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The Present Perfect is used to express actions The Present Perfect is used to express actions that happened at an indefinite time or that that happened at an indefinite time or that began in the past and continue in the present. began in the past and continue in the present. This tense is also used when an activity has an This tense is also used when an activity has an effect on the present effect on the present momentmoment..

Present Perfect:

FORMFORM[[has/have + past participlehas/have + past participle]]

Present Past Present participle Past Participle

eat

write

ate

wrote

eating

writing

eaten

written

How can you form the Present Perfect?

Positive Sentence I, you, we , they , have done

he, she, it ,has worked

Negative Sentence I, you, we , they , haven’t done

he, she, it , hasn’t worked

Questions? Have I, you,we, they, done?Has he, she, it worked?

““has/have”+ eaten has/have”+ eaten

ate /eat/eating ate /eat/eating ++ has/have has/have ” ”

““has/have”+ eaten has/have”+ eaten

ate /eat/eating ate /eat/eating ++ has/have has/have””

How do we use the Present Perfect Tense?

There is always a connection with the past and with the present. There are basically three uses for the present perfect tense:

_experience _Change

_ continuing situation

1_Present perfect tense for experience:

We often use the present perfect tense to talk about experience from the past. We are not interested in when you did something. We only want to know if you did it:

Examples: He has lived in London. Have you been there?

2 .Present perfect tense for change

We also use the present perfect tense to talk about a change or new information:

EXAMPLES: He has bought a car .Sara has broken her leg .The police have arrested the killer .

3_Present perfect tense for continuing situationThis is a state that started in the past and continues in the present (and will probably continue into the future). This is a state (not an action). We usually use for or since with this structure.

EXAMPLES:

I have worked here since June.Mary has loved chocolate since she was a little girlHe has been ill for 2 days.

She hasn’t ..........the dinner already.

A) cooksB) cookedC) makeD) none of these

She hasn’t cooked the dinner already

Very well!

Choose the correct

answer

The girls __________the museum . have visited

John and Sophie ____________in the garden have helped

I _______________the question . have answered

She ______________the window . has opened

They _______________us. have called

You ________________a box . have carried

It __________________a lot . has rained

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