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Let's

'Let's' --short for 'let us'-- is used to suggest something. It comes before a verb.
'Let's' - la contracción de 'let us' - se usa para sugerir algo. Se usa antes de un
verbo.
Similar to 'would you like to...'
Es equivalente a 'would you like to...' (te gustaría...)
Se forma la frase de la siguiente manera:
Let's + verb
Let's go. = Vámonos. 
Let's go shopping. = Vámonos de compras.
Let's talk. = Hablemos.
Let's play. = Juguemos.
Let's do it. = Hagámoslo.

'Let's' suggestions are answered with 'yes,' 'no' or 'OK.'


Las sugerencias con 'Let's' se contestan generalmente con 'yes,' 'no' o 'OK.'

The Present Perfect Tense

To talk about a completed action in the past, without mentioning when it


took place, we use the present perfect tense. Examples:
Para hablar de una acción terminada en el pasado, sin mencionar cuando tuvo
lugar, usamos el tiempo presente perfecto. Ejemplos:  
I have                                                                                             
When questions are asked in the present perfect, you can't answer in the
simple past.
Have you ever eaten a donut?
X No: I ate a donut.
√ Yes: I have eaten a donut.
he present perfect uses the auxiliary verb have / has + a past participle.
Past tense verbs in English have two forms.
 Present: Talk
 Past: Talked
 Past Participle: Talked
In many cases, the past participle is the same as the simple past, but in irregular verbs,
they are usually different.
For example:
 Present: Drink
 Past: Drank
 Past Participle: Drunk
Here are the past participles of some of the irregular verbs we are studying:

The present perfect is also used to ask the question:


 'How have you been?'
This question asks about the person since the last meeting.
Notice questions with the present perfect require that the pronoun (I, you, he/she/it,
we, you, they) go between the auxiliary have and the past participle. The verb is
followed by the object.
           ↓
Have you eaten something?
The aux. verb to have in the present perfect is contracted in positive responses.
Have you written to your family?
Yes. I've written to them.
But
Have you written to your family?
X No. I've not written to them.*
No. I haven't written to them.
*(this is acceptable in the UK, but it is not used in the US)
'Yeah'
In English you will seldom hear a native speaker use the word 'yes' in conversation. In
spoken English (except when being very emphatic) the word 'yeah' is used instead.
Listen:
 Have you been to the store?
 Yeah. I’ve been to the store.
 Yes. I’ve been to the store!
Present perfect questions are about completed actions.
You can use the word 'already' to stress how something has been completed. (como
'ya')
If something hasn't been completed, you can use the word 'yet'. (como 'todavia')
'Already' goes between the aux. have and the past participle.
 Have you been to the Columbia River?
 Yeah. I've already been there.
'Yet' comes at the end of the sentence.
 No. I haven't been there yet.

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