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The Present Perfect Simple Or Continuous

I PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE:
1 Observe and Learn
A Read the sentences below and learn:

I have been to the town hall.

Structure: Have/has + past participlemakes the present perfect.

*some verbs are irregular ( exemple: to give®given, to cost® cost)

She has lost her post.
They have taken a rest.
I have been to Australia

The present perfect tense is used to describe something that happened in the past, but the exact time when it happened is not important. It has a relationship with the present.

I have done my homework = I finished my homework in the past. It is not important at what exact time, only that it is now done.

We do not use the present perfect with an adverbial which refers to past time which is finished:

As we do not use exact time expressions with the present perfect, we cannot say:

I have done my homework yesterday

In this case we use the past simple tense:®I did my homework yesterday.

Present Perfect Simple

Positive Form

Negative Form

Interrogative Form

I have worked

I have not worked

Have I worked?

You have worked

You have not worked

Have you worked?

She has worked

She has not worked

Has she worked?

He has worked

He has not worked

Has he worked?

It has worked

It has not worked

Has it worked?

We have worked

we have not worked

Have we worked?

They have worked

They have not worked

Have they worked?

2 Observe and Learn:

Using already ,just and yet with the present perfect:

Already, just and yet canbe used with the present perfect.

Already means 'something has happened sooner than we expected:

'The movie only came out yesterday, but I have already seen it.'

Just means 'a short time ago':

I have just seen your brother going into the bank with a gun!'

Yet is only used in questions and negative sentences. It means 'something is expected to happen':

  1. 'Have you finished the report yet?'
  2. ‘No, I haven't finished it yet.' 

Using since and for with the present perfect:

‘Since’ and ‘for’ canbe used with the present perfect for something that started in the past and continues in the present:

They’ve been marriedfor nearly fifty years.
She has livedin Liverpool since 2009.

I have worked here since I left school.

We use the present perfect ofbewhen someone has gone to a place and returned:

A: Where have you been? = Where have you gone?
B: I’vejust been out to the supermarket.= I’vejust been out to the supermarket

II PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
1 Observe and Learn

Read the sentences below and learn:

‐ I’m tired out. I’ve been working all day.

-They have been training on the newprogramme every week since it started.

- I have been typing the report since 10 am.

The present perfect continuous is formed with have/has been + (verb+ing).

The present perfect  continuous tense is used to refer to an action which started in the past and continues today.

 

I have been learning English since September.

(I started in September and I continue to take lessons today.)


قم بالدخول للإطلاع على المزيد من المحتوى

لتتمكن من الوصول إلى جميع الدروس والتمارين والمسابقات والفيديوهات وتصفح الموقع براحة قم بالدخول أو بتسجيل حساب مجانا.



قم بالدخول للإطلاع على المزيد من المحتوى

لتتمكن من الوصول إلى جميع الدروس والتمارين والمسابقات والفيديوهات وتصفح الموقع براحة قم بالدخول أو بتسجيل حساب مجانا.