Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous

1. Present Perfect
Present Perfect

2. Whatisit?
Whatisit?
We use the Present
We use the Present
Perfect to say that
Perfect to say that
an action
an actionhappened at an
happened at anunspecified
unspecified timetime
before now.
before now.

3. PresentPerfect
PresentPerfect
It refers to actions in the
It refers to actions in the
past that have something
past that have something
to do with the present.
to do with the present.
e.g.The sentence “I
e.g.The sentence “I havehave
cleaned
cleaned my room”
my room”
suggests
suggests it is clean now
it is clean now..

4. Presentperfect
Presentperfect
““My family has
My family hasvisited the doctor
visited the doctor
several times this
several times this
yearyear”” suggests that
suggests that
there may be more
there may be more
visits to the doctor.
visits to the doctor.

5. Examples…
Examples…
• You have seen that
movie many times.
• Have you seen that
movie many times?
• You have not seen
that movie many
times.
An unspecified time before ‘now’.

6. PresentPerfect
PresentPerfect
Making a sentence…
[has/have + past participle]
Example: “I have been to
France”
This sentence means that you
have had the experience of
being in France at least once.

7. Positiveform
Positiveform
• I/You/We/They
have traveled.
• He/She/It has
traveled.

8. Negativeform
Negativeform
• I/You/We/They
have not
traveled.
• He/She/It has not
traveled.

9. Questionform
Questionform(interrogative)
(interrogative)
• Have
I/you/we/they
traveled?
• Has he/she/it
traveled?

10. Studentexercises
Studentexercises
I ___ answered the question.
I ___ answered the question.
She ___ opened the window
She ___ opened the window
I (not/work) ___ today
I (not/work) ___ today
We (buy) ___ a new lamp
We (buy) ___ a new lamp

11. Answers…
Answers…
I have answered the question
I have answered the question
She has opened the window
She has opened the window
I has not worked today
I has not worked today
We have bought a new lamp
We have bought a new lamp

12. Studentexercises
Studentexercises
We (not/plan) ___ our
We (not/plan) ___ our
holiday yet
holiday yetWhere (be/you) ___?
Where (be/you) ___?
He (write) ___ five letters
He (write) ___ five letters
(speak/he) ___to his boss?
(speak/he) ___to his boss?

13. Answers…
Answers…
We have not planned our
We have not planned our
holiday yet
holiday yetWhere have you been?
Where have you been?
He has written five letters
He has written five letters
Has he spoken to his boss?
Has he spoken to his boss?

14. Present Perfect
Present PerfectContinuous
Continuous

15. PresentPerfect
PresentPerfectContinuous
Continuous
Is used to show that
Is used to show that
something started in the
something started in the
past and has
past and has continued
continued upup
until now.
until now.

16. Durations…
Durations… "For five minutes," "for two
"For five minutes," "for two
weeks," and "since
weeks," and "since
Tuesday" are all durations
Tuesday" are all durations
which can be used...
which can be used...

17. Examples…
Examples…
Form:
Form: [has/have + been +
[has/have + been +
present participle]
present participle]
•YouYou have been waiting
have been waiting herehere
for two hours.
for two hours.
•Have
Have youyou been waiting
been waiting herehere
for two hours
for two hours
•YouYou have not been waiting
have not been waiting
here for two hours.
here for two hours.

18. Studentstask…
Studentstask…
He (wait) ___ for the lift for
He (wait) ___ for the lift for
over 10 minutes.
over 10 minutes.
Has (look) ___ any gold? -
Has (look) ___ any gold? -
Yes, he has.
Yes, he has.
Richard (pick) ___ apples
Richard (pick) ___ apples
since yesterday.
since yesterday.

19. Answers…
Answers…
HeHe has been waiting
has been waiting for the
for the
lift for over 10 minutes.
lift for over 10 minutes.
Has he been looking for
Has he been looking for
any gold? -Yes, he has.
any gold? -Yes, he has.
Richard
Richard has been picking
has been picking
apples since yesterday.
apples since yesterday.

20. Studentstask…
Studentstask…
He still (water) ___the
He still (water) ___the
plants since his accident.
plants since his accident.My football team (win) ___
My football team (win) ___
matches for over half a
matches for over half a
year.
year.
The alarm (ring) ___ since
The alarm (ring) ___ since
7 a.m7 a.m

21. Answers…
Answers…
He still
He still hasn’t been
hasn’t been
watering
watering the plants since
the plants since
his accident.
his accident.
My football team
My football team has been
has been
winning
winning matches
matches for over
for over
half a year.
half a year.
The alarm clock
The alarm clock has been
has been
ringing
ringing since 7 a.m.
since 7 a.m.

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