PRESENT PERFECT We use present perfect when we
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PRESENT PERFECT We use present perfect when we talk about an action that started in the past but it is not finished in the present.
PRESENT PERFECT Structure: • Affirmative: Subject + verb have in present + verb in past participle + C. Example: She has broken the window. We have flown a kite in the park. • Negative: Subject + verb have in negative + verb in past participle + C. Example: She hasn´t broken the window. We haven´t flown a kite in the park. • Interrogative: Verb have in present + subject + verb in past participle + C? Example: Has she broken the window? Have we flown a kite?
Since vs For • Since Desde • For Durante • Examples: You have lived in Madrid since 2008. You have lived in Madrid for 12 years. He has been at home since 18 o´clock. He has benn at home for 3 hours.
Still/ Yet/ Already/ Just AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE STILL X YET X INTERROGATIVE X STILL TODAVIA. SE USA EN FRASES NEGATIVAS. ESTRUCTURA SUBJECT + STILL + VERB HAVE IN NEGATIVE + VERB IN PAST PARTICIPLE + C. ALREADY X EXAMPLE: I STILL HAVEN´T BEEN IN LONDON. SHE STILL HASN´T BOUGHT A PEN. JUST X YET TODAVÍA. SE USA EN FRASES NEGATIVAS. ALREADY YA. SE USA EN FRASES AFIRMATIVAS. ESTRUCTURA SUBJECT + VERB HAVE IN PRESENT + ALREADY + VERB IN PAST PARTICIPLE + C. EXAMPLE: I HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN LONDON. SHE HAS ALREADY BOUGHT A PEN. JUSTO AHORA. SE USA EN FRASES AFIRMATIVAS. ESTRUCTURA SUBJECT + VERB HAVE IN PRESENT + JUST + VERB IN PAST PARTICIPLE + C. EXAMPLE: I HAVE JUST FINISHED MY HOMEWORK. SHE HAS JUST BOUGHT A PEN. ESTRUCTURA SUBJECT + VERB HAVE IN NEGATIVE + VERB IN PAST PARTICIPLE + C + YET. EXAMPLE: I HAVEN´T BEEN IN LONDON YET. SHE HASN´T BOUGHT A PEN YET YA. SE PUEDE USAR TAMBIÉN YET EN FRASES INTERROGATIVAS Y SIGNIFICA “YA”. ESTRUCUTURA VERB HAVE IN PRESENT + SUBJECT + VERB IN PAST PARTICIPLE + C+ YET? EXAMPLE: HAVE YOU BEEN IN LONDON YET? HAS SHE BOUGHT A PENCIL YET?