Language

Focus
Using the Present Perfect

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Remember the
Present Perfect? You
probably use it!
 Remember the
Present Perfect?
You probably use it!
First, the
structure!
USES
1. For an action that happened in the past but whose results
are obvious in the PRESENT.

John’s car is dirty.

He washes the car.
He has washed the car.
2. For an action that has JUST finished.

Marc is having lunch. Time expression:

He has just had lunch. just
 3. For an action that started in the past and hasn’t
finished.

2000 2015

We bought the house in 2000.

We still live in the neighborhood. Time expressions:
We have lived here for 15 years. for, since
We have lived here since 2000.
4. For experiences we have / haven’t lived.

He has flown a plane but he has never tried bungee

jumping.
Time expressions:
Have you ever travelled by plane? ever , never
 5. For an action that happened in unspecified time.

The children have tidied their room.

HAVE GONE TO / HAVE BEEN TO

“Mary has gone to London.

I miss her so much!”
(=she is still there)
 Of course, I’ve been
to London a lot of
Have you ever
times. It’s such an
been to London?
amazing city!

I have been to=

I have gone and come back
The Present
Perfect with
For & since
We use for to I have
talk about a worked in
period of this school
for 3 years.
time.
 For + a period of time

for six years,

for a week, for
a month, for
hours, for two
hours
 We use since to refer to
the point in time when
an action started.

I have worked here

since 2017.
 Since + a point in time

since this morning,

since last week,
since yesterday
since I was a child,
since Wednesday,
since 2 o'clock
 Andy has had Woody He has had Woody for
since he was a young kid. more than 11 years.
Billie Eilish has sung
since 2015.

She has sung for 5

years.
 Donald Trump has been
President of the U.S. since
2017.
He has been President
for 4 years.
We have worked on the
Project since 4 p.m.

We’ve worked here

for 5 hours.
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any
questions?
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