2. Present Perfect Present Perfect Continous
Regular verbs
Have/Has + Past Participle
I have Walked the dog.
Irregular Verbs
Have/Has + Past Participle
She has driven in my car.
Have/Has + been + verb+ ing
I have been walking the dog
She has been driving my car
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I/You/We/They Have
He/She/It Has
3. Present Perfect
How do we use them?
An action or situation that started in
the past and continues in the present.
Example: I have lived in México since
1976 (and I still do.)
An action performed during a period
that has not yet finished.
Example: She has been to the cinema twice
this week
Present Perfect Continous
Actions that started in the past and
continue in the present.
Example: She has been waiting for you all
day (and she's still waiting now).
Actions that have just finished, but
we are interested in the results:
Example: She has been cooking since last
night (and the food on the table looks delicious).
4. Present Perfect
Affirmative
Subject to have past participle
She has visited
Negative
Subject to have + not past participle
She hasn't visited
Which is the best English?
to have Subject past participle
Has she visited..?
Interrogative negative
to have + not Subject past participle
Hasn't she visited...?
5. Present Perfect Continuos
Affirmative
She has been / She's been running
Negative
She hasn't been running
Interrogative
Has she been running?
Interrogative negative
Hasn't she been running?