UNIT 4: GRAMMAR

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE, PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOS

Present perfect simple

Have/has + past participle

Statement negative question

I/you/we/they have ('ve) learnt.. I/you/we/they have not (haven't) learnt.. Have I/you/we/they learnt..

Use Example Helpful hints

Situations that started Mrs. Jenkins has been

In the past and are still the head teacher for

true years.

Completed actions at a I've already read that book.

time in past which is not

mentioned.

Completed actions where They've all done their

the important thing is the homework.

result now

Watch out:

• We don't use the present perfect simple when we want to say when something happened in the past. We use

the past simple.

I did my homework last night.

The present perfect simple often used with

the following words and phrases:

• for She's taught German here for

over five years

• since Mr. Gray has taught French

Here since 2006.

• just

We've just done this exercise.

• already

We've already done this

exercise.

• yet

We haven't checked the answer

yet.

• ever

Have you ever had guitar

lessons ?

• never

I've never understood why they

give us so much homework.

• it's the

It's the first time we've

watched first time

a video in class