Using the Present Perfect Tense

1. SIMPLE PRESENT
(PRESENTE SIMPLES)
Base ou
Base terminada em “s” ou “es” (he, she,
it)
PRESENT PERFECT
(PRESENTE PERFEITO)
have + particípio passado ou
has + particípio passado (he, she, it)
SIMPLE PAST
(PASSADO SIMPLES)
coluna do PASSADO (Lista)

2. study (Base) – studied (Pass.) – studied (Part.)
Eu estudo na “Orestes Óris”.
SÓ PRESENTE
I study at “Orestes Óris”.
(Presente Simples)
Ele estuda na “Orestes Óris”.
PRESENTE SIMPLES
He studies at “Orestes Óris”.
X
(Presente Simples) PRESENTE PERFEITO
Eu estudo na “Orestes Óris” desde 2005.
I have studied at “Orestes Óris” since 2005.
(Presente Perfeito) PASSADO +
Ele estuda na “Orestes Óris” desde 2005. PRESENTE
He has studied at “Orestes Óris” since 2005.
(Presente Perfeito)

3. write – wrote - written
PASSADO
Ela escreveu um livro no ano passado.
DEFINIDO
She wrote a book last year.
(Passado Simples)
PASSADO
Ela escreveu muitos livros. PASSADO SIMPLES
X
She has written many books. INDEFINIDO PRESENTE
(Presente Perfeito) PERFEITO
Eu escrevi um romance em 2007.
PASSADO
I wrote a novel in 2007.
DEFINIDO
(Passado Simples)
Eu acabei de escrever um romance.
I have just written a novel. Obs.: “just” indica
ação recente, que
(Presente Perfeito) acabou de acontecer.

4. do – did – done
Eu tenho feito todas as minhas tarefas de casa.
I have done all my homework.
PRESENTE
rain – rained – rained PERFEITO
Tem chovido muito aqui ultimamente.
It has rained a lot here lately.
work – worked – worked
Ele tem trabalhado no projeto desde o ano passado.
He has worked on the project since last year.

5. EXERCÍCIO 4 (CADERNO DO ALUNO) – P. 12
return – returned – returned (retornar, voltar)
a) I___ (to return) from four months as a conservation
volunteer in Ecuador.
I have returned from four months as a conservation volunteer
in Ecuador.
(Eu retornei depois de quatro meses como voluntário
ambiental no Equador.)
enjoy – enjoyed – enjoyed (apreciar, divertir-se)
b) They___ (to enjoy) their time in Costa Rica dealing with
turtles.
They have enjoyed their time in Costa Rica dealing with
turtles.
(Eles divertiram-se em Costa Rica trabalhando com
tartarugas.)

6. EXERCÍCIO 4 (CADERNO DO ALUNO) – P. 12
book – booked – booked (reservar, fazer reserva)
c) I ___ (to book) myself on a flight to Costa Rica this July to
go and teach English.
I have booked myself on a flight to Costa Rica this July to go
and teach English.
(Eu fiz uma reserva para mim mesmo em um voo para Costa
Rica em julho para ir dar aulas de inglês lá.)
help – helped - helped
d) We ___ (to help) the Volunteer Project with their marketing
needs.
We have helped the Volunteer Project with their marketing
needs.
(Nós ajudamos o Projeto de Voluntários com suas
necessidades de divulgação.)

7. EXERCÍCIO 4 (CADERNO DO ALUNO) – P. 12
arrive – arrived – arrived (chegar)
e) She ___ (to arrive/just) home from South America.
She has just arrived home from South America.
(Ela acabou de chegar em casa vinda da América do Sul.)
spend – spent – spent (passar, gastar)
f) We ___ (to spend) one month volunteering in Peru with
street children.
We have spent one month volunteering in Peru with street
children.
(Nós passamos um mês fazendo trabalho voluntário no Peru
com crianças de rua.)

8. EXERCÍCIO 4 (CADERNO DO ALUNO) – P. 12
visit – visited – visited (visitar)
g) I ___ (to visit) the websites you listed and contacted these
NGOs.
I have visited the websites you listed and contacted these
NGOs.
(Eu visitei os websites que você listou e contatei estas
ONGs.)
spend – spent – spent (passar, gastar)
h) He ___ (to spend) four weeks with the Bear project in
Northern Ecuador.
He has spent four weeks with the Bear project in Northern
Ecuador.
(Ele passou quatro semanas envolvido no projeto Urso no
norte do Ecuador.)

