Present Perfect

Present Perfect

​Take a look at these sentences...

• ​I have visited Italy.

• ​Have you ever visited Italy?

• ​I've never visited Italy.

• ​My friend has just landed in Italy.

• ​You still haven't visited Italy.

• ​I've already visited Italy.

• ​Have you visited Italy yet?

Multiple Choice

When do we use the present perfect?

• We use it to talk about the future

• We use it to talk in an informal way

• We use it to talk about any experienceat any time in our live

• We use it to talk about present experiences

​Use

​When do we use it?

• ​ We use it to talk about experiences at ANY TIME (not specific) in our lives!

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• ​It is mostly used to talk about experiences that are LINKED / are IMPORTANT to the present

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• ​Remember!! --> Used with non-specific time expressions...

Multiple Choice

Which one is in the present perfect form?

• I have two dogs now

• I have had two dogs

• I had had two dogs

• I will be having two dogs

Multiple Choice

Do we use time expressions with the present perfect structure?

• No, because it talks about ANY time in our lives, not a specific time

• Yes, we use time expressions like: yesterday, now...

• Yes, we use non-specific time expressions like: just, yet, ever....

• No because it is easier that way

​Let's take a look at its structure

Fill in the Blanks

Complete with the present perfect form

I ____ ______ to Peter. (talk)

Multiple Choice

What's the present perfect form?

She ......... to Italy

• go

• goes

• went

• has gone

​But... what's the difference between the present perfect and the past simple?

​Present perfect -->

• Experiences in GENERAL, that might be connected to the present

• Without specifying when

• We use it with --> ever, never, just, yet, recently...

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PAST SIMPLE-->

• Experiences that happened at a SPECIFIC time in the past

• Time expressions that indicate a finished period--> yesterday, 2009...

Multiple Choice

Which one is in the past simple?

• I studied english yesterday.

• I have been studying english for 4 years.

• I have studied English.

Poll

How did you know?

• Because it's easy

• Because there was a time expression (yesterday)

• I don't know, I just knew

• Because of the form (past simple9

Open Ended

Write a sentence using the present perfect form.

Example: "I have just finished my homework"