PRESENT PERFECT TENSE EXERCISE 3 (ESL) – ADVERBS
level: Intermediate (B1/B2)
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✓ Useful for Cambridge B2/C1
Once you're comfortable with the basic have/has + past participle pattern, the next step is knowing where adverbs like already, just, never, and recently fit inside it. This exercise drops the adverb right into the answer. The hint shows both the verb and the adverb together, like (to eat/never), so you know exactly what to build before you type it.
Grammar review
Where does the adverb go?
Adverbs like already, just, never, and recently almost always sit between the helping verb (have/has) and the past participle: not before have/has, and not at the very end of the verb phrase.
Pattern: have/has + adverb + past participle
“She has already cleaned her room.” (not “She already has cleaned”)
“I have never driven a motorcycle.”
“They have just opened a new store.”
“We have recently adopted a puppy.”
What each adverb signals:
• already: something happened sooner than expected
• just: something happened a very short time ago
• never: at no time up to now (an experience that hasn't happened)
• recently: something happened not long ago, without a precise time
In this exercise, the hint in parentheses shows the verb and the adverb together, separated by a slash, for example (to clean/already) means the answer is has already cleaned.
Adverbs like already, just, never, and recently almost always sit between the helping verb (have/has) and the past participle: not before have/has, and not at the very end of the verb phrase.
Pattern: have/has + adverb + past participle
“She has already cleaned her room.” (not “She already has cleaned”)
“I have never driven a motorcycle.”
“They have just opened a new store.”
“We have recently adopted a puppy.”
What each adverb signals:
• already: something happened sooner than expected
• just: something happened a very short time ago
• never: at no time up to now (an experience that hasn't happened)
• recently: something happened not long ago, without a precise time
In this exercise, the hint in parentheses shows the verb and the adverb together, separated by a slash, for example (to clean/already) means the answer is has already cleaned.
Complete each sentence using the present perfect tense with the adverb shown in the hint (have/has + adverb + past participle).
KEEP PRACTICING: MORE EXERCISES FOR YOU
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Present Perfect Tense Exercise 1 (B1/B2)
Present Perfect Tense Exercise 2 (B1/B2)
Present Perfect Continuous Exercise 1 (B1/B2)
Present Perfect Continuous Exercise 2 (B1/B2)
Already or Yet? Exercise 1 (B1/B2)
Already or Yet? Exercise 2 (B1/B2)
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Past Perfect Tense Exercise 1 (B1/B2)
Future Perfect Tense Exercise 1 (B1/B2)
Simple Past vs. Present Perfect 1 (I)
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More present perfect exercises:
Present Perfect Tense Exercise 1 (B1/B2)
Present Perfect Tense Exercise 2 (B1/B2)
Present Perfect Continuous Exercise 1 (B1/B2)
Present Perfect Continuous Exercise 2 (B1/B2)
Already or Yet? Exercise 1 (B1/B2)
Already or Yet? Exercise 2 (B1/B2)
Related perfect tense exercises:
Past Perfect Tense Exercise 1 (B1/B2)
Future Perfect Tense Exercise 1 (B1/B2)
Simple Past vs. Present Perfect 1 (I)
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