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PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE. • The present perfect simple expresses an action that is still going on or that stopped recently, but has an influence on the present. It puts emphasis on the result. FORM  (HAVE-HAVEN’T / HAS-HASN’T + PAST PARTICIPLE). USE OF PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE.

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PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

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  1. PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

  2. •The present perfect simple expresses an action that is still going on or that stopped recently, but has an influence on the present. It puts emphasis on the result.

  3. FORM (HAVE-HAVEN’T / HAS-HASN’T + PAST PARTICIPLE)

  4. USE OF PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE • Puts emphasis on the result. Example: She has written five letters. • Action that is still going on. Example: School has not started yet.

  5. Action that stopped recently. Example: She has cooked dinner. • Finished action that has an influence on the present. Example: I have lost my key.

  6. Action that has taken place once, never or several times before the moment of speaking. Example: I have never been to Australia.

  7. SIGNAL WORDS OF PRESENT PERFECT • already • ever • just • never • not yet • so far • till now • up to now

  8. EXERCISES • I _____ answered the question. • She _____ opened the window. • They _____ called us. • You _____ carried a box. • It _____ rained a lot. • We _____ washed the car. • He _____ closed the window. • Jenny _____ locked the door. • The girls _____ visited the museum. • John and Sophie _____ helped in the garden. 1. Fill the gaps with 'have' or 'has'.

  9. 2. Put the verbs into the correct form (present perfect simple). • I (not / work) ________ today. • We (buy) ________a new lamp. • We (not / plan) ________our holiday yet. • Where (be / you) ________? • He (write) ________ five letters. • She (not / see) ________him for a long time. • (be / you) ________ at school? • School (not / start) ________ yet. • (speak / he) ________to his boss? • No, he (have / not) ________ the time yet.

  10. 3. Write positive sentences in present perfect simple. • Bob / visit / his grandma __________________________________________________ • Jimmy / play / on the computer __________________________________________________ • Sue and Walter / wash / their car __________________________________________________ • Andrew / repair / his bike __________________________________________________ • Phil / help / Anne with maths __________________________________________________

  11. 4. Write negative sentences in present perfect simple. • Sarah / not / wash the dishes __________________________________________________ • Anita / not / clean the kitchen __________________________________________________ • Jack and Daniel / not / water the plants __________________________________________________ • Joey / not / make his bed __________________________________________________ • David / not / buy milk __________________________________________________

  12. 5. Ask for the information in the bold part of the sentence. • I have been in the garden. __________________________________________________ • My sister has cooked dinner. __________________________________________________ • Sue has read the book twice. __________________________________________________ • My computer has crashed. – __________________________________________________ • Jeane has been on holiday for eight days. __________________________________________________

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