PRESENT PERFECT

MISS BELÉN
Past tenses ?

• We use the PAST SIMPLE to ask or talk about finished

action in the past, when the time is mentioned or
understood

• We use PRESENT PERFECT to talk about past experiences

and recent past actions when we DON’T specify a time
 Of course, I’ve
been to
London a lot of
Have you ever times. It’s such
been to London? an amazing
city!

• I have been to=

I have gone and come
back
PARTICIPLE VERBS : MATCH THE VERBS

FALL  FALLEN
FIND VERBS!
 USAGE

We use PRESENT PERFECT FOR :

1) Past experiences : When we don’t say exactly when they happened : I’ve inherited

some money but I haven’t spent it

2) Recent past actions: We use PP for recent past actions when we focus on the

present result : I’ve cut my finger (past-now)

3) I have just eaten a big salad WHEN? RECENTLY

AUXILIARIES

HAVE HAS

I, YOU, WE , THEY HE, SHE, IT

 VERBS : PARTICIPLE

REGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR VERBS

LOVE  LOVED

ADD ED
I HAVE LOVED HER ONCE
SHE HAS LOVED ME ONCE
VERBS

FOR PRESENT PERFECT

WE HAVE TO USE THE
3RD PART “PAST
PARTICIPLE”
 AFFIRMATIVE

SUBJECT + HAVE / HAS + PARTICIPLE

• I
• You have worked
• We have written
• They

• He
• She has worked
• It has written
 ALREADY, EVER, NEVER ,JUST, YET

• EVER AND NEVER: When we talk about past experiences. They go before the main verb :
I’ve never visited that place

• JUST: Before the main verb : I’ve just finished my homework

• ALREADY : In affirmative sentecnes. It goes before the main verb : I have already done it

• YET: In negative sentences and questions. It goes at the end of the phrase : Have you
finished your homework yet?
 NEGATIVE

SUBJECT + HAVEN’T / HASN’T + PARTICIPLE

I/you/we/they haven’t worked
I/you/we/they haven’t written
He/she/it hasn’t worked
He/she/it hasn’t written
 QUESTIONS

HAVE/HAS + SUBJECT + PARTICIPLE ?

Have I/you/we/they worked?

Have I/you/we/they written?
Has he/she/it worked?
Has he/she/it written?
TIME EXPRESSIONS

Ever, never, just, already

Yet, for, since
How long..?
So far
Lately / Recently
Always
For an action that happened in the past but
whose results are obvious in the PRESENT.

John’s car is dirty.

He washes the car.
He ? ___ (WASH) the car.
For an action that has JUST finished.

Marc is having lunch. Time expression:

just
He AUX: HAS JUST HAD (HAVE)
lunch
 For an action that started in the past and
hasn’t finished.

2000 2015

We bought the house in 2000.

We still live in the neighborhood.
We HAVE LIVED (LIVE) here for 15 years. • Time
expressions: for,
We HAVE LIVED here since 2000. since
For experiences we have/haven’t lived.

He HAS FLOWN (FLY) a plane but he HAS NEVER

TRIED (NEVER TRY) bungee jumping. • Time
Have you EVER TRAVELLED(EVER TRAVEL) by expressions:
ever, never
plane?
 For an action that happened in unspecified time.

The children ? (CLEAN) their room.

WHEN
???
QUESTIONS : HAVE YOU EVER… ?

FALL ASLEEP

TRAVEL BY
PLANE
CHEAT IN AN EXAM
 SONG TIME : QUEEN – WE ARE THE
CHAMPIONS DONE - PAID – MADE – TAKEN – HAD – BEEN – CAME
I've ______ my dues We are the champions, my _____ But it's _______ no bed of roses
Time after time And we'll keep on fighting No pleasure cruise
I've ______ my sentence 'Till the _____ I consider it a challenge before
But committed no crime We are the champions The whole human race
We are the champions And I ain't gonna lose
And bad mistakes No time for losers And we mean to go on and on and
I've ______ a few 'Cause we are the champions of on and on
I've ______ my share of sand the _____
Kicked in my face We are the champions, my
But I've ______ through I've ______ my bows friends
And my curtain calls And we'll keep on fighting
And we mean to go on and on and You brought me fame and fortune 'Till the end
on and on And everything that goes with it We are the champions
I thank you all We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions of
the world
SONG TIME : A THOUSAND YEARS – CHRISTINA
PERRI
Doubt- promises - alone Breath - loved - thousand - waiting Step - find- darling- brought
fall Brave- still – died - come I’ll

Heart beats fast
Colors and [1] ____________
How to be brave
How can I love when I’m afraid
to [2] ____________
But watching you stand [3]
____________
All of my [4] ____________
suddenly goes away somehow
One step closer
(Chorus)
I have ___ everyday [5] ____________ for
you
Darling don’t be afraid I have_____ you
For a [6] ____________ years
I’ll love you for a thousand more
(Verse 2)
Time stands [7] ____________
Beauty in all she is
I will be [8] ____________
I will not let anything take away
What’s standing in front of me
Every [9] ____________
Every hour has ____ to this
One step closer
I have died everyday waiting for you
[10] ____________ don’t be afraid I
have loved you
For a thousand years
[11] ____________ love you for a
thousand more
And all along I believed
I would [12] ____________ you
Time has [13] ____________ your
heart to me
I have loved you for a thousand years
I’ll love you for a thousand more
One [14] ____________ closer