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The Present Perfect Tense: Rainbow of Education Powerpoint Presentations
The Present Perfect Tense: Rainbow of Education Powerpoint Presentations
The Present Perfect Tense: Rainbow of Education Powerpoint Presentations
RAINBOW OF EDUCATION
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Look at the following
sentences..
I have
The auxiliary ‘have’ changes form:
you
have
he has
she has
it has
we have
they
Here are some examples of the
present perfect tense:
Affirmativ
e (+), Past
auxiliary
negative subject Participl
verb
(-) or e
question
+ I have seen Peter.
+ You have eaten my food.
- She has not been to Rome.
- We have not played football.
? Have you finished?
? Have they done it?
Past participle forms
Present tense:
Past tense: Past participle form:
• see • saw • seen
• cut • cut • cut
• work • worked • worked
• leave • left • left
• feed • fed • fed
• bring • brought • brought
• swim • swam • swum
• buy • bought • bought
• drink • drank • drunk
• go • went • gone
Use of the
present
Indefinite time perfect
in the past.
The exact time
is not
important.
“My parents
have bought a
horse”.
Duration of For
an action or
state from
past to Sinc
present. e
We often use the present perfect tense to talk about
experience from the past. We are not interested in when you
did something.
The action or
In my head, I have
state was in the
a memory now.
past.
So, when you use
the
Look at the next sentences.. time of action
(yesterday) you
must use the past
tense (went) in
stead of the present
• “He went shopping yesterday”. perfect.
• “He has gone for shopping yesterday”.
i
n
t
i
m
e
.
… Use ‘for’:
s an amount (length) of time.
With
i
…for a year.
n
c …for 2 days.
e …for 3 hours.
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