The document discusses the present perfect and present perfect continuous tenses in English. It provides definitions and examples of their structures and uses. The present perfect is used for actions that began in the past but have relevance to the present. The present perfect continuous emphasizes the continuing nature of an action that began in the past and may still be ongoing. Both tenses can be used with time expressions like "for," "since," and "lately" to indicate the duration of an action.

2. FACULTAD DE FILOSOFIA LETRAS Y
CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACION
ENGLISH CAREER
 Integrantes:
Diego Duma
Lelys Cordero
 Semester:
4th Semester Bilingüe “B”
 Tema:
Present Perfect and
Present Perfect Continuous
2012

3. PRESENT PERFECT
 Present Perfect is used with actions that
happened in the past, but without specific
time.
 To talk about an action that never happened.

4. AFFIRMATIVE
 She has eaten delicious food
Contraction:
 I have = I´ve
 She has = She´s

5. NEGATIVE
I haven´t driven a car
She hasn´t eaten delicious food
QUESTION
Have you visited Peru?
Yes, I have / No, I haven´t
Has your father studied languages?
Yes, He has / No He hasn´t

6. PRESENT PERFECT
Definition
 The present perfect is formed by combining
the auxiliary verb ¨has¨ or ¨have¨ with past
participle.

7. STRUCTURE
+ Subject
Have
Has
Verb in Past
Participle
Complement
- Subject
Haven´t
Hasn´t
Verb in Past
Participle
Complement
Have
? Has
Subject Verb in Past
Participle
Complement ?

8. TIME EXPRESSION WITH PRESENT PERFECT
Yet
Never,
For
ever
Today Since
Year
T.E. recently
Month Lately
This
Alredy
week

9. PRESENT PERFECT
 We use the present perfect for event that
began in the past and continue at present.
 We usually use the present perfect with
never and ever.

10. EXAMPLES
Positive Sentences
 He has played soccer since 2002
 We have studied in the High School for 3
years
 He has written a letter to Maria

11. Negative Sentences
We haven´t been stranded for six days
Juan hasn´t given a lot of money to his
Sister
She hasn´t spoken with her father

12. WH Question ?
Have you ever eaten sushi?
Yes, I have
No, I haven´t
Yes, I´ve eaten it once
No, I have never eaten it

13. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

14. DEFINITION
 You can also use the present prefect
continuous WITHOUT a duration such as ¨for
two weeks.¨ Without the duration, the tense
has more general meaning of ¨lately.¨ We
often use the words ¨lately¨ or ¨recently¨ to
emphasize this meaning.

15. STRUCTURE
Have
Subject Been (to be) Verb + ing Complement
Has

16. Subject Auxiliary Auxiliary Main
verb verb Verb
+ I Have Been Waiting For one
hour.
+ You Have Been Talking Too much
- It Has Not Been Raining
- We Have Not Been Playing Football
? Have You Been Seeing Her?
? Have they Been doing Their
homework
?

17. TIME EXPRESSION
Lately
Nowadays = these days recently
Since Year
This
For
month

18. EXAMPLES
Positive sentences
 I have been studying at UCE since 2010
 I´ve been working on my thesis for six
months
 Gerardo hasn´t been sleeping well these
days, because he has been morning to a
new place

19. Negative sentences
 You have not been smoking
 Tara hasn´t been visiting us since March
 Tara hasn´t been feeling well for 2 weeks

20. WH ? Question
 How long have you been learning English?
 Have you been seeing her?
 Have they been doing their homework?