Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The present perfect tense
- USE
- To talk about actions that started in the
past and continue up to the present.
- A very recent action.
- FORM
- Subject / auxiliary / VPP / complement - time expressions
- TIME EXPRESSIONS
- since
- A point of time
- I´ve studied English since last year
- for
- Lenght of time
- I haven´t read for two weeks.
- already
- Before the time expected
- Tim has already finished his homework, he was fast!
- yet
- At the present time for negative statements and questions
- They haven´t done their homework yet.
- Have they done their homewor yet?
- never
- A negative statement
- I´ve never ridden a camel.
- just
- Only a moment before
- I´ve just had breakfast, I´m not hungry now.
- before
- Previous to
- Tim hasn´t traveled overseas before.
- ever
- At any time in questions
- Have you ever gone caving?