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Grammar Reference (Present Perfect) - Coggle Diagram
Grammar Reference (Present Perfect)
AFFIRMATIV
I've / you've/ we've / they've
he's / she's / it's
NEGATIVE
I / you / we / they haven't
he / she / it / hasn't
QUESTIONS
Have I / you / we / they
Has he / she / it
IRREGULAR VERBS
INFINITIVE
buy, put, see, take
PAST PARTICIPLE
bought, put, seen, taken
PAST SIMPLE
bought, put, saw, took
WE USE PRESENT PERFECT TO...
give news, when we do not exacly when the event happend
talk about events during a period of time that is continuing
with
for
or
since
to say how long a situation has existed. use
for
or
since
to say when it started
ask how log a situation has existed
we use both
been
and
gone
as the past partiple of the verb
go
. we use
been
when somebody has returned.
we use
gone
when sombody has not returned
WE USE THE PAST SIMPLE AND THE PRESENT PERFECT TO...
(past simple) talk about a specific occasion in the past, at a definitive time
(present perfect) talk about an expirience at any time in the past.
use finished-time expressions with the past simple, but no with the present perfect
we often use the present perfect to ask and answer about an expirence, then the past simple to give specific information about it