Present Perfect

PRESENT PERFECT

When do we use present perfect? Let´s watch this video first https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1LKzp2ozVMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1LKzp2ozVM   . 

PRESENT PERFECT

- The present perfect tense refers to an action or state that occurred at an unspecified time in the past. Example: We have talked before.  - Or refers to an action that  started  in the past and continued to the present time.  Example: Sebastian has lived in England for 7 years. - Also we use Present Perfect to talk about recently finished events. Example: Susan has just run a marathon.

The construction of this verb tense is very easy. The first element is have or has, depending on the subject. The second element is the past participle of the verb, which is usually formed by adding -ed or -d to the verb’s root. Examples:  walked, cleaned, typed,  jumped, laughed.   Although English does have a long list of verbs that have irregular past participles. Examples:  done, said, gone, known, won, thought, felt, eaten.

These examples show how the present perfect can describe something that occurred or was the state of things at an unspecified time in the past.   I have walked on this path before. We have eaten the lasagna here.    

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The important thing to remember about the present perfect is that you can’t use it when you are being specific about when it happened.   I have put away all the laundry. I have put away all the laundry this morning. INCORRECT

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You can use the present perfect to talk about the duration of something that started in the past is still happening.   She has had the chickenpox since Tuesday.

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REMEMBER:

TO FORM THE PRESENT PERFECT IN AFFIRMATIVE FORM:   SUBJECT +  HAVE/HAS  +  VERB IN PAST PARTICIPLE  +  OBJECT.    SHE HAS OPENED THE DOOR.       REGULAR VERB   YOU HAVE GONE HOME.              IRREGULAR VERB

NEGATIVE FORM

SUBJECT   +    HAVE NOT/HAS NOT    +   VERB IN PAST PARTICIPLE  + OBJECT    MY     BROTHER     HAS NOT   ( HASN´T )  CALLED.         REGULAR VERB   MY NEIGHBORS   HAVE  NOT  ( HAVEN´T )  EATEN IN THAT RESTAURANT.            IRREGULAR VERB  

INTERROGATIVE FORM

HAVE/HAS   +  SUBJECT   +   VERB IN PAST PARTICIPLE    +  OBJECT  +  ?   HAVE    THEY     ENDED   THE   CONVERSATION  ?                 REGULAR VERB     HAS    YOUR     HUSBAND     FOUND    A    NEW   ASSISTANT ?          IRREGULAR VERB

WH- QUESTIONS

WE USE -WH- QUESTIONS WHEN WE NEED MORE INFORMATION  IN THE ANSWER. -WH- QUESTION WORDS ARE: WHERE, WHAT, WHEN, WHY. WHO, HOW MANY. HOW   WHO     HAVE     YOU     HELPED      LATELY ?              REGULAR  VERB    I     HAVE    HELPED   POOR   PEOPLE .   HOW   MUCH   MONEY    HAS   SHE   SPENT  ?           IRREGULAR VERB SHE    HAS     SPENT   MORE  THAN   EIGHT HUNDRED    DOLLARS !  

TIME EXPRESSIONS

Use since with a specific year or a period in the past:  since 2002 / since I was a child MICHELLE   HAS    WORKED    HERE    SINCE    2017.   I    HAVEN'T   SEEN HIM    SINCE     I  WAS   A   CHILD.       

Use for with a number of years:  for twenty years   DANIEL    HAS    LIVED    IN      FRANCE     FOR    8 YEARS.

We often use the adverb ever to talk about experience up to the present: My last birthday was the best day I have ever had. and we use never for the negative form: Have you ever met George? Yes, but I've never met his wife.

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IRREGULAR VERBS LIST

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LET´S PRACTICE

Daniel ____ that video clip at least twenty times. (see) The workers _______ a break in 4 hours. (not have) We ___________ them regularly over the last few years. (visit) _______ Ella _______ her driving test yet? (pass) Roger _______ in Mexico several times since 2002.(be) They______ to each other in ages. (not speak) Why _______ Mathew _______his job? (quit) ______the nurses ______ on strike again? (go) ________ they ______ the mail  yet? (not deliver) I _____ already_______ you the answer. (tell)

Thank you guys!! Miss Juanita

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