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Perfect Tenses

The document discusses the use of present perfect, present perfect continuous, and past simple tenses in English. It provides examples of how to use each tense to talk about unfinished actions and experiences, recent activities, duration of activities, number of occurrences, and finished past actions mentioning a specific time. Key examples include using present perfect for actions started in the past continuing to the present, present perfect continuous for duration of ongoing actions, and past simple to talk about completed actions with a specific time frame.

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Perfect Tenses

The document discusses the use of present perfect, present perfect continuous, and past simple tenses in English. It provides examples of how to use each tense to talk about unfinished actions and experiences, recent activities, duration of activities, number of occurrences, and finished past actions mentioning a specific time. Key examples include using present perfect for actions started in the past continuing to the present, present perfect continuous for duration of ongoing actions, and past simple to talk about completed actions with a specific time frame.

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UNFINISHED ACTIONS have + __________ PRESENT PERFECT for since How long.? yet (for emphasis) - / ?

( with non-action verbs: know) They've known each other for 10 years. How long have they been married? Have you finished yet? My brother hasn't found a new job yet. TO EMPHASIZE DURATION PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS have + __________+ __________ for since How long..? How long have you been learning English? They've been going out together for 3 years. just

RECENT ACTIVITIES have + __________ ever never

EXPERIENCES have + __________

RESULT IN THE PRESENT / NUMBER have + __________ how many? / how many times? how much?

already (for emphasis) + I've cut my finger! He's just arrived at the airport. I've already done my homework. Can I watch TV? TO EMPHASIZE DURATION have + __________+ __________ just, already, yet I've been to London, but I have never been to Oxford. Have you ever lost your credit card? How many emails have you written today? I've lost my keys again. I've seen that film twice. I've written the abstract and the conclusion of my research project.

Your eyes are red. Have you been crying? No, I've been cutting onions. I've been working on my research project all day long.

FINISHED ACTIONS When .? yesterday last year when I was a child in 1995 . I bought it on Saturday. (=I say when)

PAST SIMPLE

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