Present Perfect Tense Worksheets
The present perfect tense can be tricky for learners, so plenty of practice is important. On this page, you’ll find a collection of free, printable worksheets to help students form and use the present perfect in positive, negative, and question forms. There are also fun communicative activities so learners can practice the tense in conversation.
If you’re teaching this tense for the first time, check out our full guide on How to Teach the Present Perfect Tense for some useful tips.
Present Perfect –Affirmative Sentences
In this practice exercise, students use the words in brackets to write present perfect affirmative sentences.
Present Perfect – Negative Sentences
Students complete 10 sentences by changing the words in brackets into negative present perfect sentences.
Present Perfect – Questions
Students use the words in brackets to form present perfect questions.
Present Perfect – Have/Has
Students read each sentence and choose whether to complete it with have or has. This exercise focuses on a common problem area that usually comes up when learners first study the present perfect tense.
Present Perfect – Find Somebody Who
A communicative activity worksheet where students walk around the class asking each other present perfect questions, then record their classmates’ answers.
Present Perfect Activity Cards
A matching card game with 8 positive and 8 negative sentences. Students must walk around, ask questions, and find their partner with the corresponding answer.
More Ways to Practice The Present Perfect Tense
Use this fun present perfect activity as a warm-up before the worksheets or as a review afterward. Students will see 10 sentences and must choose the correct form of have or has to complete each present perfect sentence. For more games like this, check out these 6 Present Perfect Games, and for an interactive way students can practice on their own, see this Present Perfect Tense Quiz.