Present Perfect Tense – Negative form

You will study the Present Perfect Tense in the Negative form.

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Present Perfect Tense – Negative form

Demographics of Canada

Instructions: Read the text. Look at the letters in bold.

Canadian population has not decreased. There has been an increase of around 5.9 percent over the 2006 figure. By December 2012, Statistics Canada reported a population of over 35 million, signifying the fastest growth rate of any G8 nation. Between 1990 and 2008, the population increased by 5.6, equivalent to 20.4 percent overall growth. The main drivers of population growth are immigration and, to a lesser extend, natural growth. Canada has one of the highest per-capita immigration rates in the world, driven mainly by economic policy and, to a lesser extent family reunification. The Canadian public as-well as the major political parties support the current level of immigration. In 2010, a record 280,636 people immigrated to Canada. The Canadian government anticipated between 280,000 and 305,000 new permanent residents in 2016, a similar number of immigrants as in recent years. New immigrants settle mostly in major urban areas such as Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Canada also accepts large number of refugees, accounting for over 10 percent of anual global refugee resettlements.

Canada. Retrieved January, 2017 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada

Getting started: Canadians

Instructions: Read the following information to do the activity suggested.

About four-fifths of the population lives within 150 kilometers of the contiguous United States border. Approximately 50 percent of Canadians live in urban areas concentrated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor, with an additional 30 percent living along the British Columbia Lower Mainland, and the Calgary – Edmonton Corridor in Alberta. Canada spans latitudinally from the 83rd parallel north to the 41st parallel north, and approximately 95% of the population is found below the 55th parallel north. In common with many other developed countries, Canada is experiencing a demographic shift towards an older population, with more retirees and fewer people of working age. In 2006, the average age was 39.5 years, by 2011, it had risen to approximately 39.9 years. As of 2013, the average life expectancy for Canadians is 81 years. The majority of Canadians (69.9%) live in family households, 26.8% report living alone, and those living with unrelated persons reported at 3.7%. The average size of a household in 2006 was 2.5 people.

Canada. Retrieved January, 2017 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada

True of False

Instructions: Choose T (true) or F (false) for the following statements.

StatementsTF
About four-fifths of the population lives within 100 kilometers of the contiguous United States border.

Approximately 50 percent of Canadians live in urban areas concentrated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor.

Canada spans latitudinally from the 83rd parallel north to the 55th parallel north.

Canada is experiencing a demographic shift towards an younger population.

The average life expectancy for Canadians is 81 years.

Let’s study the Present Perfect Tense in the Negative form.

Instructions: Look at the Present Perfect Tense in the Negative form.

Remember: We use the Present Perfect to:

  1. Express that an action happened at an unspecified time before now. Example:

    I haven’t read any Japanese author.

  2. Describe experiences. Example:

    I haven’t been to Africa.

  3. Talk about changes that have happened over a period of time. Example:

    The federal government hasn’t done anything for our country.

  4. Say that an action that we expected has not happened. Example:

    Michael has not come yet.

Look at the word order in the negative form:

SubjectAuxiliary Have+not or Has+notVerb in Past ParticipleComplement
Ihaven'tstudiedFrench.
Janehasn'tworkedin a bank since last year.
Davidhasn'tboughta huge screen.
The boyshaven'tgoneto England many times.

 

Important

  • We use the auxiliary Have + not for I, we, you, they.
  • We use the auxiliary Has + not for he, she, it.
  • The short form for have not is haven’t.
  • The short form for has not is hasn’t.

Quiz

Education

Instructions: Change the following sentences to the negative form.

  1. Canada has been the less educated country in the world. .
  2. Adult Canadian have only had basic education. .
  3. Canada has spent about 3% of its GDP on education. .
  4. The country has invested lightly in tertiary education. .
  5. 89 percent of adults aged 25 to 64 have earned the equivalent of a basic-school degree. .
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Quiz

Ethnicity

Instructions: Make Present Perfect negative sentences with the following prompts:

  1. Canada's largest self-reported ethnic origin / be / English. .
  2. Canada's Aboriginal population / grow / at a low national rate. .
  3. Less than four percent of Canada's population / born / abroad. .
  4. 60% of Immigrants / come / from the United States. .
  5. Chinese people / arrive / to Canada yet. .
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Evaluation

Religion in Canada

Instructions: Choose the right options in the following text.

Canada is religiously diverse, encompassing a wide range of beliefs and customs. Canada hasn’t had / hasn’t been an official church, and the government hasn’t expressed / hasn’t been officially committed to catholicism. Freedom of religion in Canada hasn’t been / hasn’t suffered attacks, allowing individuals to assemble and worship without limitation or interference. The practice of religion hasn’t been / hasn’t remained considered a public matter throughout society and the state. Canada hasn’t become / hasn’t come a post-Christian state either.

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