Present Perfect

Article excerpt · target grammar marked

Ian Graham has helped Liverpool sign some of the world's best players. Mohamed Salah has scored over 200 goals for the club since 2017. Nearly every top club in the world has invested in data science, and the game has changed enormously.

Grammar Reference · Present Perfect

Form

have/has + past participle. She has scored three goals this season.

Experience and results

Use for life experiences or when the result matters now. He has built a winning team.

For / since / already

For = duration. Since = start point. They have played together for two years.

Common error

Never use present perfect with a finished time expression. ✗ He has scored yesterday → ✓ He scored yesterday.

01Exercise 1 — Form · Write the Correct Form

Present Perfect

1.Salah for Liverpool since 2017.

2.Data teams the way clubs sign players.

3. you ever watched a game with a live data feed?

4.The coach not yet seen the full match report.

5.Analysts thousands of hours of match footage this year.

6.The club already signed two players for next season.

02Exercise 2 — Transform

rewrite with the new structure

1.Ian Graham started working at Liverpool in 2011. He still works there.

2.The club bought Salah three years ago. He is still there.

3.Did the analysts finish the report? (question, yet)

4.The team won their last four matches. (just)

5.I began following football when I was eight. I still follow it.

6.She scored her first professional goal last month. (already)

03Exercise 3 — About You

in your notebook

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

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