9. EXPANSION ACTIVITY (CADERNO DO ALUNO) – P. 12
a) My brother has changed his job. (Meu irmão mudou de
trabalho.)
Correct.
b) Laura has gone to India last month. (Laura foi para a Índia
no mês passado.)
Incorrect >> Laura went to India last month.
c) We think everybody has arrived now. (Achamos que todos
já devem ter chegado.)
Correct.
d) They have seen a very nice film yesterday. (Eles viram um
filme muito bom ontem.)
Incorrect >> They saw a very nice film yesterday.
e) Peter has written to us two weeks ago. (Peter nos
escreveu há duas semanas.)
Incorrect >> Peter wrote to us two weeks ago.

10. EXPANSION ACTIVITY (CADERNO DO ALUNO) – P. 12
f) I have forgotten your birthday last Tuesday. (Eu esqueci o
seu aniversário na última terça-feira.)
Incorrect >> I forgot your birthday last Tuesday.
g) Sorry – I have forgotten your name... (Descupe-me – Eu me
esqueci do seu nome...)
Correct.
HOMEWORK – ACTIVITY 1 – P. 13
cook – eat – fail – appear - ride
b) ___ your best friend ever ___ with chopsticks?
Has your best friend ever eaten with chopsticks? (O seu
melhor amigo já comeu com chopsticks?
c) ___ you ever ___ a horse?
Have you ever ridden a horse? (Você já andou a cavalo?)

11. d) ___ your mother ___ ever ___ Thai food?
Has your mother ever eaten/cooked Thai food? (A sua mãe já
comeu/cozinhou comida tailandesa?)
e) ___ you ever ___ about a test?
Have you ever failed about a test? (Você já foi mal em um
teste?)
f) ___ your teacher ever ___ on TV?
Has your teacher ever appeared on TV? (O seu professor já
apareceu na TV?)
HOMEWORK – ACTIVITY 2 – P. 14
c) We help the turtles in Tamar Project. (six years)
We have helped the turtles in Tamar Project for six years.
(Nós ajudamos as tartarugas do Projeto Tamar há seis anos.)

12. HOMEWORK – ACTIVITY 2 – P. 14
d) My friend works for a food bank to help homeless people.
(2003)
My friend has worked for a food bank to help homeless
people since 2003.
(Meu amigo trabalha para um banco de alimentos para
auxiliar pessoas sem habitação desde 2003.)
e) Our teachers take part in health campaigns in our city.
(five years)
Our teachers have taken part in health campaigns in our city
for five years.
(Nossos professores participam de campanhas de saúde em
nossa cidade há cinco anos.)

13. HOMEWORK – ACTIVITY 2 – P. 14
f) My parents read fairy tales to children and elderly people
every month. (1998)
My parents have read fairy tales to children and elderly
people every month since 1998.
(Meus pais leem contos de fada para crianças e pessoas
idosas todos os meses desde 1998.)
g) Ann takes care of animals in a local shelter for animals.
(one year)
Ann has taken care of animals in a local shelter for animals
for one year.
(Ann toma conta de animais em um abrigo para animais local
há um ano.)

14. HOMEWORK – ACTIVITY 4 – P. 14
Peter: (a) Have you known Ann for a long time?
Joe: (b) I ___ (know) her since high school. What about you?
have known
Peter: In fact, we are cousins and we (c) ___ (work) together
since 2000.
have worked
Joe: How nice! So, are you an engineer, too?
Peter: Yes. And what do you do, Joe?
Joe: I’m an archeologist.
Peter: Great! That’s really different! (e) ___ you ___ (ever/be) to
Egypt?
Have you ever been

15. HOMEWORK – ACTIVITY 4 – P. 14
Joe: Yes, as a matter of fact, I (f) ___ (live) there for 5 years.
I’m here on vacation.
have lived
Peter: That’s fantastic!
HOMEWORK – ACTIVITY 1 – P. 18
finish – finished – finished
a) I/exams./just/my/have/final/finished
I have just finished my exams.
(Eu acabei de fazer os meus exames.)

16. HOMEWORK – ACTIVITY 1 – P. 18
have dinner – had dinner – had dinner
b) just/dinner./has/He/had
He has just had dinner.
(Ele acabou de jantar.)
win – won – won
c) won/My/have/lottery./cousins/just/the
My cousins have just won the lottery.
(Meus/Minhas primos/primas acabaram de ganhar na loteria.)

17. HOMEWORK – ACTIVITY 1 – P. 18
buy – bought – bought
d) a/has/She/just/CD./bought/new
She has just bought a new CD.
(Ela acabou de comprar un novo CD.)
have married – had married – had married
e) just/Edward/and/have/married/Pat
Edward and Pat have just had married.
(Edward and Pat acabaram de se casar.)

