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This document provides information about classroom verbs and the present perfect tense. It discusses the form of the present perfect, the difference between the present perfect and simple past, and how the present perfect is used to talk about experience, completed actions, and uncompleted actions. It also covers yet and already, uses of for and since, and differences between British and American English usage of the present perfect.
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- 8. PRESENT PERFECT Subject+ verb + past participle • What is a past participle? • How well did you do last year in irregular verb exams?
- 9. THE PRESENT PERFECTAND THE SIMPLE PAST ACTIONS THAT STARTED IN THE PAST ARRIVE TO THE PRESENT MAY CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE My teacher has written three plays (Why is this a present perfect?) Action started Action finished Present Shakespeare wrote many wonderful plays (Why is this a simple past?)
- 11. TO TALK ABOUTEXPERIENCE • HAVE YOU EVER… ? (in question, it means “at any time in your life”) • I HAVE NEVER… (an experience I have not had) • I HAVE ALWAYS… (since I can remember
- 12. HAVE YOU EVERTRAVELLED BY/ON…. This is your experience Could you tell us about it?
- 13. TRIP AND JOURNEY Compare: How was your journey? The train broke down How was your trip? I really enjoyed it!
- 14. I HAVE NEVERBEEN TO…
- 15. I HAVE ALWAYSLIKED
- 16. I HAVE JUST….- ACTIONS RECENTLY COMPLETED Arrived to school
- 17. YET AND ALREADYTO INDICATE COMPLETION Yet – REFERS TO PRESENT AND FUTURE • end of negative sentence or clause – • I have not washed the dishes yet • End of questions – • Is dinner ready yet? • It is not used in affirmative sentences Already – REFERS TO THE RECENT PAST (surprise that something has happened / been done earlier than expected • Usually in mid position – • I have already washed the dishes • At the age of three, Mozart had already learnt to play the piano • But final position is also possible - • Have you finished the typing already? • Already is not used in negative sentences
- 18. YET – QUESTIONSAND NEGATIVE SENTENCES Have you washed the dishes YET? – I haven’t washed the dishes yet YET has Future Connotations (I will wash them in the near future)
- 19. ALREADY – AFFIRMATIVESENTENCES ALREADY HAS PAST CONNOTATIONS – (I washed them half an hour ago.)
- 20. UNCOMPLETED ACTIONS ANDEVENTS FOR AND SINCE I have lived in Barcelona for ______________ PERIODS OF TIME (3 MONTHS, 2 YEARS…) I have lived in Barcelona since ___________ POINTS IN TIME (September, 1960, six o’clock, August…)
- 21. TWO TYPES OFUSES OF THE PRESENT PERFECT Actions completed in the Past actions that affect the present • News – I have lived in Hospitalet since I was a child (no reference to time) TIME SPAN IS STILL PRESENT (ALTHOUGH THE ACTION IS PAST) ALREADY (Usually used in affirmative sentences. To talk about something that has happened earlier than expected.) YET (Usually used in negative sentences to talk about something that ha not happened but will probably happen soon) TIME SPAN IS ALREADY PAST JUST (a short time before) Uncompleted actions For + periods of time Since + point in time
- 22. A BRIDGE BETWEENPRESENT AND PAST PRESENT PERFECT FOR, SINCE THE PAST THE FUTURE PRESENT already, Yet No time reference Just
- 23. BRITISH AND AMERICANENGLISH British English uses the present perfect to talk about recently completed actions, American English often uses the past simple with yet, already, just, since and for, for recently completed actions.
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- 25. SOME ERRORS INYOUR DESCRIPTIONS (4B) My name is Sara and I have 15 years I am optimistic, calm, generous, hard-working girl. I’ve got hazel eyes. My eyes are browns. I like play video games. I love the music. I have skinny body. I would like play tennis. I born 19th december of 1999. I Thing that I am medium hight. I love the popcorn. I am 15 years old I am from Peru.
- 26. SOME ERRORS INYOUR DESCRIPTIONS (4C) My name is mohamed I have fifteen years old. I have good marks because study. My name is Pierina, I’m fifteeen years old. I strong, beautiful, shy and very noised. Something that I like a lot are… I like the rap. Nowadays I do not have any favourite sport. I’m not sure what i’m going to say,but i’ll try.
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Editor's Notes
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- #8 Nuria’s reflection Yet and already are used when time span is still present, while just is used with past actions that affect the present. It is more clear to me now how we use the present perfect to refer to past actions when we do not specify the time. Since we also use the present perfect with since and for, where time is important, that use of the present perfect was unclear to me.
- #9 Set dates for irregular verb exams
- #13 Teach Have you ever….? To ask someone if he or she has done something Have you ever travelled outside Spain? Have you ever travelled to Madrid? Have you ever seen someone famous on the street? Difference between by and on Ellicit types of transport and
- #14 A journey is "a piece of travelling” A trip is a return journey together with the activity that is the reason for the journey
- #15 I have never….
- #16 I have always thought… - time is not important, with always (I thought about this in the past, and will probably still think the same tomorrow) I am not introducing already, which would be used to talk about a past action but time spam is still present (I have done the cleaning this morning already).
- #17 He has just… Just is used for a recent past action. Consequences arrive to the present (I am late, the teacher is going to punish me)
- #19 Yet goes in final position Yet and already are used to talk about past actions with results in the present = The dishes are not washed TIME SPAN IS STILL PRESENT EVEN IF THE ACTION IS PAST What is the difference between yet and already? Can you make this question affirmative