Present perfect sentence scramble

Teaching notes

Eight present perfect sentences with have or has + past participle to rebuild: ever in a question, never, just and already before the participle, yet at the end of a negative, for and since, and a How long question. It's for B1 learners, teens or adults, who know the form but hesitate over where the small words go.

After each sentence is built, ask where ever, just or already sits and why yet comes last. Then learners change it to make it true for them ("I have never seen snow"). Turn the ever question into a quick class survey, with follow-up questions in the past simple ("When did you go?"). Play it live so each learner builds the sentences on their own device, or print it with the answer key for a quick check.