ENGLISH NOTE 9 PRESENT PERFECT
The present perfect expresses actions in the past in three circumstances which are explained here. The pattern of the present perfect will be as follows.
Subject+ have/has + past participle
1. Actions which took place in the past when the time is uncertain or unspecified.
I have visited Paris .
You have done this job before.
John has designed many buildings .
Congress Party has ruled the country many times.
They have done a good job.
Kindly use " has" for all third person singular subjects. For the rest use, " have".
2. Actions which took place in the past and continue in the present.
I have lived in this apartment for the last five years.
It means that you continue to live in the apartment even now.
He has taught English since his graduation .
It means that even now he teaches English.
3. Actions which never happened.
I have never travelled by air.
He has never seen a mountain.
His children have never taken part in sports.
The above sentences express actions which never took place and the present perfect is used appropriately.
Hope the use of present perfect is made clear now.
When you read an English text, keep identifying the different tenses used and find out why those tenses have been used in preference to some others. This is a good practice to improve your grammar.
Happy learning.
The next post will be an PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS .
Sayee Jayaraman
17/02/2015
The present perfect expresses actions in the past in three circumstances which are explained here. The pattern of the present perfect will be as follows.
Subject+ have/has + past participle
1. Actions which took place in the past when the time is uncertain or unspecified.
I have visited Paris .
You have done this job before.
John has designed many buildings .
Congress Party has ruled the country many times.
They have done a good job.
Kindly use " has" for all third person singular subjects. For the rest use, " have".
2. Actions which took place in the past and continue in the present.
I have lived in this apartment for the last five years.
It means that you continue to live in the apartment even now.
He has taught English since his graduation .
It means that even now he teaches English.
3. Actions which never happened.
I have never travelled by air.
He has never seen a mountain.
His children have never taken part in sports.
The above sentences express actions which never took place and the present perfect is used appropriately.
Hope the use of present perfect is made clear now.
When you read an English text, keep identifying the different tenses used and find out why those tenses have been used in preference to some others. This is a good practice to improve your grammar.
Happy learning.
The next post will be an PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS .
Sayee Jayaraman
17/02/2015
Thank you so much.eagerly waiting for more.
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