PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

Uno de los usos del Present Perfect

Tense es para hablar de experiencias
que suceden en nuestras vidas.
For example:
I have studied English
She has worked at the store
We have visited Italy
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PERSONAL PRONOUN VERBS

I have lived
YOU have lived
HE has lived
SHE has lived
IT has lived
WE have lived
YOU have lived
THEY have lived
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El Present Perfect Tense en la forma

afirmativa es formado:
HAVE/HAS + PAST PARTICIPLE OF THE VERB
• El Past Participle de los verbos regulares siguen las mismas
reglas de la forma past.
• The Past Participle de los verbos irregulares no siguen
ninguna regla, cada una es diferente.
 For example:

• Bill has played soccer.

Subj have + verb in past participle complement

• They have known each

other at collegue.
 NOW, YOU!

Complete the sentences:

a) I ______________ a new car.(have)
b) Carl _______________French. (study)
c) Peter and Susan ____________ together for 6 months.(be)
d) Leo ____________in San Francisco. (live)
NEGATIVE FORM
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PERSONAL PRONOUN VERBS

I haven’t played
YOU haven’t played
HE hasn’t played
SHE hasn’t played
IT hasn’t played
WE haven’t played
YOU haven’t played
THEY haven’t played
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En la forma negativa,
usamos HAVEN’T o
HASN’T.
E.g.:
Jake hasn’t eaten candies for a year.
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E.g.:
Olivia and her friend haven’t bought new clothes
since last winter.
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También podemos negar

una oración utilizando la
palabra never, pero ya no
se usa haven’t o hasn’t
E.g.:

Jake has never eaten candies for a year.

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E.g.:
Olivia and her friend haven’t bought new clothes
since last winter.
 NOW, YOU!

Complete the sentences in the negative form according to your

personal information.

• I ____________(play) here.
• I ____________ (know) my best friend since I was a child.
• My mother _____________(work) in the same company
• I ____________(have) this cell phone since last year.
INTERROGATIVE FORM
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HAVE / HAS PERSONAL PRONOUN VERB

HAVE I PLAYED?
HAVE YOU PLAYED?
HAS HE PLAYED?
HAS SHE PLAYED?
HAS IT PLAYED?
HAVE WE PLAYED?
HAVE YOU PLAYED?
HAVE THEY PLAYED?
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En la forma interrogative es necesario invertir la
posición de HAVE / HAS. Aqui podemos usar la palabra
ever para enfatizar cuando hablamos.
E.g.:

Affirmative: She has played the guitar for two months.

Interrogative: Has she ever played the guitar for a long

time?
Se puede responder con Yes o No:
• Yes, she has
• No, she hasn’t
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E.g.:

Affirmative: They have known her since second grade.

Interrogative: Have they ever known her since you were a

child?

• Yes, they have

• No, they haven’t
 Present perfect or simple
past?
Recordemos que el present perfect se usa para hablar
de experiencias en nuestras vidas y el simple past para
hablar de un evento especifico que pasó

• I have worked there since for 5 years.

• I worked there in 2009 .

A menudo una conversación se empieza con present perfect y

para preguntar mas detalles o información se usa simple past.