1	PRESENT PERFECT Theory, examples, exercises and Internet resources for ESL students of all levels.
2	PRESENT PERFECT: INDEX AFFIRMATIVE / NEGATIVE FORM. PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS. PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS USES. PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS EXAMPLES. PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS PRESENT PERFECT+PARTICLE + JUST / ALREADY / YET. + EVER / NEVER. + FOR / SINCE. “HOW LONG?” PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE and PAST SIMPLE: DIFFERENCES. EXAMPLES. PRESENT PERFECT: INTERNET RESOURCES. Present perfect (Simple and continuous) Present perfect + n/ever, just, yet, already, for, since Present perfect and other tenses Grammar explanation and games /exercises
3	PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE: AFFIRMATIVE / NEGATIVE FORM HAVE/HAS + past participle
4	PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS: AFFIRMATIVE / NEGATIVE FORM HAVE/HAS + BEEN + -ING
5	PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE: QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS HAVE/HAS + past participle
6	PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS: QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS HAVE/HAS + BEEN + -ING
7	PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE: USES Use the present perfect to talk about something that started in the past and continues up to the present. To say how long something has continued, use FOR and SINCE. Use the present perfect to talk about experiences in our lives, up to now. EVER and NEVER are often used with present perfect. Use the present perfect to talk about a past action, when we can see the result of the action now.
8	PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS: USES Use the present perfect continuous for an action over a period of time leading up to the present. We are interested in the action as well as the result. This process may be going on or may just have finished. You can use the present perfect continuous for actions repeated over a period of time.
9	PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE: EXAMPLES (=at any time in your life)
10	PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS: EXAMPLES. Actions that started in the past and continue in the present.
11	PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS: EXAMPLES. Actions that have just finished.
12	PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE + JUST / ALREADY / YET JUST: MEANING: A short time ago. POSITION: Before the past participle. ALREADY: MEANING: Before expected / before now. POSITION: Before the past participle. YET: MEANING: Until now / up to now. POSITION: Usually at the end. USE: In negative sentences and questions.
13	PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE + EVER / NEVER EVER: USE: In negative sentences and questions. MEANING: At any time in your life. NEVER: USE: In affirmative sentences. MEANING: At no time in your life.
14	PRESENT PERFECT + FOR / SINCE. “HOW LONG?” HOW LONG…? USE: With present perfect simple and continuous and with past tense. MEANING: Questions about periods of time. FOR USE: To talk about a length of time in the past, present or future. With present perfect simple and continuous, with past tense and future tense. With present perfect: to say how long something has continued. MEANING: Period of time. SINCE USE: With present perfect simple and continuous. With present perfect: to say how long something has continued. MEANING: Beginning of the period of time.
15	PRESENT PERFECT + FOR / SINCE. “HOW LONG?”: EXAMPLES
16	PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE and PAST SIMPLE: DIFFERENCES. PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE USE: Time until now. For something that started in the past and continues up to the present. To talk about an indefinite time up to the present (with “ever”, “never”). PAST SIMPLE USE: With a finished time. For something that started and finished in the past. To talk about a definite time in the past (last year, yesterday…). To ask when something happened. “When?”, “What time?”
