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Present Perfect: To France I Went To China I Went To in 2004. in 2007. India in 2009

The document provides information about the present perfect tense in English, including its meaning, pronunciation, and formation. It is used to talk about experiences up to now, from the past to the present. The present perfect is formed using have/has plus the past participle. It also contains examples of questions and statements in the present perfect, notes on stress patterns, and an exercise for learners to practice forming questions and identifying correct uses of the present perfect versus past simple tenses.

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Present Perfect: To France I Went To China I Went To in 2004. in 2007. India in 2009

The document provides information about the present perfect tense in English, including its meaning, pronunciation, and formation. It is used to talk about experiences up to now, from the past to the present. The present perfect is formed using have/has plus the past participle. It also contains examples of questions and statements in the present perfect, notes on stress patterns, and an exercise for learners to practice forming questions and identifying correct uses of the present perfect versus past simple tenses.

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PRESENT PERFECT

MEANING PRONUNCIATION
Use the present perfect to talk about experiences up to now, You usually stress the past participle. You don't usually stress
from the past to the present. have / has in positive sentences and questions.

I've seen all the _lames Bond films.
I went to France I went to China I went to Has he met FrZnk?
in 2004. in 2007. India in 2009.
But you stress have / has in negative sentences and short
answers.
We aven't met w7le.
.

Ye s, they4ve. NO. she ha.sn't.


a

You usually say been as /htn/.


use the present perfect with finished times in the past.
Use the past simple.
Fve-been-te-Frarteetin49.90, I went to France in 1990. PRACTICE
Fve-seen-Ffellif-yestefdar I saw Frank yesterday. 1 a Make questions with the present perfect.
You can use ever in questions. Ever means 'at any time in 1 you / go to India? Have you been to India?
your life'. 2 you / meet someone famous?
Have you ever been to France? 3 you / have a holiday abroad?
4 you / swim in the sea?
FORM 5 you / read a book more than once?
Make the present perfect with have / has past participle. 6 you / learn a foreign language apart from English?
I, you, we, they he, she, it 7 your country /van the football world cup?
8 you / ride a motorbike?
0 I've seen all the James 0 She's visited more than 9 you / do karate or judo?
Bond films. twenty countries. 10 you / be on a ship?

CD We haven't met Frank. 0 He hasn't been to Japan. b Ask and answer the questions in pairs.
We've never met Frank. He's never been to 2 Circle the correct verb in the present perfect or the
Japan. past
0 Have they been to Spain' 0 Has she met Frank? simple.
0 Yes, they have. 6 Yes, she has. 1 Have you seen / Did you see Stefan at the party last
0 No, they haven't. 0 No. she hasn't. night?
Contractions: 2 She's been / She went to Pans six times and now she
0 I've I have you've = you have wants to go again!
we've = we have they've = they have 3 I've left /I left university about five years ago.
he's = he has she's she has its = it has 4 Where have you been / were, you last night?
CD haven't = have not hasn't = has not 5 The first modern Olympics have been /were in
Most past participles are regular and end in -ed. They the Greece in 1896.
same as the past simple.
6 The modern Olympics have been /were in Greece
like >, liked smoke > smoked visit > visited
twice
Some past participles are irregular, but the same as the past 7 My brother's a journalist. He's visited / He visited a
simple. lot of countries.
buy > bought have > had meet > met
8 My great-grandfather was a journalist. He's visited/ .
Some past participles are irregular and different from the past He visited a lot of countries in the 1890s.
simple. They often end with n.
9 I never / have never smoked.
eat > ate > eaten do > did > done see > saw' seen
10 I started / have started school when I was five.
Go has two past participles, been and gone.
He's been to India. 1= he went to India and he came hack)
He's gone to India I= he went to India and he's in India now)
For past participles. see Irregular verbs on p160.

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