INTENSIVE ENGLISH

SECTION 6

Tense

STRUCTURE

Present Perfect Tense

V.3

have/

has

Sub.

AFFIRMATIVE I

You

We

They

Tom & Jerry

have

been to Tibet.He

She

It

A cat

Mr.Bean

has

NEGATIVEI

You

We

They

have not eaten for 2 hours

He

She

It

Sally

has not eaten since morning

INTERROGATIVE

Have

I

You

We

They

bought the water ?

Has

He

She

It

read the text yet?

KEY WORDS

Already

Yet

Ever

For

Since

Just

EXAMPLE SENTENCES

He has cooked his dinner already.

Have they put on their dress yet?

Have you ever tasted spinach?

Jerry has just left the house.

We have seen baseball match for 4 times.

I have not been to Big C since Central Plaza was opened.

CAUTION !

PAST SIMPLE TENSE

• Use when we only talk about

the past (เรื่��องที่��เกิดขึ้ �นมาแล้�ว)

• Keywords: yesterday, last week/month/year/summer, in 1994, at that time, ago,

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

• Use when we talk about the situations that happened in the past and still continue in the present time (เรื่��องที่��เกิดขึ้ �นในอด�ต แต�ยั�งด�าเนนเรื่��อยัมาจนถึ งปั จจ!บั�นในขึ้ณะที่��พู&ดอยั&�)

• Key words: yet, just, for, already, since, ever

LET’S CHECK UP !!!! Please change the verb in the parentheses () into the right tense.

1. They have ______ (forget) their money.

2. We ____ (has) never ____(be) there for 5 months.

3. Daniel ____ (get) up at 6 p.m. last Saturday.

4. The train has just _____(arrive).

5. I _____(graduated) from high school in 2001.

6. Has he ever ____ (check) an email?

THE ANSWERS

1. forgotten

2. have / been

3. got

4. arrived

5. graduated

6. checked

I have never found the love

The thing that I deserve

Mama have told me it was good

Like when I have eaten chocolate mousse

And then I have burped

POEM

SOURCES

Standard Grammar & Expression 3 (Lert, Pinyo, Chaveng)

Natural English (Ruth Gairns & Stuart Redman)

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