Present and Past Present Perfect simple Past Perfect simple PERFECT Past Perfect Continuous Present Perfect Continuous TENSES
Present Perfect Simple
Present Perfect (Presente Perfecto) Form: have + past participle (3º columna de verbos irregulares o terminación ed en los verbos regulares) has (he/she/it/); contracciones: I ve / you ve / he s / she s / it s / we ve / they ve Affirmative I have gone to London (He ido a Londres) He has gone to Brazil (Ha ido a Brasil) Recuerda: Negative: I haven t gone to London He hasn t gone to Brazil Interrogative Have you ever been to China? Yes, I have Has she ever seen Troy? No, she hasn t gone to (se usa cuando has ido algún sitio) He s gone to Brazil (Ha ido a Brasil) (he s in Brazil now) been to (cuando has ido y has vuelto de ese sitio) I ve been to Brazil (He estado en Brasil) Activity: Try this verbs in affirmative, negative or interrogative: (I) eat Chinese food (he) visit Morocco (we) study French (you) eat snake (she) work hard (they) smoke
USES Uses: El presente perfecto tiene dos usos principalmente 1. An action that has just finished (acción que acaba de terminar hace poco tiempo o en un tiempo indeterminado. Con este uso, el verbo se traduce exactamente igual que en español) e.g. I have lived in London (He vivido en Londres) Como se puede ver, no se indica cuándo he vivido allí, no se habla de fechas. Expresiones de tiempo usadas con este tiempo en este uso podrían ser: this morning/today e.g. I have had a very big breakfast this morning (He tomado un gran desayuno esta mañana) 2. An action started in the past and continues in present (una acción que empieza en el pasado pero que continua en el presente) e.g. I m from England but I have lived in Chipiona for eight years. (Si traducimos Soy de Inglaterra pero he vivido en Chipiona durante 8 años no sería lo correcto puesto que en español eso quiere decir que ya no vivimos allí. Sin embargo cuando un inglés usa este tiempo es para decir que todavía sigue viviendo allí, por lo tanto la traducción correcta sería Soy de Inglaterra pero vivo en Chipiona desde hace 8 años ) (Aquí no se podría usar un presente simple puesto que dice desde cuándo esa acción se viene haciendo (recuerda que el presente simple sólo se usa para una acción habitual y no expresa nada más)
Partículas usadas con este tiempo For and since For: normalmente se traduce como durante (período de tiempo ( for eight years ) Since: normalmente se traduce como desde (punto de partida o punto exacto en el pasado since I was a child, since last Christmas ) Ever or never Ever: se traduce como siempre o alguna vez (Have you ever been to Paris? ) Never: se traduce como nunca (I ve never eaten Japanese food ) Already and yet Already: se traduce como ya. Se usa sólo en afirmativas y se coloca en medio de las dos formas verbales. He has already come (ya ha venido) Yet: se traduce como ya o aún o todavía. Se usa para negativas o interrogativas y se coloca al final de la oración. Has he come yet? ( Ya ha venido?) He hasn t come yet (No ha venido aún/todavía) Just Junto con el presente perfecto, la frase se traduciría como acabar de y se coloca en medio de las dos formas verbales: He has just come (Él acaba de venir) How long? Para preguntar Cuánto tiempo? ( How long have you had this watch? Cuánto tiempo hace que tienes ese reloj? )
ACTIVITIES ON THE FIRST USE ACTIVIDADES DEL PRIMER USO Vamos por parte: Empezaremos por el uso 1 1. Look at the picture. What has happened? ( Qué ha pasado?) (He/clean/his shoes) He has cleaned his shoes (She/close/the door) (They/go to bed) (It /stop/rain) (The picture/fall down)
ACTIVITIES 1 Complete the sentences with the verb from the list. Use the present perfect (have/has + past participle of the verb). (recuerda que antes de empezar a hacer el ejercicio debes asegurarte de que conoces todo el vocabulario) Break buy finish do go go lose paint read take 1. Are they still having dinner? No, they have finished 2. I some new shoes. Do you want to see them? 3. Is Tom here? No, he to work 4. you the shopping? No, I m going to do it later 5. Where s your key? I don t know. I it 6. Look! Somebody that window. 7. Your house looks different. you it? 8. I can t find my umbrella. Somebody it. 9. I m looking for Sarah. Where she? 10. Do you want the newspaper? No, thanks. I it. A las oraciones anteriores: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 y 10, insértales las partículas vistas anteriormente como: already, yet o just y tradúcelas.
