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LET'S READ! 📖
Direction: Read the short paragraph then answer the questions being asked.
QUESTIONS
1. Where is Mio now? How long has she been there?
2. What is one thing that she really misses? Why?
LET'S UNDERSTAND! 📚
Present Perfect
1. Use the present perfect for a situation which started in the past and continues in the present.
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I've been here in Seattle for exactly three months.
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2. We can use for and since with the present perfect.
🔺 a. Use the present perfect + for to emphasize how long the situation has been going on, e.g. for an hour, for a few days, for a week
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It feels as if I've known her for years!
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🔺 b. Use the present perfect + since to emphasize when a situation began, e.g. since 12 o'clock, since Monday, since January
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My books have been in my bag since Friday.
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3. We can also use just, already, yet, still, never, ever, and before with the present perfect.
A. Use the adverb just to emphasize that the event is recent.
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The taxi has just arrived.
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B. Use the adverbs already and yet to refer to a time "before now". Already comes after has/have and before the main verb. We use yet in questions and negatives. Yet comes at the end of the sentence or question.
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They have already sold the products.
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I haven't started yet.
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Have you eaten your dinner yet?
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C. Use still to emphasize that the situation is continuing now.
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I still haven't left home.
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D. Use never and ever to talk about life experiences. Never means "at no time", and ever means "at any time". They come after has/have and before the main verb. Before comes at the end of the sentence.
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Have you ever tried mustard ice cream?
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It was the most fun restaurant I've ever eaten in.
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I've never had chocolate on my vegetables.
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I haven't been to the restaurant before.
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4. Use How long...? to ask for how much time a situation has continued.
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How long has she been in Seattle?
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5. Add -ed to form the past participle of regular verbs, e.g. visited, arrived, tried. (These are the same as the past simple verb forms.)
🔺 However, for irregular verbs there are many forms.
| be → been | go → gone | see → seen |
| break → broken | give → given | speak → spoken |
| come → come | steal → stolen | wake up → woken up |
| do → done |
🔺 Some irregular past participles are the same as the past simple form.
| find → found → found | read → read → read |
| have → had → had | say → said → said |
| leave → left → left | spend → spent → spent |
| lose → lost → lost | tell → told → told |
| make → made → made | win → won → won |
LET'S PRACTICE! 📝
A. Direction: Make five questions using the pattern "Have you ever" and let your mentor answer your questions.
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B. Direction: Choose five words from the box and make sentences in present perfect tense. Talk about recent events or your personal experiences as much as possible.
| feel | read | spend |
| hide | speak | become |
| know | lose | teach |