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GRAMMAR - Coggle Diagram
GRAMMAR
PRESENT PERFECT
Use:
An experience or achievement that happened at some point during a living person's live.
A recent action or event where we specify a period of time that is still ongoing.
A recent action or event where we specify a period of time that is still ongoing.
To talk about life experiences.
Structure:
(+)
Subject + have/has + past participle
I have watched Grease. She has lost the phone.
(-)
Subject + have/has +not + past participle
She hasn't come to the party. I haven't tried sushi.
(?)
Have/ Has + subject + past participle + ?
Have you come to the party? Has she watched Grease?
EVER and NEVER
Ever
Use:
To ask about life experiences.
Mean:
"at any time in the past"
Ex: Has he ever had an accident? Yes, he had. Ex: Have they ever gone to the USA? No, they haven't.
Never
Use:
To talk about things we have not experienced. In affirmative verb.
Mean:
"at no time in the past"
Ex: I have never broken my phone. Ex: We have never written a vlog.
FOR or SINCE
Use:
For an action or even that started in the past and is still in progress now.
Ex:
She has lived in London
since
2016. She has lived in London
for
8 years.
PAST SIMPLE
Use:
An action or event that happened at a specific time in the past.
A sequence of completed actions or events in the past.
An experience or achievement when the person is no longer alive.
An action or event that lasted for a specified period of time in the past.
Structure:
(+)
Subject + verb 2nd column
I saw a film yesterday. She washed her car.
(-)
Subject + did + not + infinitive
He didn't study for the exam. They didn't travel to London.
(?)
Did + subject + infinitive
Did you have dinner last night?
Did they see a film yesterday?