18. HOMEWORK – ACTIVITY 1 – P. 18
see – saw - seen
f) seen/have/Cathy./We/just
We have just seen Cathy.
(Acabamos de ver Cathy.)

19. HOMEWORK – ACTIVITY 2 – P. 19
already = já (frases afirmativas)
yet = ainda (frases negativas)
Meg’s tasks (As tarefas de Meg)
My chores for today (Minhas tarefas de hoje)
c) finish reading the text on Medieval History – OK
finish – finished – finished
She has already finished reading the text on Medieval
History.
(Ela já terminou de ler o texto sobre História Medieval.)

20. d) make an appointment with the dentist – No
make – made – made
She hasn’t made an appointment with the dentist yet.
(Ela ainda não marcou a consulta com o dentista.)
e) study for the Math test – No
study – studied – studied
She hasn’t studied for the Math test yet.
(Ela ainda não estudou para a prova de Matemática.)
f) tidy up the bedroom – OK
tidy up – tidied up – tidied up
She has already tidied up the bedroom.
(Ela já arrumou o quarto.)

21. g) finish the Chemistry report – OK
finish – finished – finished
She has already finished the Chemistry report.
(Ela já terminou o relatório de Química.)
HOMEWORK – ACTIVITY 3 – P. 19
a) Have you ever/never gone parachuting?
Have you ever gone parachuting?
(Você já saltou de paraquedas?)
b) I have never/ever eaten snails.
I have never eaten snails.
(Eu nunca comi lesmas.)

22. c) She hasn’t finished studying this chapter already/yet.
She hasn’t finished studying this chapter yet.
(Ela ainda não terminou de estudar este capítulo.)
d) They have just/ever left home.
They have just left home.
(Eles acabaram de sair de casa.)
e) She has already/yet met a few famous people.
She has already met a few famous people.
(Ela já encontrou algumas pessoas famosas.)

23. HOMEWORK - ACTIVITY 4 - P. 20
In some ways, the two 17-year-old
boys, Mark Stephen and Karl Scott,
are the ideal candidates for this
voluntary program. They are
knowledgeable, intelligent and
adaptable. They ___ (a) (work) with a) have worked
children for two years in an b) has assisted
orphanage in their city. They also
packed over 500 boxes of food for c) have prepared
seniors in need last year. Mark ___ d) haven’t finished
(b) (assist) the library staff at school
during the Summer Reading Program
for three years. Karl and his family
___ (c) (prepare) meals for homeless
people for one year and a half. They
are on vacation now, but they ___ (d)
(finish) high school yet.

24. HOMEWORK - ACTIVITY 4 - P. 20 e) have never lived
f) has learned/has
learnt
They ___ (e) (never live) abroad, but
they speak English. They also speak or
Italian well, but that’s no use in
have learned/have
Chile. The problem is that neither of
learnt
them ___ (f) (learn) Spanish at
school.

25. I have climbed the highest mountains
(Eu escalei as montanhas mais altas)
I have run through the fields
(Eu corri pelos campos)

26. Only to be with you (TWICE)
(Só pra ficar com você)
I have run
(Eu corri)

27. I have crawled
(Eu me rastejei)
I have scaled these city walls, these city walls
(Eu escalei estes arranha-céus, estes arranha-céus)

28. Only to be with you
(Só pra ficar com você)
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for (TWICE)
(Mas eu ainda não encontrei o que estou procurando)

29. I have kissed honey lips
(Eu beijei lábios doces)
Felt the healing in her fingertips
(Senti a cura na ponta dos dedos dela)

30. It burned like fire, this burning desire
(Ardia feito fogo, este desejo ardente)
I have spoken with the tongue of angels
(Eu falei com a língua dos anjos)

31. I have held the hand of a devil
(Eu segurei a mão de um demônio)
It was warm in the night
(Estava quente na noite)

32. I was cold as a stone
(Eu estava frio como uma pedra)
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for (TWICE)
(Mas eu ainda não encontrei o que estou procurando)

33. I believe in the Kingdom come
(Eu creio na vinda do Reino)
Then all the colours will bleed into one, bleed into one
(Então todas as cores serão apenas uma, serão apenas uma)

34. But, yes, I'm still running
(Mas, sim, eu ainda estou correndo)
You broke the bonds
(Você quebrou os laços)

35. And you loosed the chains
(E soltou as correntes)
You carried the cross of my shame, of my shame
(Você carregou a cruz da minha vergonha, da minha vergonha)

36. You know I believe it
(Você sabe que eu acredito nisso)
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for (REPEAT TO
END)
(Mas eu ainda não encontrei o que estou procurando)