the present perfect tense4 th

THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

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VERB FORMS

The Present Perfect

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REGULARS

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IRREGULARS

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I have already eaten breakfast.

She has seen that movie before.

We have dealt with customers for many years.

In these examples the past participle

has an irregular form. Just like the lists you’ve been

studying

She has used a cash register before.

He has worked for that company since May.

We have already served their food.

In these examples the past participle has a regular

form and looks just the the simple past

tense, but it’s not.

Has/have + past participle

I have seen this movie six times.

Contraction: I’ve, I haven’t

I have worked

He has worked

Have you worked?

They haven’t worked

He hasn’t worked

I have had this car for ten years.

I have seen this movie many times.

The present Perfect is used

1. to indicate something occurred at an unspecified and unimportant time in the past.

She has lost a lotof weight.

We use the PRESENT PERFECT TENSE to talk about a completed past action at an unspecified

time in the past. Perhaps we don’t remember when the action happened.Maybe we don’t know when the action happened.Or we just don’t care when the action happened.The only thing that is important is

that it happened sometime before now. But not any specific

time.I’ve already eaten breakfast.

She’s seen that movie before.

When did it happen?

When we want to ask a question about something that happened at any time before now, we say:

Have you ever….?Have you ever worked at a job you really loved?

Has she ever worked at a job she really hated?

Have they ever used a cash register?

Have you ever supervised other employees?

The short answer is…Yes, I have.

No, I haven’t

Yes, she has.

No, she hasn’t.

If we want to ask a question about something that happened at a specific time specific time , we wouldn’t use the

present perfect tense. We need to use a different tense.

The simple past tense.

When did they use a cash register?

They used a cash register last year.

When did you supervise other people?

I supervised other people two years ago.

Last year, yesterday, two years ago, last week , last vacations, in October, in 2011

Often when we’re speaking, we go back and forth between these two tenses—the present

perfect and the simple past tense.

Miko: Have you ever supervised other people?Tanaya: Yes, I have.

Miko: When did you do that?

Tanaya: I supervised others last year in my previous job.

TanayaMiko

I worked …Did I work … ?I didn’t work…

He went …

Did he go …?

He didn’t go…

Present Perfect TenseI have worked ..

I have I worked…?

I haven’t worked …He has gone …

Has he gone …?

He hasn’t gone …

Past Simple Past Simple TenseTense

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Present Perfect Tense PastPast Simple TenseSimple Tense

I have washed my hair.

( It is clean now)I washed my hair yesterday.

Mum has gone to work.

(She isn’t here now )Mum went to work ten minutes ago.

Have you ever been to London?

(in your life, until now )

Did you go to London last year?

I have never visited the USA. I visited New York last week.

He has lived in Moscow since 1986. (He lives in Moscow)

He lived in Moscow in 1986. ( He doesn’t live in Moscow any more)

It hasn’t rained this week. It didn’t rain last week.


• REMEMBER ! Present Perfect Tense - action in the past ( we don’t know

when )

Past Simple Tense- we know exactly when an action

happened in the past.

SINCE , FOR

SINCE/point of time/ FOR /duration of time

-1995, -five years,-last month, - two months, -Monday, - a week, -ten o’clock - an hour, - My birthday - a while

- Christmas - years

HAVE YOU EVER WORKED ABROAD? (I.E. IN ALL YOUR LIFE UP TO NOW?)I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO AMÉRICA, (I.E. NOT IN ALL MY LIFE UP TO NOW.)

THE PRESENT PERFECT WITH EVER IS OFTEN FOLLOWED BY THE SIMPLE PAST. WE USE THE SIMPLE PAST TO GIVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT A COMPLETED ACTION, WHEN REFERRING TO A SPECIFIC TIME OR CONTEXT:

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO HONG KONG?YES, I HAVE. I WORKED THERE LAST YEAR

Ever and never + present perfect or simple past to talk about general life experience

•THEY THEY HAVE ALREADY HAVE ALREADY MODERNIZED THE MODERNIZED THE WAREHOUSE, BUT THEY HAVEN'T DECORATED WAREHOUSE, BUT THEY HAVEN'T DECORATED THE RECEPTION AREA YET.THE RECEPTION AREA YET.

