2. FACULTAD DE FILOSOFIA LETRAS Y
CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACION
ENGLISH CAREER
 Integrantes:
Diego Duma
Lelys Cordero
 Semester:
4th Semester Bilingüe “B”
 Tema:
Present Perfect and
Present Perfect Continuous
2012

3. PRESENT PERFECT
 Present Perfect is used with actions that
happened in the past, but without specific
time.
 To talk about an action that never happened.

4. AFFIRMATIVE
 She has eaten delicious food
Contraction:
 I have = I´ve
 She has = She´s

5. NEGATIVE
I haven´t driven a car
She hasn´t eaten delicious food
QUESTION
Have you visited Peru?
Yes, I have / No, I haven´t
Has your father studied languages?
Yes, He has / No He hasn´t

6. PRESENT PERFECT
Definition
 The present perfect is formed by combining
the auxiliary verb ¨has¨ or ¨have¨ with past
participle.

7. STRUCTURE
+ Subject
Have
Has
Verb in Past
Participle
Complement
- Subject
Haven´t
Hasn´t
Verb in Past
Participle
Complement
Have
? Has
Subject Verb in Past
Participle
Complement ?

8. TIME EXPRESSION WITH PRESENT PERFECT
Yet
Never,
For
ever
Today Since
Year
T.E. recently
Month Lately
This
Alredy
week

9. PRESENT PERFECT
 We use the present perfect for event that
began in the past and continue at present.
 We usually use the present perfect with
never and ever.

10. EXAMPLES
Positive Sentences
 He has played soccer since 2002
 We have studied in the High School for 3
years
 He has written a letter to Maria

11. Negative Sentences
We haven´t been stranded for six days
Juan hasn´t given a lot of money to his
Sister
She hasn´t spoken with her father

12. WH Question ?
Have you ever eaten sushi?
Yes, I have
No, I haven´t
Yes, I´ve eaten it once
No, I have never eaten it

13. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

14. DEFINITION
 You can also use the present prefect
continuous WITHOUT a duration such as ¨for
two weeks.¨ Without the duration, the tense
has more general meaning of ¨lately.¨ We
often use the words ¨lately¨ or ¨recently¨ to
emphasize this meaning.

15. STRUCTURE
Have
Subject Been (to be) Verb + ing Complement
Has

16. Subject Auxiliary Auxiliary Main
verb verb Verb
+ I Have Been Waiting For one
hour.
+ You Have Been Talking Too much
- It Has Not Been Raining
- We Have Not Been Playing Football
? Have You Been Seeing Her?
? Have they Been doing Their
homework
?

17. TIME EXPRESSION
Lately
Nowadays = these days recently
Since Year
This
For
month

18. EXAMPLES
Positive sentences
 I have been studying at UCE since 2010
 I´ve been working on my thesis for six
months
 Gerardo hasn´t been sleeping well these
days, because he has been morning to a
new place

19. Negative sentences
 You have not been smoking
 Tara hasn´t been visiting us since March
 Tara hasn´t been feeling well for 2 weeks

20. WH ? Question
 How long have you been learning English?
 Have you been seeing her?
 Have they been doing their homework?