present perfect

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 4

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Het probleem bij deze tijd zijn de onregelmatige werkwoorden

Wanneer je deze niet (meer) kent weet je ook soms de vorm van het voltooid deelwoord niet meer. 

Have you ______________ your lost dog yet?

1. find
2. found
3. finded
4. finds

De enige manier om de voltooid tegenwoordige tijd/de 3e rij van de werkwoordsvormen van onregelmatige werkwoorden dus goed toe te kunnen passen is:

ze opnieuw uit je hoofd leren.

Op internet staan er veel oefensites.

I've always ______________ cats are smarter than dogs.

1. thought
2. thinking
3. thinked
4. think

Have you ever ______________ a movie star?

1. see
2. saw
3. seen
4. seed

When do you use present perfect?

(the form has/have + past participle (voltooid deelwoord)

Unfinished Actions

1: We use this tense when we want to talk about unfinished actions or states or habits that

started in the past and continue to the present. Usually we use it to say 'how long' and we

need 'since' or 'for'. We often use stative verbs.

 I've known Karen since 1994.

 She's lived in London for three years.

 I’ve worked here for six months.

'Since' and 'For'

We use 'since' with a fixed time in the past (2004, April 23rd, last year). The fixed time

can be another action, which is in the past simple (since I was at school, since I arrived).

 I've known Sam since 1992.

 I've liked chocolate since I was a child.

 She's been here since 2pm.

We use 'for' with a period of time (2 hours, three years, six months).

 I've known Julie for ten years.

 I've been hungry for hours.

 She's had a cold for a week.

Or: with finished actions

Finished Actions

2: Life experience. These are actions or events that happened sometime during a person’s

life. We don't say when the experience happened, and the person needs to be alive now.

We often use the words ‘ever’ and ‘never’ here.

 I have been to Tokyo.

 They have visited Paris three times.

 We have never seen that film.

Or: with an unfinished time word

3: With an unfinished time word (this month, this week, today). The period of time is still

continuing.

 I haven't seen her this month.

 She's drunk three cups of coffee today.

 I’ve already moved house twice this year!

We CAN’T use the present perfect with a finished time word.

Or with a finished action

4: A finished action with a result in the present (focus on result). We often use the present

perfect to talk about something that happened in the recent past, but that is still true or

important now. Sometimes we can use the past simple here, especially in US English.

 I've lost my keys (so I can't get into my house).

 She's hurt her leg (so she can't play tennis today).

 They've missed the bus (so they will be la

Or when it happened recently

5: We can also use the present perfect to talk about something that happened recently, even

if there isn’t a clear result in the present. This is common when we want to introduce news

and we often use the words ‘just / yet / already / recently’. However, the past simple is also

correct in these cases, especially in US English.

 The Queen has given a speech.

 I’ve just seen Lucy.

 The Mayor has announced a new plan for the railways.

Samengevat/in short

1. Actions started in the past and continuing in the present

They haven't lived here for years.

2. When the time period referred to has not finished

I have worked hard this week.

3. Actions repeated in an unspecified period between the past

 and now.

4. Actions completed in the very recent past (+just)

5. When the precise time of the action is not important or not known

Someone has eaten my soup!

Have you just finished work?

They have seen that film six times

Write down the sentences. Use the present perfect simple tense.
Example: Snoopy / catch / a mouse.

1. Snoopy cathes a mouse/
2. Snoopy caught a mouse
3. Snoopy has cathed a mouse.
4. Snoopy has caught a mouse.

The girls / bring / some wood for the fire

1. The girls brought for the fire some wood.
2. The girls have brung some wood for the fire.
3. The girls have brought some wood for the fire.
4. The girls have some wood for the fire brought

1.
she ever
in a foreign country? (live)

1. Has she ever lived in a foreign country?
2. Have she ever lived in a foreign country?
3. Have she ever lives in a foreign country?
4. Has ever she lived in a foreign country?

Which words often show up when the present perfect has to be used?

(speak / he)
to his boss?
No, he (have / not)
the time yet.

1. Did he speak to the boss? No, he didn't yet.
2. Has he spoken to the boss? No he didn't yet.
3. Did he speak to the boss? No he hasn't yet.
4. Has he spoken to the boss? No, he hasn't yet.

Extra aandachtspunt bij voltooide tijd

Veel werkwoorden in het Engels zijn onregelmatig. Dit betekent dus dat je die vormen, mocht je die vergeten zijn, opnieuw moet leren.

vb I have seen him before.

She has done the test.