Present Perfect: yes/no questions

470 fill-in-the-gap exercises, 47 tests of ten

Move the auxiliary in front of the subject. Nothing else moves.

Have have / has

you subject

seen past participle

the film? the rest

The past participle is the third form in verb tables: written, gone, built. It never changes with the subject.

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The pattern

A statement becomes a question by swapping the first two elements:

You have finished. → Have you finished?
She has paid. → Has she paid?

Never add do or did. The auxiliary is already there.

Short answers keep the auxiliary

English answers these questions with the auxiliary, not with the main verb: Yes, I have. / No, she hasn’t. Answering Yes, I have seen is not wrong, just unusual — the short form is what people say.

ever and yet

Ever means at any time in your life and goes straight before the past participle:

Have you ever driven abroad?

Yet asks whether something expected has happened, and goes at the end:

Has the post arrived yet?

The two do different jobs. Ever opens up a whole lifetime; yet points at one thing you are both waiting for.

All forms

Subject	Question	Short answer, yes	Short answer, no
I, you, we, they	Have they finished?	Yes, they have.	No, they haven't.
he, she, it	Has she finished?	Yes, she has.	No, she hasn't.

Examples

Taken from the 470 sentences in this drill. The answer is highlighted.

Have you ever stayed up all night studying?
Has she lived in this city for a long time?
Have you been to that new restaurant in town?
Has she found a new job yet?
Have the students done their homework yet?
Has she gone to the new restaurant lately?
Have they bought their tickets for the concert?
I've lost my keys. Can you help me find them?
Have they eaten at that restaurant before?
Has she heard her favorite song on the radio?
Have you read the new book by your favorite author?
Has she watched the last episode of the TV series yet?

Mistakes to avoid

Wrong: Did you have seen it? correct: Have you seen it?

The Present Perfect asks its own questions. Did belongs to the Past Simple.

Wrong: Have you ever been in Japan? correct: Have you ever been to Japan?

Been to means visited. Been in points at where someone was at the time.

Quick choices from this form

Have or has? 366 sentences, 36 tests of ten

Other forms of Present Perfect

Positive Statements in Present Perfect Tense 450 sentences, 45 tests of ten Negative Statements in Present Perfect Tense 550 sentences, 55 tests of ten Questions in Present Perfect Tense 470 sentences, 47 tests of ten WH-Questions in Present Perfect Tense 490 sentences, 49 tests of ten

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