The document discusses the present perfect tense in English. It explains that the present perfect is used to talk about actions or events that happened at an unspecified time before now. It provides examples of affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences using the present perfect. It also discusses uses involving experiences, changes over time, and time expressions like "already", "yet", "ever", "for", and "since". Key points are illustrated with multiple examples.

1. Present Perfect
Form, meaning and use
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2. Present Perfect
You have read that book twice.
You haven’t read that book.
Have you read that book?
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3. Present Perfect
+
SUBJECT + AUXILIARY VERB + PAST
PARTICIPLE + COMPLEMENT
I have been to London three times.
She has seen the film.
They have gone to school by bus.
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4. Present Perfect
SUBJECT + AUX+ NOT +PAST PARTICIPLE +
COMPLEMENT
I haven’t (have +not) studied a lot for this exam.
She hasn’t (has + not) eaten anything!
We haven’t met before.
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5. Present Perfect
yes/no ?
AUX + SUBJECT + PAST PARTICIPLE
(+ COMPLEMENT)?
Have you seen my new coat? Yes, I have / No, I
haven’t
Has she phoned her mother? Yes, she has / No, she
hasn’t
Have they finished their homework? Yes, they have /
No, they haven’t
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6. Present Perfect
WH- ?
WH + AUX + SUBJECT + PAST
PARTICIPLE (+ COMPLEMENT)?
Where have you been?
What has she bought?
How much money have you spent on that
car?
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7. Present Perfect
Use the Present Perfect to say that an action happened at an unspecified
time before now. The exact time is not important.
?????????
PAST
NOW
You have read that book twice
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FUTURE

8. Present Perfect
Other examples:
★
Have we met before?
★
I have never driven a car like this before.
★
I have already seen that film.
★
Nobody has been to his new house yet.
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9. Present Perfect
What does “unspecified time” mean?
★ Experiences:
I have never been to Russia.
He has never travelled by plane.
Have you ever met my cousin?
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10. Present Perfect
What does “unspecified time” mean?
★ Changes over time with a present effect:
Your English has improved a lot lately.
You have put on weight.
I have become interested in football.
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11. Present Perfect
KEYWORDS
&
EXPRESSIONS
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12. Present Perfect
She has just arrived from London.
Have you been to the theatre recently?
He has had three different jobs so far.
Ten thousand people have visited the museum up to
now.
My car has broken down three times this week.
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13. Present Perfect
Have you ever travelled by plane?
They have never been to the USA.
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14. Present Perfect
You have already read that book.
You haven’t read that book yet.
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15. Present Perfect
They have been married for 10 years.
They have been married since 2005.
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16. Present Perfect vs Simple Past
WATCH OUT!
I had lunch with Peter yesterday.
She went to Brussels a year ago.
We bought the tickets last week.
They met when she went to London.
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17. Present Perfect
YOUR TURN
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18. Present Perfect
Use the prompts to make sentences
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19. Present Perfect
break
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20. Present Perfect
just / bake
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21. Present Perfect
homework / yet
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22. Present Perfect
never / Japan
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23. Present Perfect
fail / twice
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24. Present Perfect
pass / just
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25. Present Perfect
miss / just
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26. Present Perfect
water / already
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27. Present Perfect
study English / for
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28. Present Perfect
study English / since
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29. ONLINE EXERCISES
BBC LEARNING ENGLISH: QUIZ 1
BBC LEARNING ENGLISH: QUIZ 2
PRESENT PERFECT / SIMPLE PAST
PRESENT PERFECT / SIMPLE PAST
PRESENT PERFECT / SIMPLE PAST
FOR AND SINCE 1
FOR AND SINCE 2
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