Академический Документы
Профессиональный Документы
Культура Документы
FORM
Examples:
Youhave seenthatmoviemanytimes.
Haveyouseenthatmoviemanytimes?
Youhave not seenthatmoviemanytimes.
TOPIC 1. Experience
YoucanusethePresentPerfecttodescribeyour
experience.Itislikesaying,"Ihavetheexperience
of..."Youcanalsousethistensetosaythatyou
haveneverhadacertainexperience.ThePresent
PerfectisNOTusedtodescribeaspecificevent.
TOPIC 3. Accomplishments
WeoftenusethePresentPerfecttolistthe
accomplishmentsofindividualsandhumanity.
Youcannotmentionaspecifictime.
Examples:
Manhas walkedontheMoon.
Oursonhas learnedhowtoread.
Doctorshave curedmanydeadlydiseases.
Scientistshave splittheatom.
NOTICE
"Lastyear"and"inthelastyear"areverydifferentin
meaning."Lastyear"meanstheyearbeforenow,andit
isconsideredaspecifictimewhichrequiresSimple
Past."Inthelastyear"meansfrom365daysagountil
now.Itisnotconsideredaspecifictime,soitrequires
PresentPerfect.
Examples:
IwenttoMexicolast year.
I went to Mexico in the calendar year before this one.
Ihave beentoMexicoin the last year.
I have been to Mexico at least once at some point
between 365 days ago and now.
WithNon-ContinuousVerbsandnon-continuoususes
ofMixedVerbs,weusethePresentPerfecttoshow
thatsomethingstartedinthepastandhascontinued
upuntilnow."Forfiveminutes,""fortwoweeks,"
and"sinceTuesday"arealldurationswhichcanbe
usedwiththePresentPerfect.
Examples:
Ihave hadacoldfortwoweeks.
Shehas beeninEnglandforsixmonths.
ADVERB PLACEMENT
Theexamplesbelowshowtheplacementfor
grammaradverbssuchas:always,only,never,
ever,still,just,etc.
Examples:
Youhaveonlyseenthatmovieonetime.
Haveyouonlyseenthatmovieonetime?
ACTIVE / PASSIVE
Examples:
Manytouristshave visitedthatcastle.Active
Thatcastlehas been visitedbymany
tourists.Passive