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PRESENT PERFECT
O adjetivo
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Present Perfect: form
Verb to have (has, have)
+
Main verb (past participle)
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Present Perfect: form
• In regular verbs, the past participle
and the past simple are both formed
from the infinitive + ed:
I have finished my homework.
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verb to have + verb
(has, have)
(past participle)
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Present Perfect: form
Infinitive → Past simple Past participle
arrive
play
visit
→ arrived
→ played
→ visited
arrived
played
visited
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Present Perfect: form
• For irregular verbs, follow the
example given and check the
irregular verb list below.
I have done my homework.
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verb to have + verb
(has, have)
(past participle)
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Affirmative sentences: positive
I
You
We
You
They
He
She
It
have
worked
arrived
been
gone
has
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Negative sentences: negative
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Interrogative sentences: YES/NO
Short answers
Interrogative
Have
Has
I
You
We
You
They
He
She
It
worked?
arrived?
been?
gone?
Yes, No
I
You
We
You
They
He
She
It
Have,
haven’t.
Has, hasn’t.
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We use the present perfect…
•
to connect the past and the present, describing an action
which started in the past and continues up to the present,
specially with for (a period of time) and since.
− I have studied English since I was twelve. (I’m seventeen
now.)
– I have studied English for 5 years.
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We use the present perfect…
•
•
to describe an action which happened at an unstated time in
the past. The exact time is not important, so it is not
mentioned.
– They have been to Paris.
to describe actions which were completed in the past but
whose results affect the present.
– I can’t walk. I’ve hurt my leg.
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We use the present perfect…
•
for finished actions that are important now or they are news:
– Have you heard? She’s back in town!
– A plane has crashed in India.
•
with just to say something has happened very recently:
– He has just arrived.
– They have just moved to the new house.
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We use the present perfect…
• with expressions which refer to ‘any
time up to now’, like: ever, never,
before, recently, often, already, yet:
– Have you finished your homework yet?
– I have never been to Africa.
– They have moved recently.
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The present perfect: ever/never
• ever (in interrogative sentences)
x
never (in affirmative sentences –
negative meaning)
– Have you ever been to Paris?
– I have never been to Paris.
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The present perfect: already/yet
• already (in affirmative sentences)
x
yet (in interrogative and negative
sentences )
(Paul is going to move next week.)
– He hasn’t moved yet.
(Paul moved last week.)
– Has Paul moved yet?
– Yes, he has already moved.
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