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Present Perfect Tense

Present Perfect Tense. The autumn has already arrived. How do you know?. 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?

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Present Perfect Tense

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  1. Present Perfect Tense The autumn has already arrived How do you know?

  2. 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.

  3. Present Perfect Tense Uses of the present perfect 1- Recent events: It is used to describe recent events without a definite time. The idea of time or place in the speaker’s mind makes the event recent. A time expression may emphasize recentness: just, recently, lately Why are they so happy? They have just won a prize so they are really pleased

  4. 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 I have never been to Japan. Have you ever been there?

  5. Present Perfect Tense 3- It is used to express actions that started in the past and continue to the present, the time period is not finished. We use for and since with this meaning. We use for with periods of time and since with points of time. I haven’t eaten since yesterday morning. I am really hungry I haven’t drunk anything for two days. I am terribly thirsty

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