PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE &

CONTINUOUS

Alessia Greppi Deanna DiscacciatiAnna Laura Monaci

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLEGood morning! Today I’m going to tell you something about the Present Perfect Simple...

WHEN DO YOU HAVE TO USE IT?this tense is used to speak about actions begun in the past, but that have consequences on the present

HOW DO YOU FORM IT ?

SUBJECT + HAVE/HAS + PAST PARTICIPLE

Ex. I have broken my legThis thing happened in the past, but I still have a broken leg now

NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE FORMNEGATIVE ONE:subject + have/has not + past participleex. I have not (haven’t) done my homework yet

INTERROGATIVE ONE:have/has + subject + past participleex. Have you done your homework yet?

FOR AND SINCE We use them to speak about the moment when an action, that has lasted some time, began

FORhow much time

SINCE when

Ex. For We have lived in this house since 2002

Ex. Since I have studied French for many years

JUST, ALREADY, STILL AND YETwe use them to say an action has finished not much time ago, or it is going on even now, or it has ended before we thought

JUST AND ALREADY

You can use them in positive and interrogative sentences

ex. Sally has just left university Sally ha appena lasciato l’università

This action has ended recently, and now Sally is a graduate (consequence on the present)

ex. Have you already eaten? Avete già mangiato?

We use already when we want to underline the surprise about an action. In this case I thought you’d have dinner later, so I’m surprised.

STILL AND YET

ex. I still haven’t found my keys Non ho ancora trovato le mie chiavi I haven’t asked him yet Non gliel’ho ancora chiesto

you can use them in negative and interrogative sentences

YET must be in the end of the sentenceSTILL must be before haven’t or hasn’t

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUSI’ll teach you about present perfect continuous

WHEN DO YOU HAVE TO USE IT?

we use it to speak about actions that are still happening now, of which you have to specify the length

HOW DO YOU FORM IT ?

SUBJECT + HAVE/HAS + BEEN + VERB in ING

ex. I have been working very hard. I’m exhausted!

I have already finished to work, and it’s evident that I am tired

NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE FORMNEGATIVE ONESubject+Have/Has+Not+Been+Verbo in ingex. I have not (haven’t) been working

INTERROGATIVE ONEHave/Has+Subject+Been+Verbo in ingex Have you been working ?

EVER & NEVER

Ever“mai” to use in: ० in the question ० with interrogative sentences.

Never“non...mai” to use in: ० in the answers. ० with affermative verb for said

that we never do a thing.