Present Perfect & Future

Article excerpt · target grammar marked

She has already booked her hotel near Canary Wharf, and she has arranged a working lunch. She has been studying indirect expressions for two weeks. If the meeting goes well, she plans to invite the British partners to Buenos Aires before the end of the year.

Grammar Reference · Present Perfect & Future

Present perfect — done

Use have/has + past participle for finished actions connected to now. She has booked the hotel.

Already / yet / just

She has already arranged the lunch. Use already for sooner than expected, yet in negatives/questions.

Will — future

Use will + base form for plans and intentions. She will invite the partners to Buenos Aires.

Common error

She has arrange the lunch. ✗ → She has arranged the lunch. ✓ — always use the past participle.

01Exercise 1 — Form · Write the Correct Form

Present Perfect & Future

1.She the meeting room for Monday morning.

2.They the agenda to all participants yesterday.

3. Valentina ... her talking points yet?

4.The partners arrived when she walked into the boardroom.

5.She London twice before this trip.

6.He his presentation for three hours before he felt confident.

02Exercise 2 — Find and Correct the Error

find the error · rewrite the sentence

1.She have already booked the hotel.

2.They has not confirmed the agenda yet.

3.Did she has a meeting last week?

4.He will to send the report tomorrow.

5.By noon, they already discussed three points.

6.She is study British expressions since January.

7.The room was book for the wrong day.

8.Have you ever attend a board meeting abroad?

03Exercise 3 — About You

in your notebook

Personalise: complete five sentences about yourself using the target grammar.

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