MI CONEXIÓN AL MUNDO EN OTRA LENGUA I

Etapa 2: ¡Lo hemos logrado!

Dimensión 3: Laboratorio

I. Read the following information.

Present perfect tense

We can use it to talk about an action that happened at an unspecified time before now.
We use “for” and “since” with this tense. Also, we can use this tense to talk about our
experience.
For is used for a period of time.
For example:
You have studied English for one year.
Since is used for the specific moment something started.
For example:
I have not opened my email since Friday.

The basic grammatical structure of this tense is the following:

Subject /
pronoun Auxiliary Verb in complement
past
participle
For Period of
I have (not) seen a ghost time
He has done the homework
She has already gone to Italy
It has just watched a romantic movie
We have ever cleaned our classroom Since Specific
You have never invited a teacher to the moment
They have movies

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 For example:

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

Lionel has played soccer for Isrrael has not danced with a Has Eddy found evidence in
three months. girl since he graduated from the house? Yes, he has.
high school.

II. Read the following chart about Jose.

Things I have done Things I have not done yet

✔ Climb a mountain × buy my own house
✔ Read a book × travel by plane
✔ Meet my favorite singer × buy a car
× get a good job
✔ Celebrate my birthday
× finish high school
✔ Have girlfriend

Write sentences using the information in the chart about the things Jose has (hasn’t)
done.

For example:
1. Jose has climbed a mountain.
2. _______________________
3. _______________________
4. _______________________
5. _______________________
6. _______________________

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 7. _______________________
8. _______________________
9. _______________________
10. _______________________
III. Now complete the following graphic organizer about the things that you
have done and you have not done yet.

Finally, you can check the following links so you learn more about this structure:
https://www.ef.com.mx/recursos-aprender-ingles/gramatica-inglesa/present-perfect/
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-perfect-simple