Today, we’re focusing on the Present Perfect tense:
-WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE?
- HOW TO USE IT?
- WHEN TO USE IT?
GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE
SUBJECT
Proper noun/ pronoun
+ HAVE/HAS + MAIN VERB
+ auxiliary verb
+
past participle form
often contracted: she has→she’s
I have→I’ve
PAST PARTICIPLE =
NO PROBLEM FOR
REGULAR VERBS
The same as the simple past:
+ ed
Ex. watch → watched
Ex. laugh → laughed
IRREGULAR
VERBS
You have to remember 3 forms:
- go, went, gone
-
- do, did, done
WHEN SHOULD WE USE IT?
KEY WORD: CONNECTION=
→
When there is a connection between the present and the past
A) when something
started in the past and
continues in the present
Ex. They have been
together for 5 years
B) an activity that you’ve
done in the past and that
you continue to do now
Ex. She has read many
books
C) to talk about life
experience
Ex. She hasn’t travelled
abroad before