Present Perfect Simple

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VIVIANE

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Present Perfect Simple

I have opened the window.You have closed your book.We have checked a test.They have written an exercise.

He has done his homework.She has broken her leg.It has slept.

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Present Perfect Simple QUESTIONS AND NEGATIVES

Have you opened the window?Have they written a test?Has he done his homework?

You haven’t opened the window.They haven’t written a test.He hasn’t done his homework.

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Present Perfect Simple

It is used to express:

• an action from the past has a result in the present: The train has arrived. (And the train is here now.)

• I + have + past participleHe + has + past participle

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Present Perfect: exercise 1a

1. I ............................................... (break) a cup.

2. He ............................................. (pay) the bill.

3. She ........................................ (fall) from a tree.

4. We ................................... (forget) the address.

5. They ................................. (buy) some sweets.

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Present Perfect: exercise 1b

1. We ............................................ (not / watch) a video.

2. He .......................................... (not / help) his parents.

3. She .................................................. (not / see) him.

4. We .......................................... (not / forget) the keys.

5. They ......................................... (not / buy) new jeans.

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Present Perfect: exercise 1c

1. ..................... you ...................... (meet) him?

2. ................... he ...................... (pay) the bill?

3. ................... they ................. (fall) from a wall?

4. .................... she ......................arrived in NY?

5. ..................... we .................... (buy) any milk?

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Present Perfect Simpleever, never, already, still not, yet, not yet

Have you ever been to the U.S.A?

Have you been to Britain yet?

I have never eaten sushi.

I haven’t drunk wine yet.

I have already read Harry Potter.

I still haven’t found what I am looking for.

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Present Perfect Simplefor, since

I have studied English grammar for ten years.

FOR + a period of time

I have studied English grammar since 1998.

SINCE + a point of time