Present Perfect Tense — Exercise 9 (Questions with Full Explanations and Verb)

This set contains 10 new Present Perfect Tense practice questions (have/has + past participle verb). Each item includes the correct answer, a short verb definition, and detailed explanations for the correct option and for every incorrect option — so you learn the grammar and the reason why other forms fail. The distractors are intentionally tricky to sharpen judgement.

Definition: Present Perfect (have/has + past participle or verb 3rd form)

  • Form: have/has + past participle (e.g., I have finished; she has completed).
  • Use: actions with relevance to the present (experiences, completed actions with present result, actions started in the past and continuing to now, life experiences, and actions with unspecified time).
  • Keywords: already, yet, just, ever, never, so far, recently, lately often appear.
  • Negatives/Questions: have/has not (haven’t/hasn’t) and Have/Has + subject + past participle?
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Quiz Instructions

  1. Read each question and choose the best answer out of four given options.
  2. On top, header section of the quiz, you will see the “title of the quiz,’ ‘spending-time,’ ‘value of question in points,’ and ‘number of questions.”
  3. Below on footer, you will see Full Screen mode. As the name suggests, it covers the whole screen. It will save a lot of your time attempting the quiz.
  4. You can zoom the images given in the questions.
  5. After submitting the quiz, you can see your score and compare with other users.
  6. The Full Leaderboard link will take you to a page, where you can see all users attempts.
  7. Below the quiz box, there are explanation of each options. You can study and try again.
  8. Best of Luck!
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Quiz Question, Answer and Explanation

Note: Do remember in the quiz box above, the questions and options will shuffle, so they won’t have the same sequence like 1, 2, 3, or A, B, C as below.

1. Has the QA lead ______ the test matrix?

A) updated B) update C) updating D) updates

Verb: update = to refresh or change.

Correct: A) updated (after Has: Has the QA lead updated…?)
Why A: Past participle needed.

B wrong: base form.
C wrong: -ing.
D wrong: wrong form.

2. We ______ performance optimizations in the last sprint.

A) have implemented B) implemented C) implement D) implementing

Verb: implement = to put into practice.

Correct: A) have implemented
Why A: Present perfect shows optimizations done with present effect.

B wrong: past less present-focused.
C wrong: simple present.
D wrong: -ing.

3. He ______ the discrepancy and notified accounting.

A) has reconciled B) reconciled C) reconcile D) reconciling

Verb: reconcile = to make accounts agree.

Correct: A) has reconciled
Why A: Present perfect links reconciliation to current notification.

B wrong: past narrates but present perfect stresses current result.
C wrong: base form wrong.
D wrong: -ing.

4. They ______ the archive policy to comply with regulations.

A) have revised B) revised C) revise D) revising

Verb: revise = to change or update a policy.

Correct: A) have revised
Why A: Present perfect ties revision to present compliance.

B wrong: past; less present-linked.
C wrong: simple present.
D wrong: -ing.

5. I ______ the dependency graph — it shows anomalies.

A) have visualized B) visualized C) visualize D) visualizing

Verb: visualize = to create visual representation.

Correct: A) have visualized
Why A: Present perfect signals finished visualization with present insight.

B wrong: past less immediate.
C wrong: simple present.
D wrong: -ing.

6. Have you ______ the encryption certificates yet?

A) rotated B) rotate C) rotating D) rotates

Verb: rotate = to replace periodically.

Correct: A) rotated (after Have)
Why A: Past participle required in present perfect question.

B wrong: base.
C wrong: -ing.
D wrong: wrong form.

7. They ______ a migration window; it’s scheduled already.

A) have defined B) defined C) define D) defining

Verb: define = to set or decide parameters.

Correct: A) have defined
Why A: Present perfect links definition to the scheduled state now.

B wrong: past simple less present-linked.
C wrong: simple present.
D wrong: -ing.

8. She ______ the escalation path to the team lead.

A) has documented B) documented C) document D) documenting

Verb: document = to record details.

Correct: A) has documented
Why A: Present perfect shows documentation completed and actionable now.

B wrong: past less immediate.
C wrong: simple present.
D wrong: -ing.

9. We ______ the prototype to several power users.

A) have demonstrated B) demonstrated C) demonstrate D) demonstrating

Verb: demonstrate = to show how something works.

Correct: A) have demonstrated
Why A: Present perfect shows demos done with present feedback available.

B wrong: past possible but less immediate.
C wrong: simple present.
D wrong: -ing.

10. Have the product owners ______ the roadmap changes?

A) approved B) approve C) approving D) approves

Verb: approve = to formally accept a plan.

Correct: A) approved (post-Have past participle)
Why A: Past participle required.

B wrong: base form wrong.
C wrong: -ing.
D wrong: wrong form.

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