The Present Perfect – Talking about Experiences

**IMPORTANT – Every A and B sentence happened sometime in the past

  1. A.I studied in America last year.

B. I have studied in America.

  1. What is the main verb in these sentences?______
  1. What is the verb tense in A? ______
  1. When did sentence A happen? Past / Present / Future
  1. Specifically: ______
  1. When did sentence B happen? Past / Present / Future
  1. Specifically: ______
  1. The verb tense in B has two parts. They are: ______+ ______
  1. What verb tense does the 2nd part look like? ______
  1. A. Alisaw the new Captain America movie last week.

B. Alihas seen the new “Captain America” movie.

  1. What is the main verb in these sentences?______
  1. What is the verb tense in A? ______
  1. When did sentence A happen? Past / Present / Future
  1. Specifically: ______
  1. When did sentence B happen? Past / Present / Future
  1. Specifically: ______
  1. The verb tense in B has two parts. They are: ______+ ______
  1. Does the 2nd part look like another verb tense? ______
  1. A. Jimwent jogging in the park this morning.

B. Jim has gone jogging three times this week.

  1. What is the main verb in these sentences?______
  1. What is the verb tense in A? ______
  1. When did sentence A happen? Past / Present / Future
  1. How many times: ______
  1. Exactly when? ______
  1. When did sentence B happen? Past / Present / Future
  1. How many times: ______
  1. When? ______
  1. Exactly when? Time 1: ______Time 2: ______Time 3: ______
  1. The verb tense in B has two parts. They are: ______+ ______
  1. Does the 2nd part look like another verb tense? ______
  1. A. Have you ever eaten at Café Gelato on Main Street?

B. Yes. I ate there yesterday with my friend.

  1. What is the main verb in these sentences?______
  1. What is the verb tense in B? ______
  1. When did sentence B happen? Past / Present / Future
  1. Specifically: ______
  1. The person in A is asking about the… Past / Present / Future
  1. Specifically: ______
  1. The verb tense in A has two parts. They are: ______+ ______
  1. Does the 2nd part look like another verb tense? ______
  1. What is the adverb in sentence A? ______

Summary

Look at sentences 1B, 2B, 3B, and 4A. We call this verb tense the present perfect.

  1. We use it to talk about an action in the Past / Present / Future.
  1. We know / don’t know the specific time the action happened.
  1. Look at sentence 3B. We can also talk about how many ______the action happened.
  1. But we know / don’t know the specific time when those times were.
  1. The base form of the present perfect is ______+ ______
  1. **HINT** Is the 2nd part the past tense? Or is it something else?
  1. The negative form of the present perfect is

______+ ______+ ______

  1. The question form of the present perfect is

______+ ______+ ______

And sometimes we use the adverb ______when we are talking about at least one time in a person’s life.