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Present Perfect

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Situation

His shoes are dirty He is cleaning his shoes He has cleaned his shoes

Consequence:

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His shoes are clean now

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Form

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Use

  • Action begun in the past with a consequence in the present

e.g. I have lost my passport🡪

I haven’t my passport now

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  • Action begun in the past and not finished

e.g. We have lived in this house for 10 years🡪

And we still live there

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Typical adverbs/prepositions

  • YET🡪negative🡪I haven’t been to Vienna yet.

Ya/todavía

🡪interrogative🡪Haven’t you finished yet?

  • ALREADY🡪affirm.🡪I have already been to Vienna
  • JUST🡪I have just opened the door
  • SO FAR🡪 I haven’t seen him so far today
  • STILL🡪 I still haven’t found what I’m looking for

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FOR🡪durante SINCE🡪desde

Practice 1 Practice 2 Practice 3

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EVER🡪

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HOW LONG🡪

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BEEN/GONE🡪

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Practice

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Practice drills

HOW LONG....? Substitute: HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE?

Had that cold 🡪 How long have you had that cold?

He🡪

Been away🡪

Those students🡪

She🡪

Had that job🡪

You🡪

Been in this class🡪

He🡪

We🡪

They🡪

Been married🡪

Had that house🡪

 

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Practice drill

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SINCE/FOR

  • 1968/3 years/the end of the year/the beginning of the lesson/30 minutes/20 years/a long time/1620/hundreds of years/the death of my mother/the year I bought this house/the last few months

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  • PRESENT PERFECT+FOR/SINCE

I have had this coat for 3 years/Been here/two weeks/had this cold/two months/been in this town/he/four years/she/had that car/you/we/ten years/this house/they

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Practice exercises

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  • Present Perfect songs

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PrPerfS/C

  • PrPerfS🡪to emphasize the result.

I have written 5 letters

  • PrPerfC🡪to emphasize the duration.

I have been writing for 1 hour