To describe personal experience (with superlatives or ordinals)

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 739.

When the result of a past action is connected to the present

The Present Perfect Tense

Grammar

USE OF ENGLISH

Social English

Grammar

Use of English

Focus on

PATHS TO SUCCESS

UNIT 8

The Present Perfect Tense

just / already / yet / still

any more / any longer / no longer

been to / been in / gone to

Present Perfect vs. Past Simple

since / for / ago

Further practice: Articles

Reading Career Prospects

Speaking Applying for a Job

Making an appointment

The Present Perfect Tense is used:

to talk about something which started in the past and continues up to the present

- with time references like before (now), never, ever, up till now, so far

She's seen this film before.

I've never been there.

Have you ever eaten Chinese food?

He's received 30 cards up to now.

I've never tasted papaya so far.

- with since/for

We haven't been there since we were young.

She's worked in London for six months.

- with today, this morning, this afternoon, etc. when these periods of time are not finished at the time of speaking

I've written four letters this morning. (It is still “this morning”)

Someone's broken the window. (= The window is now broken.)

We've cleaned the flat. (= The flat is now clean.)

She's met a lot of interesting people. (= in her life, up now)

He is the most intelligent person I've met.

This is the third time we've complained.

to announce “news”

I've found a new job.