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Present Perfect - Past Simple - Ever/Never - Just - Yel/Already - For/Since ‘you haven't worked they haven't worked I've bought | Have I bought? have not bought you've bought | Have you bought? | you have not bought he's bought | Has he bought? he has not bought she's bought | Has she bought? | she has not bought it's bought | Has it bought? ithas not bought bot we've bought | Have we bought? | we have not bought you have bought | you've bought | Have you bought? | you have not bought they have bought | they've bought | Have they bought? | they have not bought _they haven't bought Form ‘© We form the present perfect with the auxiliary verb have/has and the past participle of the main verb. Ihave bought a new dress. We form the past participle of regular verbs by adding -ed to the verb. watch - watched, bury - buried We form the past participle of irregular verbs differently. (See list of irregular verbs at the end of the book.) buy - bought We form the interrogative by putting have/has before the subject pronoun. Has he washed the car? Have they travelled by plane? We form the negative by putting not between have/has and the past participle, He has not/hasn’'t washed the car. They have not/haven't travelled by plane. ‘* We use the present perfect for actions which happened at an unstated time in the past. The exact time is not important, He has washed the car. (When did he wash if? We don't know when; the time is not mentioned.) © We also use the present perfect for actions which started in the past and are still continuing in the present. Ihave known Tom for 5 years. ‘Time adverbs used with the present perfect: since, for, just, already, yet, never, ever.

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