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PRESENT PERFECT
The document discusses the structure and use of the present perfect tense in English. It notes that the present perfect tense structure is subject + have/has + past participle. It provides examples of regular and irregular verbs in the past participle form. The present perfect tense is used to describe actions that began in the past but continue in the present, actions that began and ended in the past but have present consequences, and unfinished actions that took place within a time period extending to the present.
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PRESENT PERFECT
- 2. The structure ofthe present perfect tense is: subject + auxiliary verb + main verb has / have “past participle”
- 3. Examples I have played Youhave played He has played We have played You have played They have played
- 4. PARTICIPLE CONSTRUCTION For regular verbs in the past participle is formed by adding-ed Englishman play -> played Although we have to take into account some considerations:
- 5. Irregular verbs For irregularverbs must be memorized its past participle. Past Participle Go Gone Make Made Verbs ending in -e It adds only one -d verbs in past participle Hope used excuse excused
- 6. Structure: Subject + have/ has + not + verb past participle I've not played well he has not played well I have not eaten in two days She has not eaten in two days
- 7. Question in presentperfect Interrogative Form Have / has + subject + verb in past participle? Have I done? Have you done? Has he done? Have we done? Have you done? Have they done? WH Questions What have you done? What have you done?
- 9. The present perfectis used to: Actions that started in the past and have not finished yet in this I have not slept in the past two days I have not slept in the last 2 days Actions that began and ended in the past but its effect continues in the present. I am not hungry because i have eaten an apple I have not hungry because I ate an apple The hue of the example is that while we finished eating the apple, this action has an impact on the present (not hungry in this for having eaten the apple) I have bought a car (me) I bought a car The nuance of this second example is that although the act of buying finished, the car still belongs to us in the present (the effect of continuous action).
- 10. Actions that beganand ended in the past but that has placed intelocutor action in a time interval not finish. This action in a time interval not finished building requires prayer present perfect: Unfinished time interval (Present Perfect): I have been in USA This Year I've been this year in the U.S. Completed time interval (Past Simple): I was in usa last year I was last year in the U.S.