Present Perfect: have/has + pp

Article excerpt · target grammar marked

Sociologist Robert Putnam has studied communities in the United States and Europe for decades. Many people have lived between two worlds. They have not yet found their place, but they have already started to build new connections.

Grammar Reference · Present Perfect: have/has + pp

Present perfect: form

She has lived here for ten years. — have/has + past participle

Have or has?

I/you/we/they have changed — he/she/it has changed. — subject decides

Past participle clues

They have found a new home. — regular: add -ed; irregular: learn the form

Common error

She has went ✗ → she has gone ✓ — always the past participle, not past simple

01Exercise 1 — Form · Write the Correct Form

Present Perfect: have/has + pp

1.She her community group three times this week.

2.We a strong connection with our neighbours since we moved here.

3. you ever ... like you truly belonged somewhere new?

4.He his roots in his home country, even after twenty years abroad.

5.They not ... their place in the new city yet.

6.Her identity a lot since she started working internationally.

02Exercise 2 — Transform

rewrite with the new structure

1.She studies communities every year.

2.They find a new sense of belonging.

3.He never feels like an outsider.

4.We build connections in our neighbourhood.

5.Did you ever live in two cultures at once?

6.She doesn't find her roots in her new city yet.

03Exercise 3 — About You

in your notebook

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

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