17	PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE and PAST SIMPLE: EXAMPLES
18	PRESENT PERFECT: INTERNET RESOURCES. Present perfect (Simple and continuous). Present perfect. Exercises: http://www.better-english.com/grammar/presentperfect1.htm http://www.better-english.com/grammar/presentperfect2.htm http://www.better-english.com/grammar/presentperfect3.htm http://www.isabelperez.com/loveletter.htm http://www.gsu.edu/~eslhpb/aegweb/exercises/x2/x2-E/x2-17.htm Affirmative / negative / interrogative form. http://www.learnenglish.be/EX_gram2_prpe.htm Simple: http://members.chello.at/english4u/pres_perf_ex1.htm Simple: http://members.chello.at/english4u/pres_perf_ex2.htm Continuous: http://members.chello.at/english4u/pres_prog_ex1.htm Continuous: http://members.chello.at/english4u/pres_prog_ex2.htm Continuous: http://members.chello.at/english4u/pres_prog_ex2.htm Continuous: http://members.chello.at/english4u/pres_prog_ex3.htm Continuous: http://members.chello.at/english4u/pres_prog_ex4.htm Continuous: http://members.chello.at/english4u/pres_prog_ex5.htm Continuous: http://members.chello.at/english4u/pres_prog_ex6.htm English / Spanish: http://www.language.iastate.edu/gasta/Grammar/presentperfect.pdf
19	PRESENT PERFECT: INTERNET RESOURCES. Present perfect + n/ever, just, yet, already, for, since (I). For / since: http://www.grammar-teacher.com/grammar/forsince.htm http://www.better-english.com/grammar/forsince.htm http://usuarios.lycos.es/englishweb/page1.htm http://a4esl.org/q/h/9807/km-sincefor.html http://a4esl.org/q/h/9704/bd-for-since.html http://a4esl.org/q/h/lb/forsince.html Until / since / for: http://a4esl.org/q/h/lb/usf.html After / for / since: http://a4esl.org/q/j/vm/fb-afterforsince.html
20	PRESENT PERFECT: INTERNET RESOURCES. Present perfect +n/ever, just, yet, already, for, since (II) Present perfect + ever, never, just, yet, already. Exercises: http://www.grammar-teacher.com/grammar/presentperfect1.htm http://www.grammar-teacher.com/grammar/presentperfect2.htm http://www.grammar-teacher.com/grammar/presentperfect3.htm http://www.isabelperez.com/ad1.htm http://www.isabelperez.com/pp1.htm http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omexercise/tiemposverbales/unit13.htm http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omexercise/tiemposverbales/unit14.htm Confusion yet / already: http://www.isabelperez.com/Already%20Yet%20Still.htm Still / yet: http://a4esl.org/q/h/lb/stillyet.html
21	PRESENT PERFECT: INTERNET RESOURCES. Present perfect and other tenses (I). Simple past / present perfect. Exercises: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs5.htm http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs6.htm Eminem biography: http://www.isabelperez.com/eminem.htm http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz29bms.htm How long: http://www.collegeem.qc.ca/cemdept/anglais/comictef.htm http://www.smic.be/smic5022/testtenses2.htm http://centros4.pntic.mec.es/ies.torreon.del.alcazar/ingles/pperfect1.htm Simple past / present perfect. Exercises and grammar explanation: http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/CET/flashactivities/presperf_pastsimp.html http://www.better-english.com/grammar/pspp1.htm http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/presentp.htm
22	PRESENT PERFECT: INTERNET RESOURCES. Present perfect and other tenses (II). Simple past / present perfect / past perfect. Exercises: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs12.htm http://www.smic.be/smic5022/ex-tenses1.htm http://centros4.pntic.mec.es/ies.torreon.del.alcazar/ingles/verb_tenses1.htm Present perfect / present perfect continuous. Exercises: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs7.htm http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs8.htm http://www.smic.be/smic5022/presentperfect.htm http://www.smic.be/smic5022/presentperfect2.htm http://members.chello.at/english4u/pres_perf_ex3.htm Including future tense. http://www.james.rtsq.qc.ca/Virtgram/presperfprog.htm Including future tense. http://www.james.rtsq.qc.ca/Virtgram/presperf.htm Present perfect / past perfect. Exercises: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs14.htm http://www.grammar-teacher.com/grammar/pspp1.htm
23	PRESENT PERFECT: INTERNET RESOURCES. Grammar explanation and games /exercises. Form and uses of present perfect. Grammar games / exercises / quizzes. http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/grammar/archive/presentperfect02.html http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/presperf02.html http://usuarios.lycos.es/englishweb/page1.htm http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/pres_perfect.htm http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/prperf.htm http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/pperf.htm http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/upperf.htm http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blpresperfect.htm?once=true& Uses and structure of the past (simple and continuous) and present perfect (simple and continuous). Explanation and exercises. Explanation in Spanish: http://www.mansioningles.com/gram40.htm http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2527/presentperfect.html http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/ppvpast.htm