Using the present perfect tense

1. THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
4TH GRADE

2. VERB FORMS
The Present Perfect
6062 SCHOOL
4th
“D”
2014
REGULARS
BASIC PAST PAST
PARTICIPLE
COOK COOKED COOKED Cocinar
STUDY STUDIED STUDIED
PLAY PLAYED PLAYED
DANCE DANCED DANCED
WORK WORKED WORKED –Trabajar
TRAVEL TRAVELED TRAVELED- Viajar
WALK WALKED WALKED -Pasear
KISS KISSED KISSED -Besar
IRREGULARS
BASIC PAST PAST
PARTICIPLE
BRING BROUGHT BROUGHT- Traer
COME CAME COME – Venir
GO WENT GONE – Ir
HAVE HAD HAD - Tener
EAT ATE EATEN - Comer
RUN RUN RUN- Correr
SEE SAW SEEN- Ver
SLEEP SLEPT SLEPT - Dormir
SING SANG SUNG - CantaR
SPEAK SPOKE SPOKEN – Hablar
WRITE WROTE WRITTEN -Escribir

3. I have already eaten breakfast.
She has seen that movie before.
We have dealt with customers for
many years.
In these examples the
past participle has an
irregular form. Just
like the lists you’ve
been studying
She has used a cash register before.
He has worked for that company since
May.
We have already served their food.
In these examples
the past participle
has a regular form
and looks just the
the simple past
tense, but it’s not.

4. Has/have + past participle
I have seen this movie six
times.
Contraction: I’ve, I haven’t

5. I have worked
He has worked
Have you worked?
They haven’t worked
He hasn’t worked

6. I have had this car for ten years.
I have seen this movie many times.

7. The present Perfect is used
1. to indicate something occurred
at an unspecified and unimportant
time in the past.
She has lost a lot
of weight.

8. We use the PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
to talk about a completed past action
at an unspecified time in the past.
Perhaps we don’t remember when the action happened.
Maybe we don’t know when the action happened.
Or we just don’t care when the action happened.
The only thing that is important is
that it happened sometime before
now. But not any specific time.
I’ve already eaten breakfast.
She’s seen that movie before. When did it happen?

9. When we want to ask a question about
something that happened at any time before
now, we say:
Have you ever….?
Have you ever worked at a job you really loved?
Has she ever worked at a job she really hated?
Have they ever used a cash register?
Have you ever supervised other employees?
The short answer is…
Yes, I have.
No, I haven’t
Yes, she has.
No, she hasn’t.

10. If we want to ask a question about something that happened
at a specific timespecific time , we wouldn’t use the present perfect
tense. We need to use a different tense.
The simple past tense.
When did they use a cash register?
They used a cash register last year.
When did you supervise other people?
I supervised other people two years ago.
Last year, yesterday, two years ago, last week ,
last vacations, in October, in 2011

11. Often when we’re speaking, we go back and forth
between these two tenses—the present perfect
and the simple past tense.
Miko: Have you ever supervised other people?
Tanaya: Yes, I have.
Miko: When did you do that?
Tanaya: I supervised others last year in my previous job.
TanayaMiko

12. I worked …
Did I work … ?
I didn’t work…
He went …
Did he go …?
He didn’t go…
Present Perfect Tense
I have worked ..
I have I worked…?
I haven’t worked …
He has gone …
Has he gone …?
He hasn’t gone …
Past Simple TensePast Simple Tense

13. Gordana Palada
Primary School Brodarica
Present Perfect Tense PastPast Simple TenseSimple Tense
I have washed my hair.
( It is clean now)
I washed my hair yesterday.
Mum has gone to work.
(She isn’t here now )
Mum went to work ten minutes ago.
Have you ever been to London?
(in your life, until now )
Did you go to London last year?
I have never visited the USA. I visited New York last week.
He has lived in Moscow since 1986.
(He lives in Moscow)
He lived in Moscow in 1986.
( He doesn’t live in Moscow any more)
It hasn’t rained this week. It didn’t rain last week.

14. Gordana Palada
Primary School Brodarica
• REMEMBER !
Present Perfect Tense
- action in the past ( we don’t know when )
Past Simple Tense
- we know exactly when an action
happened in the past.

