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Unit 1
Past and present
Grammar
Present perfect tense
We use the present perfect tense to talk about
an action that started in the past and
continues to the present.
I have lived here since I was born.
We use the present perfect tense to talk about
an action that happened in past and has a
connection with the present.
Eddie has just eaten Hobo's food.
(Eddie ate the food, and now Hobo has nothing to eat.)
We also use the present perfect tense to talk
about how many times an action has happened
till now.
I have already read this book many times.
We can use these time expressions
with the present perfect tense.
already yet ever never
Just recently since
for
Tip
We make positive statements in the present perfect tense like this:
I/You/We/They have
arrived.
He/She/It has
We make negative statements in the present perfect tense like this:
not
have not = haven’t
has not = hasn’t
Tip
I/You/We/They have
arrived.
He/She/It has
We ask and answer questions using the present perfect tense like this:
Have I/you/we/they
arrived?
Has he/she/it
Yes, I/you/we/they have
he/she/it has
No, I/you/we/they haven’t.
he/she/it hasn’t
We form the past participles of regular verbs by adding -ed, just as what we do to form the simple past tense of these verbs.
Most verbs + ed finish finished
Verbs ending in -e + d change changed
Verbs ending in a consonant +y -y + ied carry carried
Short verbs ending in a vowel + a consonant Double the consonant + ed stop stopped
We form the past participles of irregular verbs differently. Here are some examples.
No change come come hurt hurt
Change the vowel hold held win won
Change the consonant lend lent build built
Change the vowel (s) and the consonant (s) catch caught keep kept
forget forgotten tell told
others be been have had
fall fallen fly f