Present Perfect Time Words: Complete the Sentences
Focused present perfect time words practice with clear instructions, writing space and a complete answer key.
What’s in the worksheet?
- Focused sentence-completion practice
- Clear model and instructions
- Generous answer spaces
- Answer key on page 2
Choose among seven present-perfect time words in twenty contextual sentences, recognising valid alternatives.
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A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Use the word box and keep page 2 separate. Words can be used repeatedly; this is not a one-use matching puzzle.
- Group life experience, completion by now, recent time and continuing negatives before attempting the gaps.
- Read the surrounding clues and word position, then compare choices for the whale, hotel, late bus and unanswered message contexts.
- Check suggested answers, accepting context-appropriate alternatives. The key allows recently/lately in several items, already in 16 and never in 15; explain the changed emphasis rather than treating every gap as unique.
Support and extension
Support with the time-word reference. Extend by rewriting one sentence with a different suitable word and describing how the meaning changes.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
