Present PerfectPresent Perfect

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What is so confusing about it ?What is so confusing about it ? It can describe It can describe

either either present or present or pastpast activities ! activities !

There is no simiThere is no similllar lar grammatical item in grammatical item in PortuguesePortuguese ! !

What do you needWhat do you need the Present Perfect for ? the Present Perfect for ?

There are 2 primary reasons to use the Present Perfect Tense.

Reason #1

With the words “for” and “since” to talk about something that began in the past and continues to now.

For example: I’ve studied at this school since last June.

She’s lived in West Palm Beach for 2 months.

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Reason #2

To talk about a completed past action at a non-specific time.

The action is finished. You don’t know, care or remember when it happened.

For example: I’ve read that book before.She’s already done her homework.

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Why don’t you try some Why don’t you try some exercises?exercises?

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Choose the correct answer.Choose the correct answer.Peter ........Peter ........nevernever

watched watched Titanic.Titanic.A) hadA) hadB) haveB) haveC) C) hhasas

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Try the next question.Try the next question.....you ....you everever had a pic-had a pic-

nicnic??A) A) HHasasB) B) DidDidC) HaveC) Have

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How about thisHow about this one one??

LiLinnda hasn’t ........to da hasn’t ........to the the USAUSA yetyet..

A) hadA) hadB) B) bbeeneenC) C) wentwent

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Choose the correct answer Choose the correct answer again.again.

She hasn’t ..........the She hasn’t ..........the dinnerdinner yetyet..

A) cooksA) cooksB) cookedB) cookedC) makeC) make

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Can you do this one ?Can you do this one ?

He hasn’t ........ a He hasn’t ........ a shower shower today.today.

A) takeA) takeB) tookB) tookC) C) ttakeakenn

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Choose the best answer again !Choose the best answer again !

Tom and Tom and Arthur ......................Arthur ........................a dog ..a dog so far.so far.

AA) hasn’t bought) hasn’t boughtBB) haven’t bought) haven’t boughtCC) didn’t buy) didn’t buy

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Try this one !Try this one !

...........Joan ...........Joan everever...........a ...........a “acaraj锓acarajé”? ?

A) A) HHas as .............. eat eatB) B) DidDid ............. eaten. eatenC) C) HHas as ............. eaten. eaten

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Choose the correct answer Choose the correct answer one more time.one more time.

She has ........ a She has ........ a horsehorse..A) A) nevernever riddenridden B) B) everever roderodeC) C) justjust roderode

She She has never has never riddenridden a a horsehorse..

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Choose the correct answer.Choose the correct answer.

..........you ..........you everever ......... ......... your your mindmind ? ?

A) A) HHave..........lostave..........lostB) B) DidDid............lose............loseC) C) DoDo...........lose...........lose

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What’s the right answer now?What’s the right answer now?.................Peter and .................Peter and

Mat ............... abroad Mat ............... abroad beforebefore??

A) A) Has..............beenHas..............beenB) B) Have............seenHave............seenC) C) Have............beenHave............been

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Why don’t you Why don’t you test yourself again?test yourself again?

What action can you describe with What action can you describe with the Present Perfect?the Present Perfect?

How do you form it ?How do you form it ? What’s the difference between What’s the difference between

the Present Perfect and the the Present Perfect and the Simple Past ?Simple Past ?