PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

1. ADVERBS (TIME EXPRESSIONS)

   • -NEVER -JUST -ALREADY
     • EX: -She has already eaten. -Mary and i just have played soccer. -My dog has already run.
   • -HOW LONG -EVER -FOR -SINCE
     • EX: -How long have you gone to the bathroom? -Have you ever had boyfriend? -I have lived in New York for 3 years. -I haven´t danced this night.
   • -YET
     • EX: Cristina haven´t prepared the tomorrow´s class yet
   • -RECENTLY -LATELY -SO FAR
     • EX: - Recently i have slept with mi sister. - Marlen and Cami have read much lately. - I haven´t eaten pizza so far.

2. GRAMAR STRUCTURE

   • AFFIRMATIVE: Sub + Have/Has + Verb participle + complement
     • EX: I HAVE WRITTEN A LETTER
   • NEGATIVE: Sub + Have/Has NOT + Verb participle + complement
     • EX: SHE HASN´T TRAVELED TO MEXICO
   • INTERROGATIVE: Has/Have + Sub + Verb participle + complement + ?
     • EX: HAVE THEY SLEPT WITH THEIR MOM?

3. USES

   • UNFINISHED ACTIONS
     • We use this tense when we talk about unfinished actions states or habitats that started un the past and continue to the present.
       • EX: I´ve lived here since 2006.
   • FINISHED ACTIONS
     • This are life expression experience.They are avents or actions during a person´s life. I doesn´t say when the experience happened and the person needs to be alive.
       • WE OFTEN USE THE WORDS EVER-NEVER
       • WE OFTEN USE THE PRESENT PERFECT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN THE RECENT PAST.
   • BEEN AND GONE
     • -We use this tense for past participle of ´´go´´.. GONE -We use gone to mean that the person at the place now. -We use been to meaning taht the person we´are talking about visited the place and came back... BEEN
       • EX: -I have been to Australia. -They have never gone to USA. - She has been to school.

4. EXAMPLES

   • She has ived in LONDON for 3 years
   • Have you ever been to Poland?
   • I have already forgotten what we came here for.
   • They have been off and on the relationship for months
   • I have seen this film a thousand times.
   • I haven’t found the time to do it yet.

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