Chapter 6

I Have Been There

 What’s on this chapter?
Information
Note for to share Positive
Present Form
Perfect Tense

Simple Past Tense

and
Present Perfect Tense
Note for Negative
Simple Past Form
Tense
Interrogative
Form
 Information to share
• Simple past tense may refer to:
– one event complete in the past.
– repeated events completed in the past and no longer
happening.
– duration of an event completed in the past.
• Present perfect tense may refer to:
– events that started and finished in the past but bring
meaning to the present.
 Positive Form

Subject Verb 2/to be Others

Past tense I bought the blue dress.
He was at the hall.

Subject Have verb 3/been Others

Present perfect Has verb 3/been
tense I have just finished.
He has been there.
 Negative Form
Subject Didn’t verb 1 Others
Wasn’t/Weren’t
Past tense I didn’t go to the orchestra.
He wasn’t at the hall.

Subject Haven’t verb 3/been Others

Present perfect Hasn’t verb 3/been
tense I haven’t bought the blue dress.
He hasn’t been there.
 Interrogative Form

Did Subject Verb 1 Others

Was/Were
Past tense Did you cook the food?
Was he at the hall?

Have Subject Verb 3 Others

Has
Present perfect Have you visited your friend?
tense
Has she been in Bali?
 Note for Simple Past Tense
• Simple past tense
 The regular ending for the past simple, for all
persons, is –ed.
 Only the verb to be has two separate forms for the
past: was for the singular, were for the plural.
 There are many verbs ending in –t such as learnt,
burnt, spilt, dwelt, etc.
 The word ago requires the use of past tense, even if
the indicated time came almost up to the present,
e.g. They left one minute ago.
 Note for Present Perfect Tense

• Present perfect tense

There are some indicators of time marking a past to
present event.
Preposition indicating duration, e.g. during, in,
over, since, for
Adverbials meaning past to present time, e.g. so
far, up to now, until now, up to the present