Present Perfect and Continuous for Diego Duma and Lelys Cordero
1.
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
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?
