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1. Chapter 6
I Have Been There

2. What’s on this chapter?
Simple Past Tense
and
Present Perfect Tense
Information
to share
Negative
Form
Note for
Present
Perfect Tense
Interrogative
Form
Note for
Simple Past
Tense
Positive
Form

3. Information to share
• Simple past tense may refer to:
– one event complete in the past.
– repeated events completed in the past and no longer
happening.
– duration of an event completed in the past.
• Present perfect tense may refer to:
– events that started and finished in the past but bring
meaning to the present.

4. Positive Form
Past tense
Subject Verb 2/to be Others
I bought the blue dress.
He was at the hall.
Present perfect
tense
Subject Have verb 3/been
Has verb 3/been
Others
I have just finished.
He has been there.

5. Negative Form
Past tense
Subject Didn’t verb 1
Wasn’t/Weren’t
Others
I didn’t go to the orchestra.
He wasn’t at the hall.
Present perfect
tense
Subject Haven’t verb 3/been
Hasn’t verb 3/been
Others
I haven’t bought the blue dress.
He hasn’t been there.

6. Interrogative Form
Past tense
Did
Was/Were
Subject Verb 1 Others
Did you cook the food?
Was he at the hall?
Present perfect
tense
Have
Has
Subject Verb 3 Others
Have you visited your friend?
Has she been in Bali?

7. Note for Simple Past Tense
• Simple past tense
The regular ending for the past simple, for all
persons, is –ed.
Only the verb to be has two separate forms for the
past: was for the singular, were for the plural.
There are many verbs ending in –t such as learnt,
burnt, spilt, dwelt, etc.
The word ago requires the use of past tense, even if
the indicated time came almost up to the present,
e.g. They left one minute ago.

8. Note for Present Perfect Tense
• Present perfect tense
There are some indicators of time marking a past to
present event.
Preposition indicating duration, e.g. during, in,
over, since, for
Adverbials meaning past to present time, e.g. so
far, up to now, until now, up to the present