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Present Perfect

The present perfect tense is used to talk about actions that began in the past and continue in the present or have present results. It is formed using the present tense of have/has plus the past participle of the main verb. Some common adverbs used with the present perfect are ever, never, just, already, yet, and still. Ever and never are used in questions and negatives statements respectively. Just indicates an action just completed. Already shows something done before now. Yet is used in questions and negatives to mean "not yet." Still emphasizes an action is ongoing.

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Present Perfect

The present perfect tense is used to talk about actions that began in the past and continue in the present or have present results. It is formed using the present tense of have/has plus the past participle of the main verb. Some common adverbs used with the present perfect are ever, never, just, already, yet, and still. Ever and never are used in questions and negatives statements respectively. Just indicates an action just completed. Already shows something done before now. Yet is used in questions and negatives to mean "not yet." Still emphasizes an action is ongoing.

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PRESENT PERFECT FORM: Present of Verb To Have (have/has)+Past Participle of Vb (-ed for regular verbs or PP of irregular verbs-third column.

USES: The Present Perfect is used when we want to speak about actions that started in the past at an unspecified time , that continuous at the present or has a result in the present time. We use the Present Perfect with the following adverbs: ever, never, just, yet still and already. Ever: 'Ever' and 'never' are always placed before the main verb (past participle). We use it in interrogative sentences. It means..'alguna vez' Have you ever eaten sushi? Never: Used in negative statements. No, I have never eaten sushi. Just: Just is also placed between the aux. have and the past participle to indicate that something has happened or an action has been done right now. It means 'acabar de'.. We have just finished our homework.

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Already: Placed before the past participle too..it is normally used in Affirmatives sentences and it means "ya". I have already bought a new mobile. There is another use for already in interrogative sentences to express surprise but it is less usual. Have you bought it already? Yet: Yet is always placed at the end of the sentence. We use it in Interrogative and Negative sentences. Has she written the letter yet? In Interrogative sentences it means "ya" and "todava". No, she hasn't written the letter yet. Still: Still is usually used in present tenses but we can also use it in the Present Perfect in negative sentences to emphasize the meaning of the sentence:

I still havent found what I'm looking for.$

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