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Date: Monday, October 30th of 2023

Present perfect
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Date: Monday, October 30th of 2023

Present perfecttense

Unfinished past(past to present)

Unfinished actions in the past

When do we use present perfect?

Life experiences

Affirmative sentencesSubject + have/has (3rd person) + verb in past participleExamples: I have lived in New York for twenty years.My wife has been to Germany and France a few times.

How do we use present perfect?

Indefinite past - result Recent Events that Influence the Present

Questions with wh words

Wh + have/has + subject + verb in past participleExample: Which countries have you visited?I have been to French and Germany

Have/has + subject + verb in past participleExample: Have you understood the form?Yes, I have / No, I haven't

Questions

Subject + have/has + not + verb in past participleExamples: She has not playedI have not gone to the beach

Negative sentences

Let's practice some verbs

Irregular verbsThe irregular verbs change its form in past tense and past participle, for example:Go - went - goneWrite - wrote - written swim - swam - swum

But.... which are the verbs in past participle?

Regular verbsThese are the verbs we add -ed at the end, for example:Play - playedTravel - traveledStudy - studied

It is used to describe a duration (for + period of time)for six years, for a week, for a month, for hours, for two hours I have worked here for five years.

For:

It's used to describe the starting point (since+ specific moment)since this morning, since last week, since yesterday since I was a child, since Wednesday, since 2 o'clock I have worked here since 1990.

Since:

Let's play and remember the past participle form of some verbs

Practice...

Workshop

1. Bob / not / visit / his grandma2. Jimmy / play / on the computer3. Sue and Walter / wash / their car4. Andrew / repair / his bike / ?5. Phil / not / Anne with maths6. Brad and Louis / not / watch / the film7. Tamara / talk to / her best friend / ?8. Bridgette / draw / a picture9. Carol / read / a computer magazine10. Tom and Alice / be / to a restaurant / ?11. Anita / not / clean / the kitchen12. Maureen and Gavin / water / the plants / ?13. Jone / not / make / his bed14. David / buy / milk /?15 . Jane and Ben / tidy up / their rooms

Rewrite the following sentences using present perfect

With the next activity you are going to practice and remember how to use present perfect

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