1. Present perfect:
Form of Present Perfect:
Positive Negative Question
I / you / we / they I have spoken. I have not spoken. Have I spoken?
he / she / it He has spoken. He has not spoken. Has he spoken?
Examples:
● You have seen that movie many times.
● Have you seen that movie many times?
● You have not seen that movie many times.
TO BE
I have been
You have been
He has been
She has been
It has been
We have been
You have been
They have been
For regular verbs, the past participle is formed by taking the verb itself and
adding "ed" or "d" if it ends in a vowel. If it ends in "y" is changed to “ed”.
Present Perfect
FORM:

2. [has/have + past participle]
USES:
The exact time is not important.
Time expressions such as: yesterday, one year ago, last week…
Unspecific expressions such as: ever, never, once, many times…
Listed below are examples, uses and structure of the Present Perfect followed by a quiz.
Examples Usage
Fred Meyers has had Giving or asking for news or
excellent profits this recent events.
quarter.
The class's
understanding has
increased greatly this
semester.
Have they finished the
report yet?
The study of irregular Past actions with results in
verbs has improved test the present.
scores.
They have bought a new
car.
I've already eaten lunch.
US/English exception:
It is also accepted in
US English to ask "Did
you phone her yet?" as
opposed to the more
common "Have you
phoned her yet?"
She's traveled in many Life experience
parts of the world.
Have you ever been to
France?
They've never seen a
mountain.

3. He's lived in San Unfinished actions (action
Francisco for 10 years. still in progress). In
How long have you this respect the present
worked for this perfect and present perfect
company? continuous are very similar.
They've studied English See contrast with Present
for 3 years. Perfect Continuous
She hasn't traveled
abroad.
Common present for (with a period of time),
perfect time since (with an exact point
expressions include: in time), ever, never, yet,
already, this week (month,
year)
Structure
Conjugate the verb 'have' (have or has) past
participle. Regular verbs end in -ed. If the verb
ends in -y preceded by a consonant, change the -y
to -ied. Irregular verbs must be studied. See chart
for most common irregular verbs.
I have lived in Seattle since 1978.
You
We
They
He has worked for many years.
She
It
Conjugate the verb 'have' (have or has) not past
participle. Regular verbs end in -ed. If the verb
ends in -y preceded by a consonant, change the -y
to -ied. Irregular verbs must be studied. See chart
for most common irregular verbs.
I haven't seen Tom.
You
We
They
He hasn't left yet.
She

4. It
Conjugate the verb 'have' (have or has) Subject
past participle. Regular verbs end in -ed. If the
verb ends in -y preceded by a consonant, change
the -y to -ied. Irregular verbs must be studied.
See chart for most common irregular verbs.
Have I been to Paris?
You
We
They
Has He finished yet?
She
It
EXAMPLES:
I have studied.
He has written a letter to Maria.
We have been stranded for six days.
Present Perfect - Signal words
These words tell you what tense you have to use. For the Present Perfect the following words are used
frequently:
just
yet
never
already
ever
so far
up to now
recently
since
for
Present Perfect Tense - For and Since
We use Present Perfect tense to talk about action which started in the past and
continues up to the present.
Examples

5. I have had this computer for about a year.
How long have you been at this school?
I haven't seen Julia since September.
FOR/SINCE:
Ambdues preposicions s'utilitzen per indicar la durada d'una acció.
Since: indica el començament de l'acció. L'acció es prolongafins al moment en què parla
l'emissor.
For: assenyala la durada de l'acció
PRESENT PERFECT VS. PAST SIMPLE
This section will help you to understand the differences between the Present Perfect
Tense and the Simple Past Tense.
The present perfect is used with for and since, when the actions have not finished yet:
I have lived in Victoria for five years.
(I still live in Victoria.)
The simple past is used with for and since, when the actions have already finished:
I lived in Victoria for five years.
(I don't live in Victoria now.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiMXhXkctug VIDEO OF PRESENT PERFECT VS.
PAST SIMPLE AND THE USE OF FOR,SINCE AND SO FAR.
THE INTERNET.
VOCABULARY:
Email
Message
Website
Personal webpage
Online game
Blog
Download
Chat room
Social networking

6. Shared music
English Spanish
/ barra
: dos puntos
@ (at) arroba
address book Libreta de direciones
answer questions Responder preguntas
attached files archivos adjuntos
back (the name of the back button) Atrás, Regresar
bandwidth ancho de banda
banner banner
bold negrita
bookmark Favorito, marcador
box (a little box on web forms) casilla
browser (the programme) navegador, explorador de Web
button botón
check the box marcar la casilla
choose (imperative) elija
click (imperative) haga clic (usted) haz clic (tu)
credit card tarjeta de crédito
cyberspace ciberespacio (m)
database base de datos
digital signature firma digital

7. dot com punto com
download bajar, descargar, hacer un download, bajar
archivos, capturar, copiar
drag arrastrar
drop (as in drag and drop) pegar
drop down list, drop down menu, pop-up menu desplegable
menu
email address dirección de correo electrónico
encrypted mail correo cifrado
FAQ (frequently asked questions) preguntas más frecuentes, preguntas
formuladas frecuentemente
file transfer transferencia de ficheros
folder carpeta
form formulario
Forward (the name of the forward button) adelante
frames: (as in frames pages) marcos
guestbook libro de visitas
handle (nickname) apodo
homepage página principal, página inicial
hyperlink hiperenlace
icon ícono
inbox bandeja de entrada
ISP proveedor de servicios Internet (also ISP)
keyboard teclado
keyword palabra clave
laptop computer equipo portátil

8. link enlace, vínculo
loop bucle
lurker mirón
lurking fisgoneo, mironeo
message headings encabezados de mensajes
modem módem
motor de búsqueda search engine
mouse ratón
mouse button botón del ratón
mouse pad alfombrilla de ráton
netiquette etiqueta de la red, etiqueta de Internet
network red
newsgroup grupo de noticias
newsgroup grupo de noticias
on-line auctions subastas on-line
outbox bandeja de salida
outgoing messages mensajes salientes
password contraseña
preferences preferencias
public domain dominio publico
real time chat charla en tiempo real
reply to all Responder a todos
rough copy borrador
run (execute) ejecutar
save guardar

9. secure server servidor seguro
secure web site sitio Web seguro
sent box (in email programme) elementos enviados
shopping cart carro de la compra
SPAM (unwanted messages) mensajes no deseados
stop (the stop button on the browser) detener
store almacenar
subject (of an email message) asunto
subscribe suscribirse
surf navegar
template plantilla
the clipboard Portapapeles
the internet internet (note that they don't use "el" before)
the little padlock you see on secure web icono de cerradura
sites.
the person a message is sent to destinatario
the place (where something is kept) la ubicación
to attach (to emails) adjuntar
to compose/write some text redactar
to go back regresar
to manage or look after. gestionar
toolbar barra de herramientas
trash, deleted items (in email programme) elementos eliminados
updated, update, an update actualizado, actualizar, una actualización
upload (verb) subir, cargar, copiar

10. user name nombre de usuario
web page página Web
web page address, url dirección de una página web, url
web site, site sitio web, sitio
word wrap retorno automático de la palabra
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