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Present Perfect Tense

Present Perfect Tense

We use the present perfect tense to talk about
things that happened at some time in the past
and have a connection to the present.
He has lived in UK for twenty years.
(He can speak in english)
She has taken art lessons for two months.
(She can draw a good picture)
I have drunk five glasses of water since lunch.
(My stomach is full)

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Positive Statement
Subject have/has Past participle
I
You
have
finished
We
They
He, She, It has
eaten

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Negative Statement
I have not/havent finished.
They havent heard the problem before.

Subject have/has not

Past participle

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Introgative
I have finished

Have I finished ?

She has writen

Has she writen ?

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Present perfect tense

Recent events : It is used to describe recent events

without a definite time . The idea of time or place in

the speakers mind makes the event recent. A time
expression may emphasize recentness: just,
recently, lately
They have just won a prize so they are really

pleased

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Present perfect tense

Personal experiences : It is used to express

personal experiences, there is not a definite time

given. The time expressions ever and never are
very often used with this meaning
I have never been to Japan. Have you ever been
there?

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Present perfect tense

It is used to express actions that started in the past

and continue to the present, the time period is not

finished. We use for and since with this meaning.
We use for with periods of time and since with
points of time.
I havent eaten since yesterday morning. I am really
hungry I havent drunk anything for two days. I am
terribly thirsty

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Example Paragraph using Present Perfect

Tenses
Mary Morris applied for her passport last month

because she will soon be leaving on a trip that she

has been about for many years. She has been
working as a receptionist at Ardmore's Travel
Agency for ten years. All this time, she has been
looking at pictures of exotic places on the wall and
planning trips for others. For this reason she has
decided to take an overseas trip herself.

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