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Present perfect, Grammar, . - Coggle Diagram
Present perfect
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- Used to describe completed actions that have a connection to the present or events that continue to be true in the present.
Structure
Affirmative: S + have/has + past participle (do not confuse with past simple)
I have been loud
Negative: S + haven’t/hasn’t + past participle
Question: Have/has + s + past participle
Grammar
Time adverbs
Already
- Something that happened before than expected.
- Write between auxiliary and past participle or at the end of the sentence.
Affirmative sentences
Just
- Something happened a very short time ago.
- Write between auxiliary and past participle.
Affirmative sentences
I have just come back home.
Yet
- Write at the end of the sentence.
Negative: Something that hasn’t happened in the present time.
Question: If something has happened in the present time.
- Answer with already
Has he come yet?
Still
- If something has ended yet.
- We write it in front of the verb after the subject
They still didn’t arrive.
Ever
- If something has happened at any time in the past.
- Write after the subject
- Used in questions, in affirmative we use never.
Has she ever talked with the director?
Used to
Would
- Used instead of used to in some cases.
Every rainy day I would go on a walk
Get used to
- Get familiar with something or to an action.
- Can be used in the past, in the future and in the present.
Structure (present)
Affirmative: Subject + getting used to infinitive/something
I’m getting used to it
Negative: Subject + not getting used to infinitive/something
I'm not getting used to running
Question: Are/is + subject + getting used to infinitive/something
Be used to
Or used to something: Used to the city.
- To be familliar with
Affirmative: Subject + used to
Negative: Subject + (was) not used to
Question: Are/Is/Am + subject + used to
Used to
- Used for actions in the past that are not true now
Structure
Affirmative: Subject + used to + infinitive
Negative: Subject: didn’t use to + infinitive
Question: Did + subject + use to + infinitive
You can answer with a short answer:
Did you use to play sports? Yes, I did
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