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Formation and use of the present perfect in English and the uses of the particles "for" and "since".

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The present perfect

An action that started in the past and it continues in the present

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1. What's the present perfect

Subject + have / has + past participle.

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How can we form the present perfect?

Subject + have / has + past participle.

Michael has gone out.

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How can we form the present perfect?

Subject + have / has + past participle.

Michael has gone out.

They have watched that film.

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How can we form the present perfect?

Subject + have / has + past participle.

Michael has gone out.

They have watched that film.

I have met your cousin.

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How can we form the the present perfect?

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Phil has worked all night long.

Subject + have/has + past participle

Positive sentences in the present perfect

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They have gone to Granada.

Phil has worked all night long.

Subject + have / has + past participle

Positive sentences in the present perfect.

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Subject + have/has + not + past participle.

Negative sentences in the present perfect

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Phil has not worked there.

Subject + have/has + not + past participle.

Negative sentences in the present perfect

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They have not gone to Granada.

Phil has not worked there.

Subject + have/has + not + past participle.

Negative sentences in the present perfect.

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Have / has + subject + past participle...?

Subject + have / has + past participle.

Interrogative sentences in the present perfect.

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Have/has + subject + past participle...?

Interrogative sentences in the present perfect.

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Have/has + subject + past participle...?

Has Phil worked there?

Interrogative sentences in the present perfect.

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Has Phil worked there?

Have/has + subject + past participle...?

Have they gone to Granada?

Interrogative sentences in the present perfect

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Source: Woodward English.

Uses of "for" and "since" in the present perfect.

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