Ann Ever and Never Lewis Have you ever been to Rome? ( Has ido alguna vez a Roma?) Yes, I have. Many times Have you ever been to Japan? No, I ve never been to Japan Ann is asking questions to Lewis beginning have you ever? Write the questions 1. (Paris) 2. (ride a motorbike) 3. (drive a car) 4. (play golf) 5. (eat Japanese food) 6. (sail) 7. (break your arm) 8. (visit a museum) Have you ever been to Paris? Have you ever riden a motorbike? 1. No, I ve never been to Paris 2. Yes, many times 3. No, never 4. Yes, once 5. No, never 6. No, never 7. Yes, a few times 8. Yes, twice Write answers about yourself. I ve never been to Paris,
Other time expressions as: Recently, so far, in the last... I haven t seen George recently Everything is going fine. We haven t had any problems so far We ve met a lot of interesting people in the last few days this morning, this evening, today, this week, this term, etc. (when these periods are not finished at the time of speaking) Examples: I ve smoked ten cigarettes today Has Ann had a holiday this year? I haven t seen Tom this morning. Ron hasn t studied very much this term 9
This is the first time... It s the first time... Ron is driving a car. He is very nervous and unsure because it s the first time behind the wheel of a car. You can say: This is the first time he has driven a car (not drives) or: He has never driven a car before 10
SECOND USE STUDY THIS Uso 2 del Presente Perfecto Estudia esto: Friday Margaret and Sue are on holiday in London. Sue arrived in London on Monday. Today is Friday. They are in the British Museum. How long have you been in London, dear? I ve been in London since Monday Si traducimos Cuánto tiempo has estado en Londres? parece que la persona ya ha vuelto, sin embargo no es eso lo que queremos decir con este tiempo verbal. La traducción correcta sería Desde cuándo estás en Londres? o Cuánto tiempo llevas en Londres? para que digamos lo que verdaderamente se quiere expresar con esta pregunta. La respuesta sería por lo tanto: Estoy en Londres desde el lunes o Llevo en Londres desde el lunes
Compara: Present Simple Present Perfect Harry is in Canada He has been in Canada since April (not He is in Canada since April ) Are you married? How long have you been married? (not How long are you married? ) Do you Know Sarah? How long have you known her? I ve known her for a long time (not How long do you know her? Linda lives in London How long has she lived in London? She has lived there all her life We have a car How long have you had your car? We ve had it for a year x x x
Can you answer these questions: 1. A man says: I ve been in France for six years. Is he in France when he says this? 2. A woman says, I was in Japan for three years. Is she in Japan when she says this? 3. Some body says, I ve worked with Eric for 30 years, and I worked with Sally for 25 years. Which one does he still work with? 4. Somebody says, I did seven years French at school. Is he or she still at school? 5. You are in America. Somebody asks, How long are you here for? Does the person want to know when your visit started, or when it will end? 6. What does How long have you been here for? mean?
ACTIVITIES ON THE SECOND USE ACTIVIDADES DEL SEGUNDO USO Complete these sentences. Use present perfect has been 1. Jill is in London. She in London since Monday has known 2. I know George. I him for a long time 3. They are married. They since 1983 4. Brian is ill. He ill for a week. 5. We live in this house. We here for ten years 6. I know Tom very well. I him for a long time 7. Alice works in a bank. She there for three years. 8. She has a headache. She a headache since she got up.
