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Present Perfect Tense: BY Cecilia Mendoza Gómez
Present Perfect Tense: BY Cecilia Mendoza Gómez
PERFECT TENSE
BY Cecilia Mendoza Gómez
FORM
e.g.
- You have seen that movie many times
-The army has attacked that city five times.
Loch Ness is famous for its friendly monster, Nessie. Most people think that this
is only a legend, but every year tourists from all over the world come to Loch
Ness and hope that they will see the monster.
Grammar Exercise on the Text. Present Perfect Simple
We use the present perfect to express what has (not) happened so far.
(Note that no time in the past must be given – otherwise you have to
use simple past.)
Write the verbs in present perfect simple.
Tourists from all over the world (be)___________ to Loch Ness.
Most of them (see / not) ______________ Nessie, however.
Only very few people say that the Loch Ness Monster (appear)
_________________ in front of them.
Even scientists (come) __________ to Loch Ness to find the monster.
And the boss of the Guinness brewery (promise) ______________ to
pay 500,000 Pounds to the person who catches Nessie.
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE VS SIMPLE PAST
Use
In British English, the use of Simple Past and Present
Perfect is quite strict. As soon as a time expression in the
past is given, you have to use Simple Past. If there are no
signal words, you must decide if we just talk about an
action in the past or if its consequence in the present is
important.
Note that the following explanations and exercises refer
to British English only. In American English, you can
normally use Simple Past instead of Present Perfect.
Certain time in the past or just / already / yet?
Do you want to express that an action happened at a certain
time in the past (even if it was just a few seconds ago) or
that an action has just / already / not yet happened?