2. FACULTAD DE FILOSOFIA LETRAS Y
CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACION
ENGLISH CAREER
• Integrantes:
Diego Duma
• 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 Verb in Past
Has
Subject 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
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 Auxiliar Auxiliar Main
y verb y 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?
