presnt perfect tense

1. REYYAN
GÜRAY
RAZİYE
ÇELEBİ

2. HOW DO WE MAKE
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE?

3. The structure of the present perfect tense is:
subject
+ auxiliary verb + main verb
have past participle
(V3)
have +come
I +
has

4. We have regular and irregular verbs.
play
listen
+ ed

5. SOME IRREGULAR VERBS
PRESENT PAST( V2) PAST
PARTICIPLE(V3)
do did done
go went gone
be was been
eat ate eaten
see saw seen
run ran run
find found found

6. I have I've
You have You've
He has
She has
It has
John has
The car has
He's
She's
It's
John's
The car's
We have We've
They have They've

7. • You have listened to music.
NEGATIVE FORM
• The kids haven’t gone to bed yet.
QUESTION FORM
• Has she seen our English teacher?
• (+)Yes,she has.
• (-)No,she has not/ hasn’t.
POSITIVE FORM

8. Here are some examples of the present perfect tense:
subject auxiliary verb main verb
+ I have seen UFO
+ You have eaten kebab.
- She has not eaten sushi
- We have not played football.
? Have you finished ?
? Have they done it?

9. Fill in the gaps with the correct
form of the verb.
• The train to Newcastle already left.
• The Browns had a baby!
• I broken my leg once.
• We lived here for a year.
HAVE OR HAS
has
have
have
have

10. USING THE PRESENT
PERFECT TENSE

11. 1) When we talk about experiences,but it is
not important when we did it.
• Examples
• I have never broken a leg.
Have you ever eaten sushi?

12. • NOTE We often use never and ever
with the Present Perfect Tense to talk
about experience.

13. 2) When we talk about an action which
started in the past and continuous up to
now.
Examples :
I have been a teacher for more than ten years.
We haven't seen Jane since Friday.
How long have you been at this school?

14. NOTE We often use since and for to
say how long the action has lasted.

15. • We often use for and since with the
present perfect tense.
• We use for to talk about a period of
time—5 minutes, 2 weeks, 6 years.
• We use since to talk about a point in
past time—9 o'clock, 1st January, Monday

16. FOR SINCE
A period of time A point in the past time
x
20 minutes 6.15 p.m
3 days Monday
6 months March
4 years 2005

17. • Here are some examples:
• I have been here for 20 minutes.
• I have been here since 9 o'clock.
• John hasn't called for 6 months.
• John hasn't called since February.
• He has worked in New York for a long
time.
• He has worked in New York since he left
school.

18. Use for or since with time references?
1. I haven't phoned home Christmas.
2. I have worked for International House
eight years.
3. We've been here nine o'clock.
4. I haven't visited my home town
I left school.
5) I haven't been to the cinema
5 years

19. Use for or since with time references?
1. I haven't phoned home Christmas.
2. I have worked for International House
eight years.
3. We've been here nine o'clock.
4. I haven't visited my home town
I left school.
5) I haven't been to the cinema
5 years
since
since
for
for
since

20. • EXAMPLES:
• How long have you lived in Bursa?
• I have lived in Bursa since I was born.
• How long have you learned English?
• I have learned English for 3 years.
We use this structure with FOR and SINCE.

23. The other person will be a reporter.

24. 3) When we talk about an effect of a past
action. (the result in the present)
Burak has gone to Ankara. = He isn't in
classroom now.
Have you finished your homework? = Is
your homework ready?
EXAMPLES:
I have lost my wallet=It’s not here now.

25. NOTE We often use just,
already and yet with the Present
Perfect Tense for an action in the past
with the result in the present.

26. • JUST
• My car is wet because I have just washed it.
Positive sentences
ALREADY Positive sentences
We've already had our breakfast.
YET negative and question forms.
The post hasn’t arrived yet.
Haven't you got ready yet?

27. PAST
I
PRESENT
FUTURE
1
2
3
1. Experience
2. Continuous action
3. Action with results in present

29. Have you ever been to Germany?
1)Experience
It doesn’t matter when you saw it,it is just for experience
expression.

30. I have worked at this school since 2008.
2)CONTINUING ACTION
(I started working at this school in 2008
and I’m still working
here now)

31. • 3) RESULT IN PRESENT
• I’ve lost my keys
They are still missing.

32. • Been or Gone?
• Both been and gone can be used as the
participle of the verb to go. Compare the
following two sentences:

33. • He's gone to the shops. (He's at the
shops now.)
• He's been to the shops. (He returned
and there is food in the fridge.)
• In the first sentence, we understand that
he is at the shops now; in the second we
understand that he is not at the shops
now.

34. He’s a reporter.

35. Where has he been to?
• Egypt
• Australia
• Morocco
• Mexico
• Greece

37. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR
LEARNING ENGLISH?
Write sentences as many as possible.

38. CLUE PICTURES :

39. http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentper
fect.html
http://web2.uvcs.uvc.ca/elc/studyzone/330/gramm
ar/index.html
http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/Present
Perfect1A.html
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-
tenses_present-perfect_s.html
http://www.quia.com/cb/8111.html
http://www.ac-
bordeaux.fr/Etablissement/ClgBidache/zongz/Bob
Fergusson2.ppt
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