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    Hello!

    Have
    you ever
    read one of
    my stories?

    PRESENT PERFECT vs
    PAST SIMPLE
    FORM
    • We have seen
    Positive: HAVEthat film+/ She
    / HAS PASThas seen
    that film
    PARTICIPLE
    •• INegative:
    haven’t seen that
    HAVE film//HAS
    NOT She hasn’t
    NOT +
    seen
    PASTthat film
    PARTICIPLE
    • Have you seen that film? / Has he
    • Interrogative: HAVE / HAS +
    seen that film?
    Subject + PAST PARTICIPLE?
    USES

    We use the PRESENT


    PERFECT for:
    FINISHED EVENTS CONNECTED Look at the
    two
    WITH THE PRESENT Thompsons!!
    What has
    Two hours later. happened to
    At hospital. them?

    EXPLANATION

    The event or action is completed in the past BUT


    the exact time of the action is unknown or unimport
    We are interested in the RESULTS or EFFECTS of th
    event or action on us NOW.
    PAST EVENTS WITH
    EXPRESSIONS OF “time up to
    now”
    Let me think…
    EXPLANATION
    How long have I’ve known
    you known Snowy for 7
    Snowy? years.
    Here, the
    event or
    action
    began in
    the past
    BUT
    continues
    up to the
    present
    FOR / SINCE (prepositions)

    FOR SINCE

    • When we • When we
    mention the mention the
    length of a starting point
    period of time. of time.
    • Ex: How long • Ex: How long
    have you been a have you known
    doctor? For 10 each other?
    years. Since 1997 or
    Since we were
    27.
    EXPERIENCES
    Have you ever
    been to China?

    EXPLANATION

    • We talk about things or experiences we


    have or haven’t done at some / any
    time in our lives up to now.
    • Here, we are thinking of a period of
    “time up to now” even if we do not
    mention it.
    EVER / NEVER
    EVER

    • It indicates at some / any time in


    your live up to now.
    • It is used in questions.
    • POSITION: Have / has + subject
    + EVER + past participle.

    NEVER

    • It is used in affirmative
    sentences.
    • POSITION: Have / has + NEVER
    + past participle.
    We use the PRESENT
    PERFECT with the
    following TIME
    ADVERBS:
    JUST Look!! The
    car has just
    broken
    down!!

    • Just indicates a very short time


    before now.
    • The event or action has just
    finished.
    ALREADY / YET
    ALREADY

    • It indicates at some time before now.


    • The action or event may has
    happened sooner than expected.
    • It is used in affirmative sentences.
    • POSITION: have / has + ALREADY +
    past participle.

    YET

    • It indicates that the action or event


    expected hasn’t happened, not until
    now.
    • It is used in negative and interrogative
    sentences.
    • POSITION: at the end of the
    sentence.
    Yes, yes… don’t
    Hello! Have you worry Tintin. We
    packed your have already
    things yet? packed our
    things up!!
    We also use the
    PRESENT PERFECT with
    the following
    EXPRESSIONS:
    TIME EXPRESSIONS that
    indicate an unfinished time
    period. Where is Snowy?... I have
    heard enough bad news this
    Early this morning!... Snowy!...
    morning Snowy!... Oh, he has gone out
    Still this
    …
    morning

    • today
    • this week
    • this month
    • this year
    • this
    Outside morning
    • etc
    Compare the previous
    example with this one:
    This morning I didn’t hear
    any good news
    this morning!!

    This evening

    • When the time period we are


    referring is finished, then we use
    the Past Simple.
    CONTRAST BETWEEN THE PRESENT
    PERFECT AND THE PAST SIMPLE

    PAST SIMPLE PRESENT PERFECT

    • We are interested • We are not


    in a fact that interested in the
    happened in the time of the action
    past. but in the results
    • We often use of that action
    specific time which is
    expressions such connected to the
    as yesterday, two present.
    weeks ago, lat • Ex: Mike can’t
    year, etc. go skiing
    • Ex: Mike didn’t because he has
    go skiing broken his arm.
    because he
    broke his arm
    last week.

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