This document provides instruction on how to use the present perfect tense in English. It explains that the present perfect tense is used to describe actions that began in the past but have relevance to the present. It also notes that the present perfect uses the auxiliary verb "have" and the past participle of the main verb. Examples are given of affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences using the present perfect tense.

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Mrs. Anabel Montes - English teacher

2. To describe an action in the past
that has an effect in the present.
He has painted my house.
With expressions indicating incomplete
periods of time.(this morning, this week,
this month, this year, today, recently,
etc)
I haven´t done my homework this
morning.

3. THE PRESENT PERFECT USES THE
AUXILIARY HAVE AND THE PAST
PARTICIPLE
I HAVE FINISHED MY WORK
SHE HAS BEEN TO CHINA.
HAVE YOU SEEN MY PEN?

4. To talk about an action that began in
the past and has not finished in the
present, we use it with prepositions
For and Since .
He has lived in California for five years.
They have worked in California since
2005.

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Form of the Present Perfect:
Positive
sentence
I, you, we , they, have done
he, she, it, has worked

6. Negative
sentence
I, you, we , they, haven’t
done
he, she, it, hasn’t worked

7. Interrogative
sentence
Have I, you,we, they, done?
Has he, she, it worked?