present perfect-simple past

Universidad Tecnológica del Estado de Zacatecas.

Names:Araceli Flores Miranda.

Alma Lucia de Luna Sánchez.Jorge Alberto Duarte Zepeda.

María Guadalupe Escobedo Tovar.

Group:4° A

Class:English

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Present Perfect / Simple Past

Grammatical Rules.

StructureAffirmative Sentences

EstructuraSujeto + verbo auxiliar ("to have, to has") + participio pasado.

› I have talked to Peter. › She has gone to work. › We have been to London. › They have learned English. 

StructureNegative Sentences

EstructuraSujeto + verbo auxiliar ("to have") + "not" + participio pasado.

• I haven't talked to Peter. • She hasn't gone to work. • We haven't been to London. • They haven't learned English. 

Verbs

Regular

Whas-Washed Visit-Visited Pack-Packed Clean-Cleaned Paint-Painted

Irregular

Send-Sent Have-Had Send-Sent Do-Done Eat-Eaten

Present Perfect (interrogative)

Auxiliary

Have

Has

Subject

I / You / We / They

He / She / It

Verb Past Participle

Sent DoneGone

BeenFixed

Worked

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Example

Have you studied for tomorrow´s test? Yes , I have / No , I haven´t

Has she been a teacher for ten years? Yes, she has / No, I hasen´t.

Have you gone to mexico by bus? Yes, I have / No , I haven´t.

Never (+ with something -)

ExampleKaren has never driven a car.

I have never eaten in chenese restaurant.

I have never visited La basilica.

Just

Use just to express actions that have happened

auxiliary have/has and before the past participle

Example: Maria has just finished her homework. (not so long ago)

- They have just come from the supermarket. - It has just started raining.

Yet

Use: We use yet for negative sentences and questions. It is used for actions that you think has happened. It is used to express expectations. (es traducido como ya o a un)

Example I haven't been to Europe yet. (But I expect

to go there) - Has Matilda been to New York yet? - Have you studied for the test yet? - Juan hasn't proposed to Jenny yet.

Simple past

Simple past tense is used to describe actions that have happened at an earlier time and have already complete

Example

She cleaned her house I broke the window He lost the keys She lent me a book

Present Perfect

Present Perfect In English we use the present perfect tense when

a connection or relationship between past and present.

Example

The secretary has decided to look for a new job.   I'm afraid I have forgotten your name. How long have you worked here?  She has been away on business since last week.

FOR & SINCE

We often use for and since when

talking about time.

Since & For.

We use since when we give the beginning of the time.

We use for when we give the length of the time.

EJEMPLOS: I have been living in

Seville since last june. I haven't seen you since last week. Yesterday I studied for three hours I have been living in Seville for 1

year I haven't seen you for a week

DIFERENCE BETWEEN PRESENT PERFECT/SIMPLE

PAST Often there is very little difference

between the present perfect simple and the present perfect continuous. In many cases, both are equally acceptable.

They've been working here for a long time but Andy has worked here for even longer.

I've lived here for 10 years and she has been living here for 12 years.

Present Perfect / Simple Past.Examples.

I have visited La basilica for one time.

Yesterday I saw to Virgen de Guadalupe with my friends.

EXAMPLE

I HAVE SEEN GLADIADOR MOVIE FOR FOUR TIMES,

YESTERDAY SAW GLADIADOR MOVIE WITH MY FRIENDS AGAIN.