Presentperfect Primero

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PRESENT PERFECTTHE PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

EXPRESSES AN ACTION THAT IS STILL

GOING ON OR THAT STOPPED RECENTLY,

BUT HAS AN INFLUENCE ON THE PRESENT.

IT PUTS EMPHASIS ON THE RESULT


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STRUCTUREThe structure of the present perfect is:

Subject + Auxiliary verb + Main verb + complement

(have-has) (Past participle)

Examples:

I have seen Titanic

She has gone to Europe


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HAVE OR HAS? You use have or has according to the pronoun

you are working with. For third person you have

to use has.HAVE IYOU

WETHEY

HAS SheHe

It


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FORM OF PRESENT PERFECTPOSITIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION

I/YOU/WE/THEY I have

eaten

I have not

eaten

Have I eaten?

HE/SHE/IT He has

eaten

He has not

eaten

Has he eaten?


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WHEN DO WE USE THE PRESENT PERFECT?USE EXAMPLE

Unfinished action We have studied english for

three years

Action that stopped recently He has cooked dinner

Life experiences I have gone to Melgar three

times

Past actions with results in the

present

I have lost my documents


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CONTRACTIONSI HAVE IVE

YOU HAVE YOUVE

HE HAS HES

SHE HAS SHES

IT HAS ITS

WE HAVE WEVE

THEY HAVE THEYVE


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TIME EXPRESSIONS FOR PRESENT PERFECT FOR - SINCEUsed as prepositions in sentences in present perfect

tense expressing that an action still goes on.

FOR: A period of timeE.g.: I have lived in Bogota for 10 years

SINCE: The moment when the action startedE.g.: have lived in Bogot since 2001


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Already means that something happened earlierthan we expected. It usually goes after have or hasand before the main verb.

Eg : We'vealready had our breakfast Yet means that something that we expected has

happened or hasn't happened. We usually put it atthe end of a sentence. It is used in interrogative

and negative sentences, Eg: Has the post arrivedyet? She hasnt do her homeworkyet


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EXERCISE ON PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form (presentperfect simple).

I (not / work)today. : I have not worked today We (buy)a new lamp.

We (not / plan)our holiday yet.

Where (be / you)?

He (write)five letters. She (not / see)him for a long time.

(be / you)at school?


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THE FORM OF THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

Complete the text using the correct form of the verb in brackets:Jack (be)______my friend for over 20 years. We (know)______ each other since

we were children. Recently, he and his family (move)_____ to a house onthe same street as me, and now our children play together almost everyday.

For the last ten years, Jack and I (play)______ for the same hockey teamevery Saturday. Jack is a better player than I am, but in the last fewmonths he (have)_______ some trouble with his left knee, and he (find)_______it hard to play a full game.

He (see)_______ the doctor several times about his knee, but the doctordoesn't know what is causing his pain. Jack (decide)______ to take a breakfrom hockey for a while, so that his knee can recover. It's going to belonely on the team without him!


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E - REFERENCES

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-perfect-simple

http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blpresperfect.htm

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/gr

ammar/pperf.htm http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/Pres

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