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PRESENT PERFECT You/We/They have past participle He/She/It has eaten lunch. \Wou/We/They have not (haven't) - past participle He/She/It has not (hasn't) eaten lunch. (qu. word) have \/you/we/they Past participle (e.g. where) h eaten lunch? 3 he/she/it Yes, \/you/we/they have. he/she/it has. \/you/we/they have not (haven't). No, fh ke ; he/she/it has not (hasn't). « hs Py * ve Easy Study Club —Ms Mut & Easy Study Club - Ms Mut ' We form the present perfect with the correct form of have and the past participle of the main verb. For regular verbs, the past participle ends in -ed and is the same as the past simple form. Irregular verbs don't follow the -ed rule. I've joined the tennis club. Someone has eaten all the cake! We use the present perfect to talk about a general experience at some time in the past. We don't say exactly when it happened. My brother has written a book. | haven't seen that film. Notice the difference between have/has been and have/has gone: Tom has been to New York. (He went there at some time in the past and is now back home) Tom has gone to New York. (He is there now ) We use ever to ask if something has happened in someone's life. Have you ever eaten raw fish? We Use never to say that something has not happened in someone's life. Carla has never studied music but she's a really good singer. Easy Study Club - Ms Mut JUST, ALREADY vw AND YET We use just to talk about something that happened a short time ago. Jacob has just left. We use already for something that happened sooner than someone expected. It s only six o'clock, and I've already finished all my homework! We use yet in questions and negative sentences when we are talking about something we expect to happen soon. Has Jon called yet? (= I'm expecting him to call.) The train hasn't arrived yet. (= | expect it to arrive soon.) PRESENT PERFECT WITH FOR AND SINCE We often use the present perfect with for and since to talk about something that started in the past and continues in the present. Ive had my phone for three months. (I got it three months ago and | still have it) Ive been a member of the football club since last year. (I joined the club last year and I'm still a member now.) We use for + a period of time. We've lived in this town for two years. We've known Mr and Mrs fox for six months. I've had this laptop for a few weeks. y s We use since + a point in time. We've lived in this town since July. We've known Mr and Mrs Fox since 2017. I've had this laptop since last year.

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