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Present Perfect and Past Simple. Pepa Mut. Present Perfect Affirmative form. Present Perfect Negative and Questions. I have seen You have written He has watched She has studied It has stopped We have left You have finished They have come. I haven’t worked She hasn’t helped
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Present Perfect and Past Simple PepaMut
Present Perfect Affirmative form Present Perfect Negative and Questions • I have seen • You have written • He has watched • She has studied • It has stopped • We have left • You have finished • They have come • I haven’t worked • She hasn’t helped • Have you seen him? Yes, I have. No, I haven’t. • Has she watched it? Yes, she has. No, she hasn’t. Time expressions: just, yet, already, never, ever, for, since…
TIMEEXPRESSIONS • I have studied English for ten years. • He’s been ill since Monday. • I’ve already done my homework. • Have youeverbeen to France? • I have never tried Japanese food. • I have just called him. • Have you finished yet? • I haven’t finished yet. These are some time expressions used with the Present Perfect.
Present Perfect Past Simple • She has been ill since Monday. She’s still in bed. • She was ill last week. Now, she’s back to work.
Present Perfect and Past Simple • Marge and Homer met, fell in love and later got married. • Marge and Homer have had three children.
We use the Present Perfect to talk about: -actions that started in the past and continue to the present: They have been here for an hour. -actions completed in the past that are still relevant: She has lived here since 2001. -actions completed at an unspecified time: She has already read the book. We use the Past Simple to talk about completed actions at a specific time: She read the book last summer.