PRESENT PERFECT TENSE EPG4/ADOWM2/TN5 By Francisco Nakajima

READ THE SENTENCES: 1)I went to the movies yesteday. 2)I have gone to the movies. What´s the difference between them? Ask WHEN the actions happened. NO ANSWER

In SIMPLE PAST TENSE, when we ask when it happened, we have an answer. In PERFECT PERFECT TENSE, when we ask when it happened, we DON´T have an answer. BUT: I went to the movies yesterday. = I have gone to the movies.

TIME LINE __________________________________ SIMPLE PAST TENSE PRESENT TENSE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

FORMATION I HAVE GONE to the movies. He HAS GONE to the movies. AUXILIARY HAVE or HAS PRINCIPAL VERB IN THE PAST PARTICIPLE

SOME VERBS: INFINITIVEPAST PAST PARTICIPLE CUTCUTCUT SPEAKSPOKESPOKEN DODIDDONE

Interrogative and Negative I HAVE GONE to the movies. - aff. HAVE I GONE to the movies? – Int. I HAVE NOT GONE to the movies. – Neg. = I HAVEN´T GONE to the movies. – Neg. INVERT THE SUBJECT AND AUX. INSERT THE WORD ‘NOT’

Let´s check it! Raphael _________ for a test last night. (study) What _________________? (you; do) Allan __________________ a lot of proposals. (analyze) The mailman ________________ a lot of parcels. (deliver) I still _____________ what I´m looking for. (not; find) STUDIED HAVE YOU DONE HAS ANALYZED HAS DELIVERED HAVEN´T FOUND