The document discusses the present perfect tense in English. It provides the rules for forming the present perfect tense affirmatively, negatively, and interrogatively. It then gives three main uses of the present perfect tense: 1) to describe actions that happened at an unspecified time before now, 2) to describe recent events without a definite time, and 3) to express actions that started in the past and continue to the present. It also lists some common adverbs used with the present perfect tense and provides examples of its use.

1. PRESENT
PERFECT TENSE
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez López

2. PRESENT
PERFECT TENSE
Affirmative:
Subject + have/has + past participle
I have seen the film before.

3. PRESENT
PERFECT TENSE
Negative:
Subject + haven’t/hasn’t + past participle
They haven’t played basketball.

4. PRESENT
PERFECT TENSE
Interrogative:
(Wh-) + have/has+ Subject + past participle...?
Has she finished her homework yet?
Short Answers:
Yes I have/she has
No, you haven’t/he hasn’t

5. Use:
1- It describes or expresses an action that happened
at an unspecified time before now.
I have been to Paris

6. Use:
2- It is used to describe recent events without a definite
time. A time expression may emphasize recentness: just
(also “lately” or “recently”)
He has just scored a goal

7. Use:
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.
She has lived here for 3
years.
They haven’t seen John
since last month.

8. Ad ve rb
s:
A few adverbs are used in present perfect.
ever, never, just, already, yet

9. Examples in
affirmative (+)
1. I have just met your brother.
2. The students have already finished their homework.

10. Examples in
negative (-)
3. Viby has never travelled by train.
4. She hasn’t finished her project yet.

11. Examples in
interrogative (?)
• A: Have you ever been to Berlin? B :
No, I haven’t.
6. Has she called you yet?

12. P re s e n t P e rfe c t
a n d P a s t S im p le
• My family visited the zoo last year
2. My family has already visited the zoo.

13. P re s e nt
P e rfe c t a nd
P a s t S im p le
We use the Past Simple with definite expressions of time: yesterday, last
week, ago, etc.
Remember: Present perfect
is used with actions or
events that occurred on an
unspecified moment in the
past

14. TH E E N D