No, | she she she | has. has not. hasn’t. |
Have | they | been | to London? | Yes, No, No, | they they they | have. have not. haven’t. |
2. Questions with question words in the Present Perfect Simple
Question word | Auxiliary | Subject | Verb | Rest | Answer |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
How many times | have | you | tried | Chinese food? | I have tried it many times. |
How long | have | they | lived | in London? | They have lived in London since 2015. |
Where | has | she | gone? | She has gone to the shops. |
► Use has with the 3rd person singular (he, she, it) and in all other persons have.
Use the verb in the past participle:
- regular verbs: infinitive + –ed
- irregular verbs: 3rd column of the table of the irregular verbs
Explanations
- Present Perfect Simple – Overview
- Diagram of the Present Perfect Simple
- Form of the Present Perfect Simple
- Be Do & Have in the Present Perfect Simple
- Questions in the Present Perfect Simple
- Signal Words for the Present Perfect Simple
- Short Forms and Long Forms in the Present Perfect Simple
- Spelling of Verbs in the Present Perfect Simple