PRESENT PERFECT

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PRESENT PERFECT

• Lucia Jacková

ŠCI 0402 pri ZSŠ Ružomberok
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Content

• The use of present perfect
• Positive, negative, question
• Ever, never
• Have you ever visited the
• capital cities?
• Irregular verbs
• Activities

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What is present perfect tense?When can we use
it?

• it refers to an action that took place and was
  finished in the past, but its consequences are
  felt at present

PAST
PRESENT
I have told him the truth (I told him and now
he knows all about it)
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• it refers to an action (or state) that started in
  the past and has been in progress up to the
  present moment.

PAST
PRESENT
I have waited for you for two hours.
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Lets form the positive and negative
sentences

• I have (not) been to USA
• You have (not) been to USA
• He has (not) been to USA
• She has (not) been to USA
• It has (not) been to USA
• We have (not) been to USA
• You have (not) been to USA
• They have (not) been to USA

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Questions

• Have I been to USA ?
• Have you been to USA ?
• Has he been to USA ?
  
• Has she been to USA ?
• Has it been to USA ?
• Have we been to USA ?
• Have you been to USA ?
• Have they been to USA ?

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Do not forget

• Ever and never are often used with
  present perfect tense in questions and
  negative sentences.
• Have you ever drunk alcohol?
• I have never drunk alcohol.

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Have you ever visited these capital cities?

• 1. Paris
• 2. London
• 3. Moscow
• 4. Rome

a)
b)
c)
d)
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Try to arrange and complete the irregular verbs

Base form
Past simple
Past participle
become eaten was come
took bought left
brought cut felt

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Activities

• make a survey in your class. Find out how many
  and which countries have you already visited
• tell us what is your ideal country where you
  would like to go in future

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Sources

• http// www.google.com (capital cities)
• HAIS, K. Anglická gramatika. SPN,
• Bratislava 1998.

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Dakujem za pozornost

• Kontakt esm.lucy_at_centrum.sk
• Tel. c. 0918 129 333