The Present Perfect Tense
Affirmative(+)
S+have/has
+v3
He/she/it+Has+v3
I/we/you/they +have+v3
Examples:
I have played the piano since 2000
I have played the piano for five years.
Negative (-)
S+have/has
+not+v3
He/she/it+Has+not+v3
I/we/you/they +have+not+v3
Examples:
I
have not eaten meal.She has not learnt a lesson.
Interrogative(?)
Have/has+s+v3
Have+I/we/you/they+V3?
Has+she/he/it+V3?
Examples:
Have you
ever
watched birds in Mai Po Wetlands ?
How many
times have you
visited HongKong Disneyland ?
FUNCTION:
We
use the present perfect tense to talk about actions that started in the past
and continue to the present.
EXAMPLES:
I’ve
grown flowers for two years.
We
use the present perfect tense with since and for to say how long an action has
lasted.
EXAMPLES:
Amy has
grown flowers since last month.
We use the Present Perfect tense to show the result of
an action
(A)Ben
is eating a chicken leg.
(B)Ben has eaten
a chicken leg.
We cannot use the Present Perfect tense with adverbs
of time,
e.g. yesterday, two weeks ago.
EXAMPLES:
I did my homework yesterday
SOME ADVERBS OF
TIME IN THE PRESENT TENSE THAT WE CAN USE ARE ALREADY,JUST,EVER ,NEVER ,YET ,
RECENTLY, LATELY,IN THE FEW DAYS/WEEKS/MONTHS/SINCE AND FOR .
PROBLEM : I DIFFICULT TO MAKE SENTENCES IF ACCORDING FUNCTION . EXAMPLE :
We
use the present perfect tense to talk about actions that started in the past
and continue to the present.
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