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Practical Uses of the Present Perfect Tense

Learn how the present perfect tense is used for actions related to the present, including unspecified past actions, ongoing actions, potential repetitions, and actions within specific time periods. Examples provided.

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Practical Uses of the Present Perfect Tense

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  1. Uses of thepresentperfect: Thepresentperfectisusedforactionsthathappened in thepast and are relatedtothepresent.

  2. 1.- foranactionwhichhappened at anunstated time in thepast. Theexact time iseitherunknownorunimportant, and thereforeitisnotmentionedorimplied. e.g.Simon Cook has painted a lot of pictures. (When? We do notknow).

  3. 2.- foranactionwhichstarted in thepast and continues up tothepresent. e.g.Ms Nelson has taughtFrenchfor 20 years. (ShestartedteachingFrenchtwentyyearsago and sheisstillteachingFrenchtoday.)

  4. 3.- foranactionwhichstarted in thepast and mayberepeated. e.g. Ben isanathlete. He has won more than ten medals. (He isstillanathlete. He maywinsome more medals).

  5. 4.- for an action which happened whithin a specific time period which is not over at the moment of speaking. e.g. I’ve written two letters this morning. (The time period is not over).

  6. fororsince? January 6.00 10 yearsthreeweeks Monday a month I got up November, 1 5 minutes 2004 a long time I wasyoung agestheend of lastyear

  7. answers FOR SINCE 10 years 5 minutes along time Ages threeweeks January Monday I got up 6.00 November, 1 2004 I wasyoung theend of lastyear

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