Present PERFECT tense

Today we are learning:

Present perfect tense

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Meaning

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Form

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Uses

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Meaning

Present perfect is used to describe an ACTION that has taken place

in the PAST but has a connection with the PRESENT.

We DO NOT SPECIFY the exact time that the action has happened.

INDEFINITE PAST related to a present time.

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Aux Verb (HAVE/ HAS) + past participle (3rd

column)

REGULAR AND IRREGULAR

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Form

Past participle irregular verbs exercise | Live Worksheets

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SUBJECT + HAVE/ HAS + PAST PARTICIPLE

AFFIRMATIVE

Examples :

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I have climbed highest mountains

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I have run through the fields

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I have spoke with the tongue of angels

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I have held the hand of a devil

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SUBJECT + HAVEN'T / HASN'T + PAST PARTICIPLE

Negative

Examples :

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But I still haven't found what I'm looking for

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He hasn't called me in weeks.

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I haven't received your email yet.

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Laura hasn't confirmed our appointment.

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Mike hasn't finished cleaning his room yet.

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You haven't seen my new car.

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HAVE / HAS + SUBJECT + PAST PARTICIPLE

INTERROGATIVE

Examples :

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Have you seen this show?

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Have they ever worked together before?

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Has he been to Japan?

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Have I told you this story before?

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PRESENT PERFECT (Affirmative, Negative, Interrogative) - Cuestionario

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Uses

LIFE EXPERIENCES
These are actions or
events that
happened sometime
during a person's
life. We don't say
when the experience
happened

Eg.

✘ I have been to Tokyo.
✘ They have visited Paris three times.
✘ We have never seen that film.

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UNFINISHED ACTIONS
We use this tense when we
want to talk about
unfinished actions or states
or habits that started in the
past and continue to the
present. Usually we use it to
say 'how long' and we need
'since' or 'for'.

Eg.
✘ I've known Karen since 1994.
✘ She's lived in London for

three years.

✘ I've worked here for six

months.

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RECENT PAST EVENTS
We use the present perfect
to talk about something
that happened recently,
even if there isn't a clear
result in the present. This is
common when we want to
introduce news and we
often use the words 'just /
yet / already / recently'.

Eg.
✘ She has recently changed

jobs.

✘ I have just finished lunch.
✘ He has already gone to

school..

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REPEATED ACTIONS
We use present perfect to
say that something has
happened several times.

Eg.
✘ So far this morning, I have

made 3 phone calls.

✘ She has been to France

twice, so far this year

✘ Up to now, we have

completed 5 reports-

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TO BE CONTINUED……..

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