How long have you studied English? Desde cuándo estudias inglés? o Cuánto tiempo hace que estudias inglés? How long have you been here? Desde cuándo estás aquí? o Cuánto tiempo hace que estás aquí? How long have they waited? Desde cuándo esperas? o Cuánto tiempo hace que esperas? 15
Write questions with how long...? 1. My sister is married. How long...? 2. Boris is on holiday. 3. I live in Glasgow. 4. It is snowing. 5. Jack smokes. 6. I know her problem. 7. Jack and Jane are looking for a flat 8. Diana teaches English in Germany. 9. Dennis in in love with Margaret. 10.Colin has a car. 16
Make questions with How long? 1. Jill is in London. How long has Jill been in London? 2. I know George. How long have you known George? 3. Mike and Judy are in Brazil. How long... 4. My brother lives in Germany 5. It is raining 6. Bill is a teacher 7. I have a motorbike 8. Linda and Frank are married 9. Alan works in London
FOR SINCE For four days an hour a week a month five years ten minutes two hours three weeks six months a long time We use since+ the start of the period We use for + a period of time Since Monday 9 o clock 24 July December 1985 Wednesday 12.30 10 October Christmas I got up
Write for or since 1. She s been in London Monday 2. She s been in London four days 3. Mike has been ill a long time. He s been in hospital October 4. My aunt has been in Australia 15 years 5. Nobody lives in those houses. They have been empty many years 6. Mrs Harris is in her office. She s been there 7 o clock 7. India has been an independent country 1947 8. The bus is late. We ve been waiting 20 minutes.
Rewrite the sentences using the present perfect simple tense and for and since 1. She is in London now. She arrived there four days ago. She has been there for four days. 2. Jack is here. He arrived here on Thursday 3. I know Sue. I first met Sue two years ago. 4. I have a camera. I bought it in 2001 5. They are married. They got married six months ago.
Present Perfect Continuous I have been doing Is it raining? No, it isn t, but the ground is wet It has been raining It is raining now. It began to rain two hours ago and it still raining. It has been raining for two hours 21
Activities on the Present Perfect Continuous Read the situation and then write the sentence with the Present Perfect Continuous: 1. Tom is out of breath (he/run) He has been running 2. Ann is very tired. (she/ work/ hard) 3. Bob has a black eye and Bill has a cut lip (Bob and Bill / fight) 4. Janet is hot and tired. (she / play / tennis) Say how long something has been happening 1. Kevin is studying. He began studying three hours ago. He... for three hours 2. I m learning Spanish. I started learning Spanish in December 3. Ann is looking of a job. She began looking six months ago 4. Mary is working in London. She started working there on 18 January 5. George smokes. He started smoking five years ago. Ask questions with how long...? 1. It s raining. How long has it been raining? 2. My foot is hurting. 3. Mike plays chess 4. Tom is living in High Street 22
Present Perfect Continuous vs Present Perfect Simple Jack s clothes are covered in paint. He has been painting the wall The wall was white. Now it s red and white. Jack has painted the wall Some more examples: Tom s hand are very dirty. He has been repairing the car You ve been smoking too much recently. You should smoke less The car is going again now. Tom has repaired it Somebody has smoked all my cigarettes. The packet is empty 23
Activities: Present Perfect Simple or Continuous Tom is reading a book. He started two hours ago and he is on page 53 (He /read/ for two hours) he has been reading for two hours (he / read/ 53 pages so far) he has read 53 pages so far Linda is from Australia. Now she is travelling round Europe. She began her tour three months ago. (she / travel/ around Europe for three months) (She / visit/ six countries so far) Jimmy is a tennis champion. He began playing tennis when he was 11 years old. Now he has just won the national championship for the fourth time. (he/ play/ tennis since he was 11) (he / win/ the national championship four times) Bill and Andy make films. They started making films together when they left collage. (they / make / films since they left collage) (they /make /ten films since they left collage) 24
