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تاريخ التسجيل : 25/02/2008
 |  موضوع: Present Perfect/Lesson  الأربعاء مارس 12, 2008 8:38 pm | |
| Present Perfect - UseThe Present Perfect is not easy to understand for ESL learners. It is a combination of past and present. An actions in the past has something to do with the present.1) Result of an action in the past is important in the present (It is not important when this action happened. When we use a specific time in the past - e.g. yesterday - then we use the Simple Past.)I have cleaned my room. (It is clean now.)
Has Houria ever been to Algiers? (Has Houria been there or not?)2) Recently completed actionsHe has just played handball. (It is over now.)3) Actions beginning in the past and still continuing - mostly with since (point of time) or for (period of time)We have lived in Bou Saada since 1986. (We still live there.)4) together with lately, recently, yetI have been to Setif recently. (no specific point of time)He has not written the e-mail yet. (He has not done it.)These words tell you what tense you have to use. For the Present Perfect the following words are used frequently:just
yet
never
already
ever
so far
up to now
recently
since
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