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Present Perfect Undc 2023

This document is from the Universidad Nacional de Cañete and discusses the present perfect tense in English. It provides examples of how to form the present perfect tense using "have" or "has" plus the past participle. It also discusses how the present perfect tense is used to talk about experiences or events that have occurred or been true up until the present time, without specifying exactly when they occurred. Several examples are given to illustrate how to use the present perfect tense in sentences.

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Present Perfect Undc 2023

This document is from the Universidad Nacional de Cañete and discusses the present perfect tense in English. It provides examples of how to form the present perfect tense using "have" or "has" plus the past participle. It also discusses how the present perfect tense is used to talk about experiences or events that have occurred or been true up until the present time, without specifying exactly when they occurred. Several examples are given to illustrate how to use the present perfect tense in sentences.

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UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL

DE CAÑETE

F-M01.01VPA-008

Present
Perfect
Universidad Nacional de Cañete – UNDC 2023. Todos los derechos reservados
• I have been to=
I have gone and
come back
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What is the present perfect tense?
In English, we use the present perfect tense to talk about experiences and events in the past which are true or still
happening up until right now. It often doesn’t have a specified time for when it happened.

Let’s take a look at the timeline below and think of some experiences and events which could have taken part up
until now. Top tip

We often use the present


perfect tense when we
I have been to Paris. are asking and answering
questions:
I have eaten my sandwiches.
Have you ever been to
I have lived in London since I was five. Paris?

It doesn’t matter whether it was recent (eating sandwiches) or many years ago (moving to London), Yes, I have been to Paris.
the present perfect tense tells us that, up until the present, the event/experience has occurred.
2

Identifying the present perfect tense


The present perfect tense is formed using ‘have’ or ‘has’ + the past participle. This might sound confusing but it’s
pretty easy when you can spot the patterns!

I have lived in Scotland all my life. I have owned a car since I was 18.

I have moved house four times in my life. I have visited many countries in Europe.

Take a look at the facts above about Alice’s life. What do you notice about how the verb phrase is made?
3

Identifying the present perfect tense


Let’s investigate how this would all look on Alice’s timeline.

I have lived in Scotland all my life.

I have moved house four times in my life.

I have owned a car since I was 18.

I have visited many countries in Europe.

If we were to put these events on a timeline about Alice’s life, is it possible to always give an exact time for when
these events took place? Investigate this and find out!
4

Identifying the present perfect tense


You’ll have noticed that regular verbs like walk (have walked) and jump (have jumped) follow the pattern of adding
have + -ed. Some verbs do not follow this pattern. They are called irregular verbs.

Can you spot the


regular and irregular
past participles?
5

Forming the present perfect tense


In English, we often use the present perfect tense when we are asking people questions. Take a look at some of the
examples below.

Have you ever eaten sushi?


have eaten
Have you ever visited London?
have visited
Have you ever swum a mile?
What happens to the have and past
have swum participle when we form a question
in English?
USES
1. For an action that happened in the past but whose results
are obvious in the PRESENT.

• John’s car is dirty.


• He washes the car.
• He has washed the car.
2. For an action that has JUST finished.

• Marc is having lunch. Time expression:


• He has just had lunch. just
3. For an action that started in the past and hasn’t
finished.

• We bought the house in 2000.


• We still live in the neighborhood. Time
• We have lived here for 15 years. expressions:
• We have lived here since 2000. for, since
4. For experiences we have/haven’t lived.

• He has flown a plane but he has never tried


bungee jumping.
• Have you ever travelled by plane? Time
expressions:
ever, never
5. For an action that happened in unspecified time.

• The children have tidied their room.


Time expressions
• Ever
• Never
• Just
• Already
• Yet
• For
• Since
• How long…?
• So far
• Lately/recently
• always
ALREADY/YET

• I have already got • I haven’t done my


dressed. homework yet.

 Has Sarah called yet?


HAVE GONE TO/HAVE BEEN TO

• “Mary has gone to London.


I miss her so much!”
• (=she is still there)
FORM
Affirmative Interrogative

• I • Have I/you/we/they worked?


• You have worked • Have I/you/we/they written?
• We have written • Has he/she/it worked?
• They • Has he/she/it written?

Negative
• He
• She has worked  I/you/we/they haven’t worked
• It has written  I/you/we/they haven’t written
 He/she/it hasn’t worked
 He/she/it hasn’t written
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Forming the present perfect tense


Let’s play a game! Look at the following sentences and decide what the past participle could be. The first one has
been completed for you.

Have you ever ______


ridden a motorbike?
Have you ever ______ an airplane?
Have you ever _____ a cake?
Have you ever _____ a poem?
Have you ever _____ off a diving board?
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Using the present perfect tense
Let’s interview a celebrity!

Choose Lady Gaga, Ant & Dec or


someone of your choice and think
of some interview questions to ask
them using the present perfect
tense?

When you’re finished, write your


interview up ready for publication in
your celebrity magazine.

Have you ever been


Have you ever eaten bugs in
nervous before a
the jungle?
performance?
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THE END
Thank you so
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