Present Perfect For-Since

Present Perfect
For and Since

• ​Subject + HAVE + participle

• I have eaten snails.

• Yo he comido caracoles.

• She has eaten snails.

• Ella ha comido caracoles.

​Present perfect Review

HAS = 3rd person singular
=> He, Tom, my teacher, your father...
=> She, Rose, my mother, your aunt...
=> It, the house, the TV, the classroom...
Rose has seen my father.

HAVE = everything else
=> They, the teachers, your parents,
My parents have seen the teacher.

​HAVE - Remember

Multiple Choice

My best friend .......... studied English.

• have

• has

Multiple Choice

Rose .......... played volleyball.

• have

• has

Multiple Choice

My best friends .......... never gone to the cinema,

• have

• has

Regular = +ed
= play ==> played
Irregular = 3rd column
= go, went, GONE

​HAVE
+ Past Participle

Multiple Choice

The student .......... the board.

• have copied

• has copied

• have copy

• has copy

Multiple Choice

My parents .......... to London.

• have travelled

• has travelled

• have travel

• has travel

Multiple Choice

Some students ......... to a ski resort.

• have gone

• has gone

• have go

• have went

Multiple Choice

The car ..........

• have broken

• has broken

• have break

• has broke

Typical markers so far:
never ==> nunca
ever ==> alguna vez (?)
just ==> acabar de
yet ==> todavía (-) (?)
already ==> ya (+)
many times==> muchas veces
once ==> una vez

​Present perfect Markers

Multiple Choice

Have you ........... been to London?

• ever

• once

• many times

• yet

Multiple Choice

I haven't been to London ....

• yet

• already

• ever

• never

Multiple Choice

I have been to London ....

• many times

• yet

• never

• just

Multiple Choice

I have .......... been in London for a week.

• just

• yet

• still

• many times

Reorder

Reorder the following

• I

• have

• already

• been

• to London.

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

FOR = duration (durante)
for weeks
for months
for many days

SINCE = initial moment (desde)
since 2011
since I was 10
since last Monday

​Two new markers

Multiple Choice

... 10 o'clock

• FOR

• SINCE

Multiple Choice

... three months

• FOR

• SINCE

Multiple Choice

... a long time

• FOR

• SINCE

Multiple Choice

... yesterday

• FOR

• SINCE

Multiple Choice

... we were married

• FOR

• SINCE

Multiple Choice

... years

• FOR

• SINCE

Multiple Choice

... June

• FOR

• SINCE

Multiple Choice

... ages

• FOR

• SINCE

Multiple Choice

... breakfast

• FOR

• SINCE

Multiple Choice

... last Monday

• FOR

• SINCE

Multiple Choice

... a month

• FOR

• SINCE

Multiple Choice

She has lived here _____ 1980.

• for

• since

Multiple Choice

Alice has been married _____ three months.

• for

• since

Multiple Choice

We have taught at this school _____ 1965.

• for

• since

Multiple Choice

They have been at the hotel ____ a week.

• for

• since