2015 4A

2. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
subject + has / have + Verb in past participle + complement
(she,he,it)/ (they,we,you,I)
An action that started in the past and continues to
the present.
Example:
I have lived in this city for six months.
She has eaten a pizza in that restaurant.
They have taken a taxi to go to the mall.

3. Examples of the present perfect:
 My mother has just gone to the store.
 Janet has lived abroad for five years.
 I haven’t seen the new movie yet.
 Have you finished your homework?
It’s very common to use the contractions ‘ve and ‘s in the present
perfect:
 I’ve been to Japan three times.
 My mother’s just gone to the store.
 Janet’s lived abroad for five years

4. PAST PERFECT TENSE
subject + had + Verb in past participle + complement
(she,he,it,they,we,you,I)
An action that happened before a time in the past
Example:
*When I arrived at the office this morning, I discovered that
I had left my computer on the night before.
* My mom had gone to the cinema and my dad had invited
her to have dinner in a great restaurant.

5. EXAMPLES
 I had been to Japan twice by the time I was 10 years old.
 When I woke up this morning, my husband had already
eaten breakfast
It’s common to use the contraction ‘d in the past perfect:
 I’d traveled to five different countries by the time I was 20
years old.

6. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
subject + had + been +Verb –ing + C
 I had been watching a terror movie in my friends’ house.
 My parents had been taking two months vacations to travel to
Cusco
 My cousin had been buying the last fashion jeans in an
american store.
 The dog had been drinking milk in the Street.
 The students had been playing soccer in the school yard.

7. PRACTICE