8-PRESENT PERFECT & PAST PERFECT TENSE.pptx

The present perfect is a grammatical combination of the present tense and perfect aspect that is used to express a past event that has present consequences.

1. PRESENT PERFECT & PAST PERFECT TENSE

2. PRESENT PERFECT The present perfect is used to indicate a link between the present and the past The present perfect is used to describe : An action or situation that started in the past and continues in the present. I have lived in Bristol since 1984 (= and I still do.) An action performed during a period that has not yet finished. She has been to the cinema twice this week (= and the week isn't over yet.) A repeated action in an unspecified period between the past and now. We have visited Portugal several times. An action that was completed in the very recent past, expressed by 'just'. I have just finished my work. 2

3. SIGNAL WORDS Just Yet Never Already Ever So Far Up t o Now Recently Since For 3

4. The Form: 4

5. PAST PERFECT T he Past Perfect tense expresses action in the past before another action in the past. Example: The boat had left when we arrived. When he came last night, the cake had run out. I had already eaten breakfast by the time he picked me up. T he student had gotten a verbal warning before his parents were called. 5

6. The form of Past Perfect: 6