The Present Perfect Tense

Present perfect tense denotes an action that took place before the present period (that's why it is called perfect, that is, perfect), but its Result is visible in the present (that's why it's present). This is the most common use of the present perfect tense. About another kind of this grammatical time, when the action does not end up to the present period, but continues in it, it will be discussed below. The predicate form in the present perfect tense includes the auxiliary to have in combination with the main verb in 3rd form (participle II): I (you, we, they) have done something or He (she, it) has done something.

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Choose the correct form of the verb

1. She in this fl at since she was a little girl.
2. The climate on our planet greatly for the last few decades.
3. Once when I returned from holidays, I found that our flat a mess — it had been burgled.
4. We did not know what to do when the computer .
5. We up the police because the neighbours were playing the music too loud.
6. Although he looks familiar to me, I him before.
7. A lot of people are unemployed now. They their job due to the economic crisis in the country.
8. Th is is the first time in my life I this wonderful fruit.
9. What a wonderful morning! The rain , the sky is blue and cloudless, the sun is shining brightly. Let us go to the country for a picnic!
10. Come in and have a coffee with me. — Oh, thank you, I my usual black coffee.
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