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Present Perfect TensePresent Perfect Tense

Phimonmart Klinkaew

Udomdarunee School

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What do you need the Present Perfect for ?

• to tell what you have done recently/ lately.

• to tell what you have just or already done.

• to tell what you have never/ ever done.

• to tell what you have done so far/ up to now.

• to tell what you have done today/ this week/ this month/ this year.

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What is so confusing What is so confusing about it ?about it ?

It can describe either It can describe either present or pastpresent or past activities !activities !

There is no similar There is no similar grammatical item in grammatical item in Polish !Polish !

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How can you form How can you form the Present Perfect?the Present Perfect?

Positivesentence

I, you, we , they, have donehe, she, it, has worked

Negativesentence

I, you, we , they, haven’t donehe, she, it, hasn’t worked

Question Have I , you,we, they, done?Has he, she, it worked?

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Why don’t you try some exercises?

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Choose the correct answer.Choose the correct answer.

Peter ........Peter ........nevernever watched „Maja bee”.watched „Maja bee”.

A) hadA) had B) haveB) have C) hasC) has D) none of theseD) none of these

Peter ........ Peter ........ has has never watchednever watched „Maja Bee”.„Maja Bee”.

Congratulations!Congratulations!

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How about this?

• Lidka hasn’t ........to Majorka yet.

• A) had• B) seen• C) drove• D) none of these

• None of these• Lidka hasn’t been

to Majorka .• Precisely!

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Try the next question.

• ....you ever smoked?

• A) has• B) do• C) have• D) none of these

• Have you ever smoked?

• Good!

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Choose the correct answer again.

She hasn’t ..........the dinner already.

A) cooks

B) cooked

C) make

D) none of these

She hasn’t cooked the dinner already

Very well!

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Can you do this one ?Can you do this one ?

He hasn’t ........ a He hasn’t ........ a shower shower today.today.

A) takeA) take B) tookB) took C) takedC) taked D) none of theseD) none of these

None of theseNone of these He He hasn’t takenhasn’t taken a a

shower today.shower today.

Well done!Well done!

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Try this one !Try this one !

...........Joan ...........Joan everever...........a shark? ...........a shark?

A) has J. eatA) has J. eat B) does J. eatenB) does J. eaten C) has J. eatenC) has J. eaten D) none of theseD) none of these

Has Has Joan ever Joan ever eateneaten a shark? a shark?

Not bad! Keep on Not bad! Keep on tryingtrying

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Choose the correct answer one Choose the correct answer one more time.more time.

• She has ........ a man.• A) never kiss • B) ever kissed• C) just kisses• D) none of these

• None of these• She has never

kissed a man.

• Of course, you are right !

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Choose the correct answer.

• ..........you ever ......... your head ?

• A) have..........lost• B) do............lose• C) did...........lose• D) none of these

• Have you ever lost your head ?

• Right again!

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Choose the best answer again !

• Tom and Arthur ........................a dog so far.

• A) don’t buy• B) hasn’t bought• C) haven’t bought• D) didn’t buy

• Tom and Arthur haven’t bought a dog so far.

• Excellent!

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What’s the right answer now?

• .................Peter and Mat ............... abroad before?

• Has..............been• Have............seen• Have............been• None of these

• Have Peter and Mat been abroad before ?

• You are absolutely right !

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Why don’t you test yourself again?

• What action can you describe with the Present Perfect?

• How do you form it ?• What time expressions can you use

with the Present Perfect?• What’s the difference between the

Present Perfect and the Simple Past ?

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