ALREADY IS USED IN POSITIVE SENTENCES. ALREADY IS USED IN POSITIVE SENTENCES. IT OFTEN INDICATES THAT SOMETHING HAS TAKEN IT OFTEN INDICATES THAT SOMETHING HAS TAKEN PLACE SLIGHTLY EARLIER THAN EXPECTED. PLACE SLIGHTLY EARLIER THAN EXPECTED. NOTICE ITS POSITION IN THE SENTENCE:NOTICE ITS POSITION IN THE SENTENCE:

SHE SHE HAS ALREADY HAS ALREADY SHOWN ME THE FIGURES.SHOWN ME THE FIGURES. (NOT: (NOT: SHE HAS SHOWN ALREADY ...)SHE HAS SHOWN ALREADY ...)

Already

HAVEHAVE YOU TALKED TO PETER YOU TALKED TO PETER YETYET? ? (NOT: HAVE YOU TALKED YET TO PETER?)(NOT: HAVE YOU TALKED YET TO PETER?)

YET IS USED IN QUESTIONS AND NEGATIVES. YET IS USED IN QUESTIONS AND NEGATIVES. IT SHOWS THAT WE EXPECT AN ACTION WILLIT SHOWS THAT WE EXPECT AN ACTION WILLTAKE PLACE IF IT HAS NOT HAPPENED UP TO NOW. TAKE PLACE IF IT HAS NOT HAPPENED UP TO NOW. NOTICE THE POSITION OF YET, AND NOT NOTICE THE POSITION OF YET, AND NOT YET:YET:

I I HAVEHAVE NOT TALKED TO HIM Y NOT TALKED TO HIM YETET. . (NOT: I HAVE NOT TALKED YET TO HIM.)(NOT: I HAVE NOT TALKED YET TO HIM.)

Yet


Read the sentences and correct the verbs that are wrong.

1.I haven’t done my homework yesterday. … wrong – I

didn’t do...2. He was sick last week. …right …3.Have you seen Peter? …right…4.When have you seen Mary? …wrong –

did you see…5.My granny died in 1994. right…


6. It’s cold here. Somebody has opened the window.

…right…

7. He has opened the window two hours ago. … wrong –

opened …8. Did you ever visit Paris? Yes, I was there last year. … wrong – Have you visited ..

9. Where’s Bob ? He’s gone to school. …right…10.Mum is angry. They have broken her favourite

vase last night. …wrong – broke…


Put the verb in the present perfect or the simple past

1. A:Look! I ………………………..(buy) a beautiful dress.

B: When ……. you ……….. it?

2.She can’t get into her house because she ……………………(lose) her keys.

3. My brother …………………… ( move ) to Tacna two years ago.

4. I …………………….. ( not know ) about that last night.

5. I love travelling and I ………………………….(visit) many countries.


7. ………… you ever ………….. ( be) to the USA ?

8. Tom ……………………. ( start ) school in 1999.

9. ……….. you ………………( see ) the film on TV last night?

10. I ………………………( not see ) him today ,

but I …………( see )his brother yesterday.

11. What time ……… he …………….( come ) home last night?

Mum ……………..( be ) very upset.

6. Be careful! His dad …………….( come ) out of prison a month ago.

a. a. I have played tennis last week. I played tennis last week. b. b. They have finished work yet. c. c. When you bought that umbrella? d. d. Look! I have buy a new umbrella. e.e. I have bought three CDs last week. f. f. She didn’t saw that film. g. g. She hasn’t never seen that film.

Correct the following Correct the following sentencessentences:

The end!• The End!

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