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Present perfect tense

We use the present perfect tense to talk about
things that happened at some time in the past and
have a connection to the present.
e.g. I have lived in London for many years

Present perfect tense: Structure.

Affirmative
Subject +
have/has +
Past
Complement
Participle
I
You
We
They

have

eaten

an apple.

He
She
It

has

eaten

an apple.

Present perfect tense: Structure.

Negative
Subject + have not + Past +
Complement
has not
Participle
I
You
We
They

have not
havent

eaten

an apple.

He
She
It

has not
hasnt

eaten

an apple.

Present perfect tense: Structure.

Interrogative
Have +
Subject +
Complement + ?
Has
Have

Has

Past

Participle

I
You
We
They

eaten

an apple?

He
She
It

eaten

an apple?

Present perfect tense

Irregular verbs

Present
do
be
write
eat
break
speak

Present perfect
have / has done
have / has been
have / has written
have / has eaten
have / has broken
have / has spoken

Present perfect tense

Irregular verbs
Present
take
drink
swim
see
steal
make
go

Present Perfect
have / has taken
have / has drunk
have / has swum
have / has seen
have / has stolen
have / has made
have / has gone

Present perfect tense

Regular verbs
Present
paint
study
play
open
stop
dance
call
work

Present Perfect
have / has painted
have / has studied
have / has played
have / has opened
have / has stopped
have / has danced
have / has called
have / has worked

Present perfect tense

We use the present perfect tense with since and
for to say how long an action has lasted.

I have played the piano since 2000.

I have played the piano for five years.

Present perfect tense

Since (desde)
We use since with the present perfect tense to
refer to the starting point of an action.

I have studied at this school since 2000.

starting time
2000

Now
2005

(2000 is a point of time, not a period of time.)

Present perfect tense

For (por)
We use for with the present perfect tense to refer
to a period of time.
I have studied at this school for five years.
Now
2005

since 2000
starting
time

period of time
(for five years)

( Five years is a period of time, not a point of time.)

Remember!
FOR (a period of time)

SINCE (the starting point)

5, 10, 20, 30 minutes

6.15 pm / 6 oclock

2, 3, 10 days

Monday, Tuesday, etc (Days of the

week)

6, 7, 9, months

January, February (months of the year)

4, 25, 30 years

1998, 2015 YEARS

Activities

- 1. Complete the sentences using since or for.

since 2011.
Susan has studied German ______________
for
Paul has lived in Lisbon ________________
five years.
for
I have waited here _______________
30 minutes.
since 9:00 oclock.
They have been in the caf _____________
since January?
Have you met Betty ________________

Activities
2. Write full sentences in the Present
Perfect Tense.
a. I / not see / my friends / in a long
time.
____________________________
____________________________
b. you / write / a book?
____________________________
____________________________
c. they / be / to Spain.
____________________________
____________________________
d. John and Ann / be married / for ten
years.
____________________________
____________________________
e. I / the move / not see .
_______________________________

3. Complete using the Present Perfect.

a. I _________________ (know)
Harold since he was a little boy.
b. Joseph _________________ (have)
that laptop for two years.
c. Sophie _________________ (be) in
this class since January.
d. My sister ________________(work)
at Pizza Hut for three weeks now.
e. I _________________(live) here all
my life.