The document discusses the present perfect simple tense in English. It describes how the present perfect simple expresses actions that are still ongoing or recently stopped but still influence the present. It emphasizes results over time. The document provides the forms of the present perfect simple, its uses, examples, and common signal words used with the present perfect simple tense.

1. Present perfect simple

2. The present perfect
simple expresses an
action that is still
going on or that
stopped recently, but
has an influence on
the present. It puts
emphasis on the
result.

3. Form of present perfect
Affirmative: subject + auxiliary verb (have, has) + main verb (-ed, 3rd form)
Negative: subject + auxiliary verb (have, has) + not + main verb (-ed, 3rd form)
Interrogative: auxiliary verb (have, has) + subject + main verb (-ed, 3rd form)

4. Use of present perfect
puts emphasis on the result.
action that is still going on.
action that stopped recently.
finished action that has an influence on the present.
action that has taken place once, never or several times
before the moment of speaking.

5. Examples :
1. She has written five letters.
2. School has not started yet.
3. She has cooked dinner.
4. I have lost my key.
5. I have never been to
Australia.

6. Signal words of present perfect
already, ever, just, never, not yet, so far, till
now, up to now, since, for.
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