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PRESENT PERFECT

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PRESENT PERFECT

Experiences Verb Tense used to discuss experiences in the past and

completed events and actions up to and including the present time

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THREE MAIN USES OF PRESENT PERFECT

Use 1 Something that started in the past and still true now

Example:'I have taken' is in the present perfect tense, and says

that I took something in the past, and still have it in the present

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THREE USES OF PRESENT PERFECT

Use 2 Indefinite past action (time unspecified, unstated, or unknown)

Examples:'I had taken' is in the past perfect tense, and refers to

the earliest of two events in the past

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THREE USES OF PRESENT PERFECT

Use 3 Repeated past action

Examples:I've seen that movie a dozen times

in the past two years.

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FORM OF PRESENT PERFECTSubject + have / has + past participle

IWeYou TheyHe The peopleShe EveryoneIt

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KEY WORDS FOR PRESENT PERFECT Already = (adv.) before nowI have already finished my homework.

Not yet = (adv.) not before nowScientists have not yet discovered a cure.

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KEY WORDS FOR PRESENT PERFECT Never = (adv.) not at any time in the past, including nowI have never seen such a beautiful sunset!

Ever = (adv.) at any time, including the present** Used only in questionsHave you ever ridden a horse?

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REMINDER ABOUT ADVERB PLACEMENT With two verbs (auxiliary and main verb), place the

adverb between them

I have never eaten raw fish.

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KEY WORDS FOR PRESENT PERFECT Before = at some time in the past behind the present

timeI have been to Las Vegas before.

Several times, many times, a few times, a couple of times, a lot of times = for indefinite or repeated past actions

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KEY WORDS FOR PRESENT PERFECT Since and for Since + specific point in the past when the action

started

For + duration, length of time

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PRACTICE: SINCE OR FOR ?

_______ January_______ 10 years_______ Monday_______ 12 noon_______ I got up_______ 5 minutes_______ a long time ago_______ four days

_______ 6:00

_______ Wednesday

_______ a month

_______ two days ago

_______ November 1

_______ 2004

_______ an hour

_______ I was young

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THE END

GOOD LUCK


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