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"The Present Perfect Tense" Project in Seminar in The Teaching of Grammar
The document discusses the present perfect tense in English. It provides the form of the present perfect tense for singular and plural subjects. It then lists four main uses of the present perfect tense: 1) to express a situation that began in the past and continues to the present, 2) to express a recently completed action, 3) to express an action that occurred at an unspecified time with current relevance, and 4) to describe an action that occurred over a period of time that is now complete. Examples are given for each use. The document concludes with a short quiz to test understanding of using the present perfect tense.
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- 1. THE PRESENT PERFECTTENSEGlenda R. PereyMAT - English
- 2. FORMFor sentences withsingular subject (He / She/It) :has + verb (past participle)For sentences with plural subject(I / You / We / They) :have + verb (past participle)
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- 5. Uses of PresentPerfect TenseIt occurs with a time expression of duration, e.g., for six years, since 1000, over the last six months, and so on.
- 6. Present Perfect Tenseis used when:Expressing a situation that started in the past and continues to the presentThe duration of the situation is marked by phrases with either for or since.
- 7. They havelived inFlorida since 1990.
- 8. I have lovedher since the first day I saw her.
- 9. She has workedin that company for 15 years.
- 10. Present Perfect Tenseis used when:Expressing a recently completed actionThe adverbs “just” and “already” may be used to express the completed action.
- 11. The Japanese climbershave reached the peak of Mount Everest.
- 12. Her plane hasarrived.
- 13. Allan has recentlywrittenan article on that very subject.
- 14. The teacher hasjustdrawna circle on the board.
- 15. She hasalreadyleft therestaurant.
- 16. Present Perfect Tenseis used when:Expressing an action that occurred at an unspecified time and has current relevanceIt is best to associate present perfect with the following topics: experience, achievements or accomplishments, an uncompleted action you are expecting.
- 17. Use the presentperfect to describe your experienceThe adverbs “ever” and “never” can be used to talk about our experience.“Never” is used for negative sentences while “ever” is used for questions.
- 18. He hasnevertraveled bytrain.
- 19. Have you everbeento the Eiffel Tower?
- 20. Use the presentperfect to describe accomplishmentsWe often use the present perfect to list the accomplishments of individuals and humanity. You cannot mention a specific time.
- 21. Man has walkedon the moon.
- 22. My son haslearned how to read.
- 23. Use the presentperfect to talk about and uncompleted action you are expectingWe often use the present perfect to say that an action which we expected has not happened.Using the present perfect suggests that we are still waiting for the action to happen.We can use the adverbs “yet” and “still” to express that the action is uncompleted.
- 24. Use the presentperfect to talk about and uncompleted action you are expectingWe can use the adverbs “yet” and “still” to express that the action is uncompleted.“Yet” is used for questions and negative sentences while “still” can be used for both positive and negative sentences.
- 25. Bill hasstill notarrived.
- 26. James has notfinished his homework yet.
- 27. Present Perfect Tenseis used when:Describing an action that occurred over a period of time that is complete at the moment of speaking.These sentences contain verbs that express actions involving inherent change over time.
- 28. Present Perfect Tenseis used when:The sense of change is enhanced by the time expressions of duration.The perfect aspect imparts the meaning of completion, hence the interpretation that the evolving change is now complete.
- 29. You havegrownsince thelast time I saw you.
- 30. My English hasreally improved since I moved to Australia.
- 31. The value ofthis house has doubled over the past two years.
- 32. His condition hasimproved considerably in the last three days.
- 33. How much haveyou learned?Complete the sentence with the present perfect tense of the verbs in parentheses.
- 34. 1. The children_____ (make) the house very messy.2. I _____ (see) that actor in several movies.3. The boys _____ (drink) all the soda in the refrigerator.4. Our dog _____ (hurt) its leg.5. One of the workmen _____ (fall) off his ladder.6. She’s sad because her friends _____ (go) to the park without her.7. Dad _____ (have) a shower already.8. I’ve been shouting so much that I _____ (lose) my voice.9. My sister’s boyfriend _____ (buy) her a diamond ring.10. Alan _____ (do) this jigsaw puzzle so many times that he could do it with his eyes shut.
- 35. Here are theanswers.have madehave seenhave drankhas hurthas fallenhave gonehas hadhave losthas boughthas done
- 36. Here’s your score!10 Perfect!9 Awesome7– 8 Good work5 – 6 Nice try3 – 4 Study harder0 – 2 What were you doing while the teacher was discussing?!
- 37. References:Cowan, Ron. (2008).Ateacher’s grammar of English. New York, USA: Cambridge University Press.Sargeant, Howard. (2007). Basic English grammar Book 2. CA, USA: Saddleback Educational Publishing.http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/tensepresperfsim.htm retrieved on January 5, 2011.http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html retrieved on January 5, 2011.
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