present perfect

• Engels
• WO
• Studiejaar 1,2

Have you ever met a famous person?

Have you ever ridden a horse?

Have you been to Rotterdam?

Have you sung in public before?

Have you broken a bone in your body?

What is the strangest food you have eaten?

Have you learned to play a musical instrument?

Who in your family has helped you a lot?

What is the best movie you have ever seen?

Have you ever won a competition?

Have you ever found money on the street?

Have you ever broken something expensive?

 Present Perfect

We use the present perfect:

for something that started in the past and continues in the present:

• They've been married for nearly fifty years.
• She has lived in Liverpool all her life.

 Present Perfect

We use the present perfect:

when we are talking about our experience up to the present:

• I've seen that film before. 
• I've played the guitar ever since I was a teenager.
  
• He has written three books and he is working on another one.

 Present Perfect

We use the present perfect:

for something that happened in the past but is important in the present:

• I can't get in the house. I've lost my keys.
  
• Teresa isn't at home. I think she has gone shopping.

 Present Perfect

We use the present perfect with the time adverbs:

• just                                      yet                       already
• recently                           lately
• never                                 ever     

 Present Perfect

 Present perfect is used in adverbial clauses of time after the conjunctions:

• when                            as soon as
• till                                   until
• before                          after

 Present Perfect

We often use the prepositions  for and since  with perfect tenses:

We use for to talk about a period of time: five minutes, two weeks, six years

We use since to talk about a point in past time: 9 o'clock, 1st January, Monday

 Present Perfect

How do we form the Present Perfect tense?

Sophie and I (know) each other since we were at school together.

I (play) tennis since I was eight years old.

Alain (be) in hospital three times this year.

I (want) to be an actor for as long as I can remember.

You (have) that suit for more than ten years! Isn't it time to get a new one?

Since he finished university, my brother (work) in five different countries.

Anne (watch) that TV programme every week since it started.

I (never like) bananas. I think they're horrible!

What's the most interesting city you (ever visit)?

He (live) in Bangkok.

Teresa isn't at home. I think she (go) shopping.

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