15. SINCE , FOR
SINCE/point of time/ FOR /duration of time
-1995, -five years,
-last month, - two months,
-Monday, - a week,
-ten o’clock - an hour,
- My birthday - a while
- Christmas - years

16. HAVE YOU EVER WORKED ABROAD? (I.E. IN ALL
YOUR LIFE UP TO NOW?)
I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO AMÉRICA, (I.E. NOT IN
ALL MY LIFE UP TO NOW.)
THE PRESENT PERFECT WITH EVER IS OFTEN
FOLLOWED BY THE SIMPLE PAST. WE USE THE SIMPLE PAST
TO GIVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT A COMPLETED ACTION,
WHEN REFERRING TO A SPECIFIC TIME OR CONTEXT:
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO HONG KONG?
YES, I HAVE. I WORKED THERE LAST YEAR
Ever and never + present perfect or simple past
to talk about general life experience

17. •THEYTHEY HAVE ALREADYHAVE ALREADY MODERNIZED THEMODERNIZED THE
WAREHOUSE, BUT THEY HAVEN'T DECORATEDWAREHOUSE, BUT THEY HAVEN'T DECORATED
THE RECEPTION AREA YET.THE RECEPTION AREA YET.
ALREADY IS USED IN POSITIVE SENTENCES.ALREADY IS USED IN POSITIVE SENTENCES.
IT OFTEN INDICATES THAT SOMETHING HAS TAKENIT OFTEN INDICATES THAT SOMETHING HAS TAKEN
PLACE SLIGHTLY EARLIER THAN EXPECTED.PLACE SLIGHTLY EARLIER THAN EXPECTED.
NOTICE ITS POSITION IN THE SENTENCE:NOTICE ITS POSITION IN THE SENTENCE:
SHESHE HAS ALREADYHAS ALREADY SHOWN ME THE FIGURES.SHOWN ME THE FIGURES.
(NOT:(NOT: SHE HAS SHOWN ALREADY ...)SHE HAS SHOWN ALREADY ...)
Already

18. HAVEHAVE YOU TALKED TO PETERYOU TALKED TO PETER YETYET??
(NOT: HAVE YOU TALKED YET TO PETER?)(NOT: HAVE YOU TALKED YET TO PETER?)
YET IS USED IN QUESTIONS AND NEGATIVES.YET IS USED IN QUESTIONS AND NEGATIVES.
IT SHOWS THAT WE EXPECT AN ACTION WILLIT SHOWS THAT WE EXPECT AN ACTION WILL
TAKE PLACE IF IT HAS NOT HAPPENED UP TO NOW.TAKE PLACE IF IT HAS NOT HAPPENED UP TO NOW.
NOTICE THE POSITION OF YET, AND NOTNOTICE THE POSITION OF YET, AND NOT YET:YET:
II HAVEHAVE NOT TALKED TO HIM YNOT TALKED TO HIM Y ETET..
(NOT: I HAVE NOT TALKED YET TO HIM.)(NOT: I HAVE NOT TALKED YET TO HIM.)
Yet

19. Gordana Palada
Primary School Brodarica
Read the sentences and correct the verbs that are wrong.
1.I haven’t done my homework yesterday.
…
wrong – I didn’t do...
2. He was sick last week.
…
right …
3.Have you seen Peter?
…
right…
4.When have you seen Mary?
…
wrong – did you see…
5.My granny died in 1994.
right…

20. Gordana Palada
Primary School Brodarica
6. It’s cold here. Somebody has opened the window.
…right…
7. He has opened the window two hours ago.
…
wrong – opened …
8. Did you ever visit Paris?
Yes, I was there last year.
… wrong – Have you visited ..
9. Where’s Bob ? He’s gone to school.
…
right…
10.Mum is angry. They have broken her favourite vase
last night.
…wrong – broke…

21. Gordana Palada
Primary School Brodarica
Put the verb in the present perfect or the simple past
1. A:Look! I ………………………..(buy) a beautiful dress.
B: When ……. you ……….. it?
2.She can’t get into her house because she ……………………(lose)
her keys.
3. My brother …………………… ( move ) to Tacna two years ago.
4. I …………………….. ( not know ) about that last night.
5. I love travelling and I ………………………….(visit) many countries.

22. Gordana Palada
Primary School Brodarica
7. ………… you ever ………….. ( be) to the USA ?
8. Tom ……………………. ( start ) school in 1999.
9. ……….. you ………………( see ) the film on TV last night?
10. I ………………………( not see ) him today ,
but I …………( see )his brother yesterday.
11. What time ……… he …………….( come ) home last night?
Mum ……………..( be ) very upset.
6. Be careful! His dad …………….( come ) out of prison
a month ago.

23. a.a. I have played tennis last week. I
played tennis last week.
b.b. They have finished work yet.
c.c. When you bought that umbrella?
d.d. Look! I have buy a new umbrella.
e.e. I have bought three CDs last week.
f.f. She didn’t saw that film.
g.g. She hasn’t never seen that film.
Correct the following sentencesCorrect the following sentences:

24. The end!
• The End!