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Understanding Present Perfect Tense

The document discusses the present perfect tense in English. It explains when to use the present perfect, how to form present perfect sentences, and how to form present perfect verbs. It provides examples of affirmative and negative sentences as well as questions. It also lists common regular and irregular past participles.

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Understanding Present Perfect Tense

The document discusses the present perfect tense in English. It explains when to use the present perfect, how to form present perfect sentences, and how to form present perfect verbs. It provides examples of affirmative and negative sentences as well as questions. It also lists common regular and irregular past participles.

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PRESENT

PERFECT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

01 02 03

Present perfect
Present Perfect Spellings
form
When do we use present How do we form present How do we form present
perfect? perfect sentences? perfect verbs?
INTRODUCTI
ON
I can recognize and use the present perfect to talk
about action that still going on or that stopped
recently.
01
PRESENT
PERFECT
TIMELINE : PRESENT PERFECT

An action occurred at an unspecified time in the past

x x
PAST PRESENT FUTURE
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

We use the present perfect to talk about We often use the present perfect when a
events that happened in the past but we past event has some connection to now
don’t know when.
Events happened in the past but we don’t know when

I’ve lost my phone. He’s visited Turkey and Russia.


Past event has some connection to now

Someone has broken the chair. Sorry! I haven’t found your purse.
We don’t use a finished time expression like
yesterday or last year in present perfect

I’ve read that book.

I’ve read that book last year.


We can, however, use unfinished time
expresions, for example, ever, never, today,
once, twice. * Note: Use ever and never go
before the past participle.

a. I’ve never worked as a waiter.

b. He’s seen that film twice.

c. This is the first time I’ve ever played


chess.
02
Forming
Present
Perfect
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION

S + have / has + V3 S + have / has + not + V3 Have / Has + S + V3 ?

I / we / you / they’ve (have) started I / we / you / they haven’t started Have I / we / you / they started?

He / she / It’s (has) started He / she / It hasn’t started Has he / she / It started?
03
Forming
Present
Perfect
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

Regular past participle Irregular past participle

Clean = cleaned Drink = drunk

Study = studied Swim = swum

Travel = traveled See = seen

Arrive = arrived Eat = eaten

Stop = stopped Take = taken

He has changed his name. I have written a letter.


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