Present Perfect for Presentation

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Present perfect - formThe present perfect of any verb is composed of twoelements : the appropriate form of the auxiliary verbto have(present tense), plus the past participleof the

main verb. The past participle of a regular verb is base+ed, e.g.played, arrived, looked. For irregular verbs, see theTable of irregular verbs in the section called 'Verbs'.


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Examples:

You have seen that movie many times.

Man has walked on the Moon. Our son has learned how to read.

James has not finished his homework yet.

Susan hasn't mastered Japanese, but she can

communicate.

You have seen that movie many times.

Have you seen that movie many times?

You have not seen that movie many times.


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How Do You Actually Use the Present Perfect?

TOPIC 1 Experience

-You can use the Present Perfect to describe your experience. It is like

saying, "I have the experience of..." You can also use this tense to say that

you have never had a certain experience. The Present Perfect is NOT used

to describe a specific event.

TOPIC 2 Change Over Time

-We often use the Present Perfect to talk about change that has happened

over a period of time.

TOPIC 3 Accomplishments

-We often use the Present Perfect to list the accomplishments of individuals

and humanity. You cannot mention a specific time. TOPIC 4 An Uncompleted Action You Are Expecting

-We often use the Present Perfect to say that an action which we expected

has not happened. Using the Present Perfect suggests that we are still

waiting for the action to happen.


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1.The present perfect is used when the timeperiod has not finished:I have seen three movies this week.(This week has not finished yet.)

2. The present perfect is often used when thetime is not mentioned:Gerry has failed his exam again.


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3.The present perfect is often used when thetime is recent: Zuraida has just arrived in Victoria.

4.The present perfect is often used with forand since. Hashim has lived here for 20 years.Hashim has lived here since 1978.


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Verb to be singular:-

-I am

-you are

-she is,he is,it is

plural:-

-we are

-you are

-they are

Verb to be

Singular:--I was

-you were-he was, she was, itwas

Plural:--we were

-you were-They were


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Present tense past tense

Verb to havesingular:-

-I have

-you have

-she has,he has, ithas

plural:-

-we have

-you have

-they have

Verb to havesingular:-

-I had-you had

-she had,he had, ithad.plural:-

-we had- you had

-they had


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Present tense past tense

Verb to dosingular:-

-I do

-You do

-she does, he does,it doesplural:-

-we do

-you do

-she does,he does, itdoes

Verb to dosingular:-

-I did-you did

-she did, he did, itdidplural:-

-we did-you did

-they did


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Presenttense Past tense Future tenseEvery day I Now I

amYesterdayI

Already Ihave

Tomorrow Ishall

EatFallmeetGiveHideHopeHurry

JoinJumpKeep

EatingFallingMeetingGivingHidingHopingHurrying

JoiningJumpingkeeping

AteFellMetGaveHidHopedHurried

JoinedJumpedkept

EatenFallenMetGivenHiddenHopedHurried

JoinedJumpedkept

EatFallMeetGiveHideHopeHurry

JoinJumpKeep


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No. Sentense Tense1. I go to school every day. Simple

present

2. She goes to the market every sunday Simplepresent

3. I am drinking coffee. Presentcontinuous

4. The boys are running. Present

continuous5. Faizal has read the book. Present

perfect

6. I have already finished my work. Presentperfect

7. Tika has been waiting since yesterday. Presentperfectcontinuos

8. I have been sitting here since this moning. Presentperfectcontinuous

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