Unit 3

Present perfect
Present perfect For/since Ever/never
vs past simple

The present perfect

The present perfect is
a verb tense which is
used to show that an
action has taken place
once or many times
before now.
Example:
Man has walked on the
Moon.
Bill has still not arrived.
Present perfect +
just/already/yet/so
far/almost
is used whenever
the time in which
For is used for The present perfect + the action takes
general periods of ever serves to ask place is not relevant
time. It’s to about experiences. or not specified. The
express duration. The Present Perfect + simple past is used
'SINCE' is used for a Never serves To Talk whenever data is
starting point, a About Things You requested or
specific time. Have NOT Done. specified about the
Example: Example: time or place of the
action.
For a week. Has your brother ever
Since the last war. been to India? Example:
They’ve never told a I have lived in
lie California.
I lived in
California in 2000.

"Just" is used for actions that have

occurred recently. "Already" refers to
something that came before or
sooner than expected. “Yet” es usado
para algo que esperabamos que
The "continuous perfect
sucediera, pero todavía no ha
present" refers to a non-
pasado. “So far” it indicates a time
specific temporal period
interval, it indicates the time from
located between the past
the start of something until the
and the present. The
present momento. We use almost
speaker refers to
and nearly to refer to the progress of
something that started and
things.
could not have concluded
Example:
in that period of time.
The train has already arrived.
Example:
Has the train arrived yet?
You have been living.
I have been living.