Grammar - Present Perfect
College of Staten Island/CUNY
Teacher, I have a question!
This week, our ELI teacher gives us good examples of the Present Perfect verb tense.
Examples:
·
I have lived in Staten Island for 9 years. (This has happened over a period
of time and is still true now.)
·
She has never eaten at Shake Shack. She will have the greatest cheeseburger
in the world for the first time today. (This action has been completed until
now.
Present Perfect - Definition
The form of the verb used for actions or events that have been completed or have happened in a period of time up
to now:
The sentences "She has talked to her doctor about the problem" and "I have never been to Australia" are all in the present perfect.
Use the present perfect to talk about thing that
happened at an indefinite (not exact) time in the past.
Use the present perfect when you do not know when
something happened or when the specific time is not important.
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·
They’ve
traveled to Egypt.
(You don’t know the exact time.)
·
We’ve
been to Rome.
(The exact time isn’t important.)
|
Use
the present perfect (not the simple past) to show that the result of the
action or state is important in the present. The present perfect always has some
connection to the present.
USAGE
NOTE: For many speakers been to
and gone to have different
meanings.
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·
The
hotel has closed.
(So we can’t stay there now.)
·
He’s
been to France.
(At some point in the past, he
visited France, but he’s not there now.)
·
He’s
gone to France.
·
(He’s in France now.)
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The answer to our question:
I have been here _______ 1995.
a)
since
b)
for
c)
already
The
answer is letter a)
Use
since + point in time (since yesterday, since 5:00, since Monday, since 1995,
since then) to show when something started.
|
· He has won many contests since 1995.
· Since then he has become famous.
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Use
for + length of time (for 10 minutes, for two weeks, for years, for a long
time) to show how long something has lasted.
|
· Bob has owned a restaurant for years.
· He hasn’t broken a board for a long time.
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More questions:
Sources:
·
Focus on Grammar 3, 4th Ed.,
Fuchs, Bonner & Westheimer - ISBN-13: 978-0-254648-5
(Pearson Publication)
·
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/ingles/present-perfect
http://francscorner.blogspot.com/2015/11/6th-grade-present-perfect-with-since.html
http://francscorner.blogspot.com/2015/11/6th-grade-present-perfect-with-since.html
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