Present Perfect Simple
Present Perfect Simple
FORM
We form the Present Perfect with have and the past participle
(regular verbs: infinitive + -ed; irregular verbs: 3rd column of the table of the irregular verbs)
Subject + have/has + past participle
has: 3rd person singular (he, she, it)
have: all other forms (I, you, we, they)
past participle: - regular verbs: infinitive + -ed
- irregular verbs: 3rd column of the table of the irregular verbs
Positive
I have travelled.
You have travelled.
We have travelled.
They have travelled.
He has travelled.
She has travelled.
It has travelled.
Negative
I have not travelled.
You have not travelled.
We have not travelled.
They have not travelled.
He has not travelled.
She has not travelled.
It has not travelled.
Question
Have I travelled?
Have you travelled?
Have we travelled?
Have they travelled?
Has he travelled?
Has she travelled?
Has it travelled?
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USES
1. TALKING ABOUT LIFE EXPERIENCE
You can use the Present Perfect to describe your experience. It is like saying, "I have the experience of..." You can also use this tense to say that you have never had a certain experience. The Present Perfect is NOT used to describe a specific event in the past:
I have been to Granada yesterday (incorrect)
I went to Granada yesterday (correct)
Examples:
I have been to France.
This sentence means that you have had the experience of being in France. Maybe you have been there once, or several times.
I have been to France three times.
You can add the number of times at the end of the sentence.
I have never been to France.
This sentence means that you have not had the experience of going to France.
DO THESE ACTIVITIES
Talk about your life experience
Daniel talks about
his working experience
Countries ever visited
2. CONTINUATION IN THE PRESENT
It is used, if an action happened in the past and there is a connection to the present. There's no exact time expressed when the action happened.
Key words: already, just , yet , ever , never , for , since , so far , up to now , not yet , lately.
We use for and since to say how long something has been happening.
We use for + a period of time (two hours, six weeks etc.):
2 hours a long time a week
20 minutes six months ages
five days 50 years years
□ I’ve been waiting for two hours.
We use since + the start of a period (8 o’clock. Monday. 1999 etc.):
8 o’clock April lunchtime
Monday 1985 we arrived
12 May Christmas I got up
□ I’ve been waiting since 8 o’clock.
□ Sally has been working here for six months, (not since six months)
□ I haven’t seen Tom for three days. (not since three days)
□ Sally has been working here since April.
(= from April until now)
□ I haven’t seen Tom since Monday.
(= from Monday until now)
How long + present perfect?
How long have you been in this school?
I have been in this school for 2 years. (for: durante)
I have been in this school since 2011. (since: desde)
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