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Present Perfect: Have (Present Tense), Plus The Past Participle of The

The present perfect tense indicates a link between the past and present. It is used to describe actions that began in the past and continue in the present, actions that happened during a period not yet finished, or repeated actions between the past and now. The structure of the present perfect consists of the present tense form of have (has/have) plus the past participle of the main verb.

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Present Perfect: Have (Present Tense), Plus The Past Participle of The

The present perfect tense indicates a link between the past and present. It is used to describe actions that began in the past and continue in the present, actions that happened during a period not yet finished, or repeated actions between the past and now. The structure of the present perfect consists of the present tense form of have (has/have) plus the past participle of the main verb.

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Present Perfect

Definition Uses Structure

The present perfect is used to indicate a link • An action or situation that started in the past The present perfect of any verb is composed of two
between the present and the past. The time of and continues in the present.  elements : the appropriate form of the auxiliary verb to
the action is before now but not specified, and • An action performed during a period that have (present tense), plus the past participle of the
we are often more interested in the result than has not yet finished.  main verb. The past participle of a regular verb
in the action itself. • A repeated action in an unspecified period is base+ed.
between the past and now. 
• An action that was completed in the very AFFIRMATIVE
recent past, expressed by 'just'.  Subject + has/have + past participle + complemet
• An action when the time is not important.  NEGATIVE
Subject + has/have +not + past participle + complement
INTERROGATIVE
Have/Has + subject + past participle + complement?
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
I have walked on this path before. Hasn’t/Haven’t + subject + past participle?
We have eaten the lasagna here.
She has worked in the bank for five years

NEGATIVE
We haven't seen her today.
She's studied Japanese, Russian, and English.
They haven't lived here for years.

INTERROGATIVE
Have you played the piano since you were a
child?
Has he just left?
Have you seen 'Gone with the Wind'?. 
THE ARTICLES AND GIVING ADVICE

A/AN THE
"A" and "an" signal that the noun modified is The definite article is used before singular and
indefinite, referring to any member of a group. plural nouns when the noun is specific or
particular. The signals that the noun is definite,
that it refers to a particular member of a group. 
a + singular noun beginning with a
consonant: a boy; a car; a bike; a zoo; a dog Do use the before:
an + singular noun beginning with a names of rivers, oceans and
vowel: an elephant; an egg; an apple; an idiot; a seas: the Nile, the Pacific
n orphan points on the globe: the Equator, the North Pole
a + singular noun beginning with a consonant geographical areas: the Middle East, the West
sound: a user (sounds like 'yoo-zer,' i.e. begins deserts, forests, gulfs, and
with a consonant 'y' sound, so 'a' is peninsulas: the Sahara, the Persian
used); a university; a unicycle Gulf, the Black Forest, the Iberian Peninsula
an + nouns starting with silent "h": an hour
a + nouns starting with a pronounced
"h": a horse

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