PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE (HE JUGAT)

Aquest temps verbal expressa una acció puntual que: -ha començat fa poc i ja s’ ha acabat.

HAVE/HAS + PARTICIPLE

Affirmative Negative InterrogativeI have played / eatenYou have played/ eatenHe has played / eatenShe has played / eatenIt has played / eatenWe have played / eatenYou have played / eatenThey have played/eate

I have not sungYou have not drunkHe has not fallenShe has not chosenIt has not rungWe have not writtenYou have not putThey have not made

Have I sung?Have you drunk?Has he fallen?Has she chosen?Has it rung?Have we written?Have you put?Have they made?

NEVER (mai)JUST (fa un moment)ALREADY (ja)

YET (encara no)STILL (encara no)

YET (ja)EVER (algun cop)

FOR (durant), (desde fa)SINCE (desde)

AFFIRMATIVEI have NEVER played chess Jo MAI he jugat a escacs.I have JUST played chess He jugat a escacs FA UN MOMENT.I have ALREADY played chess today JA he jugat a escacs.

NEGATIVEI have not played chess YET Jo ENCARA no he jugat a escacs. I have not STILL played chess. Jo ENCARA no he jugat a escacs.

INTERROGATIVEHave you played chess YET? JA has jugat a escacs?Have you EVER played chess? Has jugat ALGUN COP a escacs?

I have played chess FOR two hours He jugat a escacs DURANT 2 hores.I have played chess SINCE 1998 He jugat a escacs DESDE el 1998.

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS (HE ESTAT JUGANT)

Aquest temps verbal expressa una acció reiterada que he acabat recentment i de la qual volem emfasitzar la durada de l’ acció.

HAVE/HAS + BEEN + VERB-ing

Affirmative Negative InterrogativeI have been eatingYou have been eatingHe has been eatingShe has been eatingIt has been eatingWe have been eatingYou have been eatingThey have been eating

I haven’t been eatingYou haven’t been eatingHe hasn’t been eatingShe hasn’t been eatingIt hasn’t been eatingWe haven’t been eatingYou haven’t been eatingThey haven’t been eatin

Have I been eating?Have you been eating?Has he been eating?Has she been eating?Has it been eating?Have we been eating?Have you been eating?Have they been eating?

FOR (durant)

Aquest temps verbal només el trobareu amb FOR, no accepta cap altra expressió temporal.

Examples:

AFFIRMATIVEI have been playing chess FOR two hours He estat jugant a escacs DURANT 2 hores.

Aquest temps verbal (Present Perfect Continuous) no pot construïr-se amb verbs d’ estat. Són: BE, LIVE, BELONG, LAST, LIKE, STAND, KNOW, HAVE and CONTAIN.