Present Perfect Simple

Use of Present Perfect• Puts emphasis on the result;• Action that is still going on;• Action that stopped recently :• Finished action that has an influence on the

present; • Action that has taken place once, never or several

times before the moment of speaking;

To Form the Present Perfect

• AFF: subject + to have/has + verb (past participle)

• Example: I have left home.

• Neg: subject + have/has not + verb (past participle)

• Example: They haven’t finished yet.

• Int: Have/has + subject + verb (past participle).• Example: Have you just eaten an ice cream?

Signal Words of Present Perfect

• The present perfect is allways attached to this words:

• already, ever, just, never, not yet, so far, till now, up to now

• Example: I have already spoken to her.

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