Present Perfect Summary. Week 3

As an activity to reinforce the concepts discussed in class; an overview (in summary) the present perfect simple performed. Emphasis was given on the structure formation that possess affirmative, negative sentences and questions; as well as the wide variety of uses and connotations that this tense owns in English grammar.

Present Perfect Simple

To form the present perfect, the auxiliary verb "to have" in the present and the past participle of the verb is used. For regular verbs, the past participle is the simplest form of the past.

The structure to form affirmative sentences is: Subject + auxiliary verb (to have) + past participle + complement.

For example:

-I have [I’ve] talked to Peter.

-She has [She’s] gone to work.

-We have [We’ve] been to London.

-They have [They’ve] learned English.

The structure to form negative sentences is: Subject + auxiliary verb (to have) (-)+ past participle + complement.

For example:

-I haven’t talked to Peter.

-She hasn’t gone to work.

-We haven’t been to London.

-They haven’t learned English.

The structure to form questions is: Auxiliary verb (to have) + subject + past participle + complement.

Have you talked to Peter?

Is used the perfect present for actions that occurred in a non-specific time before now. The specific time is not important. Therefore, we do not usually use the present perfect expressions of specific time ("this morning", "yesterday", "last year" ...). You can use the present perfect with no concrete expressions of time ("never", "ever", "many times", "for", "since", "already", "yet" ...).

Overall activity was important to reinforce grammatical concepts obtained during the lessons, that in seeking to expand knowledge in this important communication language worldwide.

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