Perfect Tenses Work and jobs http://www.english-guide.org/category/listening/daily-life Present Perfect Simple Construction: + sb + have/has + participle + complement - sb + haven’t/hasn’t + participle + complement ? (question word) + Have/Has + sb + participle + complement? When do we use it? For finished past actions with: a) an unfinished time or b) no time Jerry has watched three films. (b) My friend and I have gone shopping today. (a) Jessica hasn’t had a cold this year. (a) Unfinished times Today This week This month This year This class Recently Depends: This morning Participles (3rd column) Regular = verb+ED •Come •Driven •Bought •Flown •Gone •Heard •Seen •Given For or since? For = durante I haven’t eaten meat for ten years. Since = desde I haven’t eaten meat since 2007. I haven’t eaten meat since Monday. I haven’t eaten meat since last year. I haven’t eaten meat since I was a child/young. Ever Have you ever + participle … ? Has she ever + participle …? Have they ever + participle …? Never I have never + participle … She has never + participle… They have never + participle… + ? Just / already +? •Sb + have/has + just + participle + complement We have just talked about grammar +? Acabamos de hablar de gramatica •Sb + have/has + already + participle + complement He has already seen that film Él ya ha visto esa pelicula +? Use just and already to say what has happened in the picture. - Still / yet - ? •Sb + still + haven’t/hasn’t + participle + complement I still haven’t done my homework today. - Todavía no he hecho los deberes. - •Sb + haven’t/hasn’t + participle + complement + yet She hasn’t visited the doctor yet. Ella todavía no ha visitado al médico. •Have/Has + sb + participle + complement + yet Has she visited the doctor yet? Ella ya ha visitado el médico? ? Present Perfect Continuous Construction: + sb + have/has + been + verbING + complement - sb + haven’t/hasn’t + been + verbING + complement ? (question word) + Have/Has + sb + been + verbING + complement? When do we use it? For actions that started in the past and continue in the present (or have just VERY recently finished) John has been watching TV for 5 hours. My friend and I have been going shopping every weekend this month. Shirley hasn’t been reading her history book. Has your dad been cleaning his car since this morning? HW http://www.really-learn-english.com/support-files/present-perfect-progressive-story-4.pdf What have these people done today? What have you and your family done this year? Use present perfect simple or continuous. How long? How long ago? •How long have you studied English? Desde hace cuánto has estudiado ingles? •How long have you lived here? Desde hace cuanto has vivido aquí? Desde cuando vives aquí? • How long ago did you meet your partner? Hace cuánto conociste tu pareja? • How long ago did you study English? Hace cuánto no estudias ingles? • How long ago did you move here? Hace cuánto te mudaste aquí? Past Perfect Construction: + sb + had+ participle + complement - sb + wasn’t/weren’t + verbING + complement ? (question word) + was/were+ sb + verbING + complement? When do we use it? For past actions that were happening at a specific moment: at 5:30, at handball practice, at lunch, etc We were washing the car at 7 p.m. last night. Her friend was studying during her first class. Bill wasn’t reading the book that we talked about.
