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English Grammar: Present Perfect

The document discusses the present perfect simple tense in English. It provides 4 uses of this tense: 1) to talk about experiences, 2) actions with a present result, 3) actions starting in the past that continue into the present, and 4) not to use past time expressions. It also explains how to form the present perfect simple with the auxiliary verbs have/has and the past participle form of the main verb. Finally, it gives examples of using since, for, ever, and never with the present perfect simple tense.

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English Grammar: Present Perfect

The document discusses the present perfect simple tense in English. It provides 4 uses of this tense: 1) to talk about experiences, 2) actions with a present result, 3) actions starting in the past that continue into the present, and 4) not to use past time expressions. It also explains how to form the present perfect simple with the auxiliary verbs have/has and the past participle form of the main verb. Finally, it gives examples of using since, for, ever, and never with the present perfect simple tense.

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WHEN DO WE USE THE PRESENT

PERFECT SIMPLE? HOW DO WE FORM THE PRESENT

1. To talk about our *experiences* in life: PERFECT?


EX: I have tried bungee jumping
2. To talk about actions that have a present result:
EX : Somebody has stolen my scooter,it has disappeared Subject  + have / has + past participle of
3. To talk about actions starting in the past and going on
the main verb (3rd column)
in the present
EX:He has always loved swimming. I / You / We / They have completed the
4. Do not use past time expressions with this tense as we task.
are interested in the action, not when it happened He / She / It has completed the test.
EX:I have bought this car yesterday

Subject  + haven’t / hasn’t + past


participle of the main verb (3rd column)

I / You / We / They haven´t eaten lunch.


FOR
Use: Affirmative and negative NEVER
sentences. It refers to the duration Use: Affirmative - has a negative He / She / It hasn´t eaten lunch.
of the action – a period of time. meaning. We use it to say that
Word Order: Before ‘the period of something hasn’t happened at any
time’. time up to the present Affirmative
A week - a long time - two hours Word Order: Between have / has
Example: I have taught at this school
20 minutes - ages - years – 30 years
Have / has + subject + past participle of
for two years.
5 months 10 days
and the past participle (that is the main verb
before the past participle). Have I / you/ we / they been here long?
Example: I have never jumped off Has he / she / it been here long?
a bridge.

SINCE EVER Examples:


Use: Affirmative and negative Use: Interrogatives. We use it in Q: Have you closed the door?
sentences. It refers to the starting questions about experiences that A: Yes, I have / No, I haven’t.
point of the action. have / haven’t happened at any time Q: Has she left the party?
Word Order: Before ‘the action or up to the present. A: Yes, she has. / No, she hasn’t.
time’. Word Order: Between have / has +
Example: They have lived in subject and the past participle (that
South Africa
8 o’clock since- 1994.
- April lunchtime is before the past participle).
Monday
I have - July -French
spoken I got up since
- 2003 I was Example: Have you ever driven a
We arrived - Christmas
a child. sports car?

For most regular verbs ……………………………….... add –ed Example: walk - walked
Spelling Rules:
Regular verbs ending with –e ……………………………. add –d Example: live - lived
Regular verbs ending with a –y ……………………. add –ed Example: play – played
preceded by a vowel

Regular verbs ending with a -y …………………. change the –y to –i then add –ed Example: cry -
preceded by a consonant cried

Regular verbs ending with a ……………………….. double the final consonant before adding –ed
consonant + one vowel + Example: slip – slipped (there are exceptions such
one consonant as ‘visit – visited’)

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