PRESENT PERFECT
T E N S E
Look at the following sentences:
1. The men paint the house.
2. The men painted the house.
3. The men have painted the house.
(Present Tense)
(Past Tense)
(Present Perfect Tense)
Present Perfect Tense
Made up of
“ have /has” + past participle form of verb
Present eat write | Past ate wrote | Present participle eating writing | Past Participle eaten written |
“has/have”
+
eaten
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“has/have”
+
ate /eat/eating
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When do we use the Present Perfect Tense?
“Ali has gone to school. ”
- used to describe an action that has been completed.
Isn’t the Past Tense also used to describe completed action?
“Ali went to school.”
He went for tuition yesterday.
He has gone for tuition yesterday.
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In using the Present Perfect tense:
“ He has eaten the bread.”
ACTIVITY
Pretend that you are a detective investigating a crime that just took place.
You are to come up with a crime scene report using 8 Present Perfect Tenses in your report.
e.g.
1. When we arrived at the scene of the crime, it seemed that the
suspect has just left the building.
Worksheet
Footprints
Goldfish from the fish bowl.
Piggy Bank
Can of blue paint
Half eaten chocolate candy
To solve the case of the barefoot burglar , log on to:
Recap:
1.The present perfect tense is made up of ________
b. had + past participle
c. has/have + past participle form of verb
2. In using the Present Perfect Tense, we should not include ____________
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