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4 Comments / By Michael Lavers / 28 October 2020

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#80 The Present Perfect Tense

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EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

Present Perfect
The present perfect tense is used when a past action has a result in the present. That’s the simple de`nition, but let’s
look at it in more detail.

The Basics
Past Simple

I opened the door = Maybe the door is not open anymore

Present Perfect

I have opened the door = The door is still open

5 Rules for Present Perfect

1. An action that started in the past and continues now.
I have lived in England for 20 years 

2. An action that happened in a time that has not 9nished.

I have been to the supermarket twice this week.

3. A repeated action sometime between the past and now.

I have been to Japan twice.

4. An action that happened very recently in the past – we often use “just”
I have just lost my wallet.

5. An action when the time is not important and we want to emphasise the action
I have climbed Mount Everest.

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4 thoughts on “#80 The Present Perfect

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AURORA MONT
31 OCTOBER 2020 AT 3:20 PM

Hi Michael!
Thank you very much for this new podcast very instructive. Present perfect was very diFcult and boring to learn in school…
but, with you it’s very instructive, interesting….?

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MICHAEL LAVERS
1 NOVEMBER 2020 AT 8:33 PM

You’re welcome! It was fun to make. My goal is to make it as not-boring as possible!

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JORGEN OLSSON
30 OCTOBER 2020 AT 12:55 PM

I’ve made a 449-day streak on Duolingo.

I have played football and handball when I was younger, and table tennis.

The craziest thing I have ever done could be that summer a long time ago, when I on a whim got out of my car and I
wandered around a bit in the city center of Malmoe.

I have stayed up too late too many times.

I loved this podcast. Very clear explanations and examples. Thank you, Micheal!

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MICHAEL LAVERS
30 OCTOBER 2020 AT 8:53 PM

Hey Jorgen! I’m glad you liked this episode and were able to practice these sentences. Great job! They’re all perfect but
there’s one point which I’m not sure I mentioned. With the present perfect tense, we can’t use any past time phrases
(yesterday, last year, etc) and “when I was younger” counts as a past time phrase. So we could probably just get rid of
that part and it’ll be 100% correct!
I’m de`nitely with you on the last one too (I’ll probably do it tonight!) haha

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