PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

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WHEN CAN SOMETHING HAPPEN?

Yesterday Today Tomorrow

Past Present Future

PAST MEETS PRESENT?!
It’s six o’clock in the morning and the sun…..

It’s 7 o’clock now and the sun..

…has JUST risen.

CONSEQUENCES / RESULT

Homework?

The smart boy HAS JUST

FINISHED his homework.
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

- tense used to describe actions that started in the past (

started doing homework) and has just finished with
consequences on the present (finished homework).
PAST ACTION + PRESENT RESULT = PRESENT
PERFECT

 The present perfect tells us about the past and the

present.
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

The sun has just risen.

The smart boy has just finished his homework.
The parents have just eaten.
- This tense is formed :

HAVE/HAS + PAST PARTCIPLE

present past
PAST PARTICIPLE
play +ed= played
climb +ed=climbed
be=been
know=known
take=taken

It is formed by adding –ED to regular verbs or we use 3rd

column of the irregular verbs.
PAST PARTICIPLE
play +ed= played
climb +ed=climbed
be=been
know=known
take=taken

It is formed by adding –ED to regular

verbs or we use 3rd column of the
irregular verbs.
USE
 When we use the present perfect, we
see things as happening in the past
but having a result in the present.
I’ve bought
some
presents.
 have/has + past participle
FORM
 POSITIVE
 I/you/we/they have (they’ve) gone.

 He/she/it has (it’s) gone.

 NEGATIVE

I/you/we/they have not gone

He/she/it has not gone.
Contract form:
I/you/we/they haven`t gone
He/she/it hasn`t gone.
 INTERROGATIVE

Have I/you/we/they gone?

Has he/she/it gone?
 SHORT ANSWERS

Yes, I have. / No, I haven’t.

Yes, he has. / No, he hasn’t.
 The plane has landed safely.

They have graduated. Congratulations!

 RELATED WORDS
 We use the present perfect with today and phrases with this,
e.g. this morning, this week, this year.
EXAMPLE: I have been here since this morning.

We've done
quite a good job
today.
WHEN WE ASK / TALK ABOUT OUR
EXPERIENCE

Have No, I
you ever haven’t.
been to And you?
London?
With lately and recently
meaning.

Have I told
you lately
that I love
you?
 JUST
 With just to express the action finished a short
time ago

We have just come back from our holiday.

 ALREADY
 With already meaning “sooner than
expected”
I’ve already
finished my
dinner.
 YET
 With yet in negative sentences and questions when
we expect something to happen

Sorry, Nick. I
haven’t finished
the homework yet.
 FOR/SINCE
 We use for to say how long this period is (for three
days).
 We use since to say when the period began (since
Friday).

Me, too. I haven’t

Thanks. I haven’t grabbed a bite
eaten anything for since Friday.
three days.
 NEVER
 We use NEVER as: NOT AT ANY TIME in the past,
including now
I have never seen such a beautiful sunset
 EVER
 We use EVER as: at any time, including the
present (only in questions)
 Have you ever ridden a horse?
 E.G.
Anna just has entered (enter) the house.
Mary and Jim just have finished (finish) their lunch.
I just have heard (hear) some great news.
Students just have done (do) their tests.
She has written a letter to me. (write)
The team have won the match (win)
We haven`t finished our work. (not/finish)
Why have you paid the bill? (pay)
Has the train departed? (depart)
He hasn`t realized his mistakes. (not/realize)
Sandra has lose her bag. (lose)
THE END

June 2018
By Iva Camargo
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english
http://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-
rules/verbs/the-present-perfect-simple-tense/
http://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-english-verb-html