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Present Perfect
Form and Use
Present Perfect: IntroductionRead the sentences:
I have climbed the highest mountain.
She hasn’t spoken with the tongue of angels.
He has scaled these city walls. Has he held the hand of a devil? It has not run through the fields. Have we found what we are looking
for?
Which are affirmative, negative and interrogative?
AffirmativeAffirmative
I have climbed the highest mountain.
He has scaled these city walls.
NegativeNegative
She hasn’t spoken with the tongue of angels.
It has not run through the fields.
InterrogativeInterrogative
Has he held the hand of a devil? Have we found what we are looking
for?
Present Perfect: FORMAffirmativeAffirmative
I have climbed the highest mountain.subject + auxiliary verb have + main verb in the past participle
NegativeNegative
I have not climbed the highest mountain.subject + auxiliary verb have + not + main verb in the past participle
InterrogativeInterrogative
Have I climbed the highest mountains.auxiliary verb have + subject + + main verb in the past participle
Present Perfect: USE
We use the Present Perfect to talk about:
an action that took place in the past but we don’t know when
past activities with consequences in the present
situations that started in the past and continue up till now
Time Markers
We usually use these time markers with the present perfect:
Just, yet (negatives and interrogatives), already, for, since, ever, never, so far, recently, lately, always, how long