The Present Perfect Tense Level ELIS 103 Section

The Present Perfect Tense Level: ELIS 103 Section: D 0 C 11 th February, 2013 SLO: Can ask and answer questions and make statements using the present perfect simple and past simple tenses Khairiyah Badran

Present Perfect Timeline* 1 Have you been to London? 2 past I have lived in London now for eight months. 3 Can you remember when that was? s 4 wa t a. Th 04. s e Y n 20 i

Present Perfect Timeline (continued) 1 You look sad! 2 past 3 Samer Salman , Vice-President of Ajman University, has died in a tragic motor-bike accident. O, Allah! When did this happen? 4 5 May Allah have mercy upon him! The ok o t nt y. e d a i acc Frid now p e lac on

Present Perfect Tense Finished actions: results now**

Past Simple Timeline* Samer Salman, Vice-President of Ajman University died in a tragic motor-bike accident on Friday, 8 th February 2013. past Feb. 1 st Feb. 2 nd Feb. 3 rd Feb. 4 th 5 th 6 th Feb. 7 th. now Feb. 8 th 9 th 10 th 11 th

Past Simple Timeline* I travelled to London in 2004. past 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006. . . 2011. . . . now

Present Perfect Tense

Present Perfect Tense: Ø We use the present perfect tense to talk about : § actions that happened before now (at an indefinite time in the past). § actions/states which began in the past and continue to the present. § finished actions which have results now. § experiences as part of someone’s life. Uses

Present Perfect Tense: Statements (+) [I, you, we, they] + have + verb (past participle) [he, she, it ]+ has + verb (past participle) Rule

Present Perfect Tense: Statements (+) Contracted form: 1 - [I, you, we, they] ‘ve + verb (past participle) Phonology: I’ve travelled. . . /aiv trævәld/ Short form: Yes, I have. NOT Yes, I’ve. 2 - [he, she, it ]’s + verb (past participle) Phonology: He’s slept. . . /hiәz slept/ Short form: Yes, he has. NOT Yes, he’s. Rule

Present Perfect Tense: Statements (-) [I, you, we, they] + have + not + verb (past participle) [he, she, it] + has + not + verb (past participle) Rule ed . . continu

Present Perfect Tense: Statements (-) Short forms [I, you, we, they] + haven’t + verb (past participle) [he, she, it] + hasn’t + verb (past participle) Rule ed . . continu

Present Perfect Tense: Questions have+ [I, you, we, they] + verb (past participle) has + [he, she, it] + verb (past participle) Rule . . continued

Present Perfect Tense: Rule Time Expressions Just – already – for - since – ever – never (negative sentences) - yet (questions & negatives) . . continued

Present Perfect Tense: Present perfect + Since + point in time (past time) Present perfect Past simple Time Expressions: since I haven’t played football since I was a child. § Present perfect + since + verb (past simple) § Since + verb (past simple), present perfect Since I was a child I haven’t played football. Past simple Present perfect Rule . . continued

Present Perfect Tense: Rule Time Expressions: since Present perfect + Since + point in time (past time) § I haven’t played football since 1980. § Since last Wednesday, I haven’t signed in to my email. . . continued

The Present Perfect Tense V. to travel/stop Statements + Statements - Questions I have travelled I haven't travelled. have I travelled? He has travelled. He hasn't travelled. Has he travelled? No, I haven’t. Yes, he has. No, he hasn't. Yes, she has. No, she hasn't. Yes, it has. No, it hasn't. Have you travelled? Yes, you Have. No, you haven't. Have we travelled? Yes, we Have. No, we haven't. Has she travelled? It hasn’t stopped. You have travelled. You haven't travelled. Short answer - Yes, I have. She has travelled. She hasn't travelled. It has stopped. Short answer + Has it stopped? We have travelled. We haven't travelled. They haven't travelled. Have they travelled? Yes, they Have. No, they haven’t.

Thank you Idea of timeline is taken from Basic English Usage, 1995. Story including timeline is developed by Khairiyah Badran. Picture taken from Basic English Usage, 1995