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Present Perfect Tense

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Present Perfect Tense

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  1. PRESENTPERFECT TENSE Have you ever...

  2. WhentousePresentPerfect Tense? • 1)We use the Present Perfect Tense to talk aboutexperiences.Itisimportantifwehave doneitinourlivesornot.Itisnot importantwhenwedidit. • Examples • Ihavebeenabroadtwotimes. Annahasneverbrokenaleg. • Haveyouevereatensushi? • Tip! We often use never and ever with the PresentPerfectTensetotalkabout experience.

  3. 2)We usethePresentPerfectTenseto talk about an action which started in the pastandcontinuousuptonow. • Examples • Ihavebeenateacherformorethanten years. • Wehaven'tseenJaninesinceFriday. Howlonghaveyoubeenatthisschool? • Tip! We often use since and for to say howlongtheactionhaslasted.

  4. 3)We also use the Present Perfect Tense to talkaboutapastactionthathastheresultin thepresent. • Examples • Ihavelostmywallet.=Idon'thaveitnow. • JimmyhasgonetoSouthAmerica.=Heisn't herenow. • Haveyoufinishedyourhomework?=Isyour homeworkready? • Tip! We oftenusejust,alreadyandyet with the Present Perfect Tense for an action inthepastwiththeresultinthepresent.

  5. HowtoformPresentPerfect Tense? • WemakethePresentPerfecttensewiththecorrect • form of the auxiliary verb have (have/has) and the • thirdform(pastparticiple)ofthemailverb. • Toformthepastparticipleoftheregularverbs,we addedtotheinfinitive. • Examples: • Ihaveworkedasasecretaryfortwoyears. • HaveyouevervisitedtheDisneyland? Thefilmhasn'tstartedyet. • Tip!You maywanttovisit TheEnglishIrregularVerbspagestolearnhowwe formthe pastsimple(secondform)andpast participles(thirdform)ofsomeEnglishverbs.

  6. PresentPerfect-Positive Sentences

  7. PresentPerfect-Negative Sentences

  8. PresentPerfect-Yes/No Questions

  9. PresentPerfect-Information Questions

  10. AlreadyandYet

  11. ForandSince • We usePresentPerfecttensetotalkaboutaction whichstartedinthepastandcontinuesuptothe present. We use for with a period of time, for example: a fewdays,halfanhour,two years. We use since with the time when the action started,forexample:last year,June8,Imetyou. • Examples • Ihavehadthiscomputerforaboutayear. Howlonghaveyoubeenatthisschool? • Ihaven'tseenJuliasinceSeptember.

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