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PRESENT PERFECT

• it is a tense that expresses actions influenced by the present, that is, these actions are still happening or have been completed recently.
• Present Perfect can be used to indicate actions that started in the past and continue to the present. In the Portuguese language, there is no tense equivalent to Present Perfect.

WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

• The perfect present refers to an action or state that occurred in an indefinite time in the past (for example, we have talked before) or started in the past and continued to the present (for example, he became impatient in the last hour) This time is formed by have / has + the last participle.
• Actions that started in the past and continue to the present. (She works / has worked at the hospital since April).

WHICH IS?

• Present perfect can be something that started in the past and still continues, or something that happened, but it doesn't matter when it can also be a life experience
• EX: you have grown a lot since the last time I saw you; My family has been in London

NEGATIVE

• use the verb to have (have / has) + not + Past Participle of the main verb, right after the subject.
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AFFIRMATIVE

• HAVE / HAS + PAST PARTICIPLE OF THE MAIN VERB
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INTERROGATIVE

• Simple present of the verb to have (have / has) positioned before the subject. The verb to be remains in the Present Perfect and the main verb in the gerund
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• THAMYRES E ELIS