PRESENT PERFECT vs PAST SIMPLE Compara: Present perfect Past Simple I have lost my key but I lost my key yesterday (= I can t find them now ) Bill has gone home but Bill went home ten minutes ago (=He isn t here now) Have you seen Ann? but When did you see Ann? past (=Where is she now?) Time until now Have you ever been to Spain? but Did you go to Spain last year? (=in your life until now) now My friend is a writer. He has written but Shakespeare wrote many plays and poems many books We ve lived in Singapore for six years but We lived in Glasgow for six years but now (=We live there now) we live in Singapore past Finished time now
ACTIVITIES PRESENT PERFECT vs SIMPLE PAST Use the words in brackets ( ) to answer the questions 1. Have you lost your key? (yesterday) Yes, I have. I lost it yesterday 2. Have you seen Alan? (ten minutes ago) 3. Have you painted the door? (last week) 4. Has Sarah gone to France? (on Friday) 5. Have they had dinner? (at 7 o clock) 6. Has he started his new job? (yesterday)
In these sentences the verbs are underlined. Are they right or wrong? Correct the verbs that are wrong. 1. Tom arrived last week RIGHT 2. Have you seen Pam last week? WRONG Did you see? 3. I have finished my work 4. I have finished my work at 2 o clock 5. When have you finished your work? 6. George has left school three years ago. 7. Where s Ann? She s gone to the cinema 8. Napoleon Bonaparte has died in 1821 9. Have you ever been to Britain? 10.I haven t seen you at the party on Saturday 11.The weather has been very bad last week
Study this structure: How long is it since...? A: How long is it since you had a holiday? B: It s two years since I had a holiday (= I haven t had a holiday for two years) It s ages since Tom visited us (= Tom hasn t visited us for ages) Imagine two people talking. You have to make sentences with it s... since... A: Do you often go on holiday? (no/ five years) B: No, It s five years since I went on holiday 1.A: Do you often eat in restaurants? (no / six months) B: 2.A: Does it often snow here? (no / years) B: 3.A: Do you often play cards? (no / a long time) B:
Past Perfect I had done A veces hablamos de algo que ocurrió en el pasado - I arrived at the party Usamos el pasado perfecto para decir que algo ya había pasado antes de ese tiempo. - When I arrived at the party, Tom had already gone home Some more examples: - When I got home, I found that someone had broken into my flat and had stollen my jewelry. - George didn t want to come to the cinema with us because he had already seen the film twice. - It was my first time in an airplane. I was very nervous because I hadn t flown before. 29
Activities: Complete the sentences using the past perfect tense and the verbs in brackets. 1. The woman was a completely stranger to me. (see) I before. 2. Margaret was late for work. Her boss was very surprised. (be / late) 3. Jane played tennis yesterday - at least she tried to play tennis. She wasn t very good at it because she (play) 4. It was Keith s first driving lesson. He was very nervous and didn t know what to do. (drive) 5. Tom wasn t at home when I arrived. (he / just/ go / out) 6. We arrived at the cinema late. (the film /already / begin) 7. I was very pleased to see Nora again after such a long time. (I /not/ see/ her for ages) 30
Past Perfect Continuous I had been doing A.I was very tired when I arrived home. I d been working all day (había estado trabajando) B. También se usa para decir cuánto tiempo llevaba ocurriendo algo: Ken had been smoking for 30 years when he finally gave it up (llevaba fumando 30 años) 31
Activites: 1. Read the situation and write a sentence: 1. Tom was watching TV. He was feeling very tired (he /study/ hard all day) 2. When I walked into the room, it was empty. But there was a smell of cigarettes. (somebody/ smoke / in the room) 3. The orchestra began playing at the concert. After about ten minutes a man in the audience suddenly began shouting. The orchestra... for about ten minutes when... 4. I had arranged to meet Tom in a restaurant. I arrived and began waiting. After 20 minutes I realised that I had come to the wrong restaurant. I... when I... 2. Put the verb in the correct form past perfect continuous or past continuous 1. Tom was leaning against the wall, out of breath. He had been running 2. I tried to catch Tom but I couldn t. He was running very fast 3. Jim was in his hands and knees on the floor. He (look) for his lighter 4. We (walk) along the road for about 20 minutes when a car stopped and the driver offered us a lift 5. When I arrived, everyone was sitting round the table with their mouths full. They (eat) 6. When I arrived, everyone was sitting round the table and talking. Their mouths were empty but their stomachs were full. They (eat) 7. When I arrived, Ann (wait) for me. She was rather annoyed with me because I was late and she (wait) for a long time. 32