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Present Perfect Tense

The document discusses the present perfect tense, including its uses to refer to actions that began in the past and continue in the present, indefinite actions with no time reference, and recent actions. It provides examples of the present perfect tense and discusses the difference between the present perfect and past simple tenses.

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Present Perfect Tense

The document discusses the present perfect tense, including its uses to refer to actions that began in the past and continue in the present, indefinite actions with no time reference, and recent actions. It provides examples of the present perfect tense and discusses the difference between the present perfect and past simple tenses.

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PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

USE:

1. FOR ACTIONS THAT BEGAN IN THE PAST AND CONTINUE (TO BE TRUE) IN THE PRESENT.
(FOR- SINCE)
2. INDEFINITE ACTIONS (THERE IS NO TIME REFERENCE/EXPRESSION) / UNFINISHED TIME.
3. RECENT ACTIONS (JUST)
4. ACTIONS WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE RESULT (IMPACT) IN THE PRESENT.
5. LIFE EXPERIENCES.

KEY WORDS: FOR (PERIOD OF TIME: 10 YEARS, 2 MINUTES, 5 HOURS), SINCE (POINT IN TIME: I
WAS A CHILD, 1996, LAST WEEK), JUST (RECENT), ALREADY (REPEATED ACTION), YET (NEGATIVES
AND QUESTIONS- STILL HAVEN´T DONE IT), SO FAR, UP TO NOW.

1. I HAVE WORKED AS A TEACHER SINCE 1997.


2. SHE HAS LEFT THE OFFICE.
3. HE HAS JUST PHONED.
4. HE HAS FALLEN OFF THE TREE AND HE´S BROKEN HIS LEG.
5. SHE´S BEEN TO NEW YORK 5 TIMES IN HER LIFE.

SUBJECT:

I / YOU / WE / THEY + HAVE/HAVEN´T + 3RD COLUMN (PAST PARTICIPLE)

HE / SHE /IT (3RD PERSON SINGULAR) + HAS / HASN´T + 3RD COLUMN (PAST PARTICIPLE)

REGULAR VERBS (PAST TENSE, THEY END IN –ED)

PLAY – PLAYED – PLAYED

STUDY – STUDIED – STUDIED

IRREGULAR VERBS (CHANGE FORM)

GO – WENT – GONE

BUY – BOUGHT – BOUGHT

CATCH – CAUGHT – CAUGHT

BE – WAS/WERE – BEEN
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRESENT PERFECT AND PAST SIMPLE.

THEY´VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 8 YEARS. (THEY ARE STILL TOGETHER)

THEY WERE MARRIED FOR 8 YEARS. (THEY BROKE UP, THEY SEPARATED, THEY GOT DIVORCED)

HAVE YOU BEEN TO ENGLAND? (PRES. PERF.)

YES, I HAVE.

WHEN DID YOU GO THERE? (SPECIFIC POINT IN THE PAST)

I WENT LAST YEAR.

(WE GO FROM GENERAL TO SPECIFIC)

BEEN: YOU WENT, AND YOU CAME BACK.

GONE: SHE WENT, BUT SHE´S STILL THERE. SHE HASN´T COME BACK.

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