Transcript Present Perfect

THE PRESENT PERFECT
AND THE PAST SIMPLE
I have lived here since I was born
I lived here until 2010
Present Perfect Tense
FORM: have / has + past participle
Affirmative:
I have seen the film before.
She has seen the film before.
Interrogative:
Have you seen the film before?
Has she seen the film before?
Negative:
They haven’t seen the film before.
He hasn’t seen the film before.
Present Perfect Tense
Uses of the present perfect
1- Recent events: It is used to describe recent events
without a definite time. We use just in positive sentences
to say that something happened very recently.
Why are they so happy?
They have just won a prize so
they are really pleased.
Present Perfect Tense
2- Personal experiences: It is used to express personal
experiences, there is not a definite time given. The time
expressions ever and never are very often used with this
meaning
Has she ever been to London?
No, she’s never been there.
Present Perfect Tense
3- It is used to express actions which started in the past and
are still continuing in the present, the time period is not
finished.
I have lost my wallet.
(And I haven’t found it yet.)
Present Perfect Tense
 We often use the present perfect tense with
already and yet.
Already: “Ya” in positive sentences
Put already before the main verb:
I already know / I have already seen that film
Yet: “Ya” in questions, “aún / todavía” in negative sentences
Put Yet at the end.
Example: Have you done your homework yet?
No, I haven’t done it yet. / Yes, I’ve already done it.
Contrast between Present
Perfect and Past Simple
We use definite expressions with the Past simple tense:
yesterday, last week, … ago, etc, while we don’t use
definite time expressions with the Present perfect
tense.
 I have been to England three times, and I think I will
go again in July.
 When did you go there for the last time?
I went there last Summer.
Now ask and answer questions as in the example:
•Have you ever been to the theatre?
•Yes, I have
•When was it?
•I went to the theatre one year ago
• ride a horse (Where)
• meet a famous person (Who)
• travel by boat (When)
•receive a very expensive present (What)