Transcript The Present Perfect Tense

THE PRESENT
PERFECT TENSE
 Formação:
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Have ou Has + particípio passado do verbo principal
Afirmativa :
 He has left. (Ele saiu.)
 They have arrived. (Eles chegaram.)
 Interrogativa:
 Has he left?
 Negativa:
 He has not left ou He hasn’t left.
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Fill in with the Present Perfect Tense of the verb
in parentheses. Consult the list of verbs, if
necessary.
 1. He __________ not __________ his keys. (find)
 2. Someone ______________ my bike. (take)
 3. __________ the mechanic _________ my car?
(fix)
 4. Oh! You ______________ my new vase! (break)
 5. _________ they __________ you the money?
(give)
 6. I ______________ everything. (eat)
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O “Present Perfect Tense” em contraste com o
“Simple Past Tense”
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Tempo indefinido → Present Perfect
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They have visited Chile three times.
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Tempo definido → Simple Past
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They visited Chile three times – in 1999, 2002 and 2008.
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Momento da ação subentendido → Simple
Past
I bought this pen when I was in Chile.
Fill in with either the Simple Past or the Present
Perfect.
 1. “______________ Tom?” ”No, I haven’t. (you,see)
 2. “I went to London in 2004”. “What
____________ there?” (you, do)
 3. When I was a child I ___________ to travel by
airplane. (hate)
 4. Susan ___________ to the USA. (go)
 5. He ____________ that movie ten times. (see)
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Ação começada no passado prolongando-se até o
presente → Present Perfect
I have lived here for five years. (Eu moro aqui há cinco anos.)
Ação começada e terminada no passado →
Simple Past
I lived here for five years. (Eu morei aqui durante cinco anos)
Frase com since (desde) → Present Perfect
I have lived here since 2005.
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Frase com FOR (durante, por)
Se for uma ação começada no passado
prolongando-se até o presente → Present Perfect
 I have studied here for 5 years.
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Se for uma ação começada e terminada no
passado → Simple past
 I studied here for five years. Now I am studying
at the University.
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Already and Yet
 Afirmativa → already (já)
 I have already studied.
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Negativa → yet (ainda)
 I haven’t studied yet.
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Interrogativa → already or yet (já)
 Have you studied yet?
 Have you already studied?
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Fill in with either SINCE or FOR:
1. Mary has been in coma ______ she got to the
hospital.
 2. He has been completely bald ______ many
years.
 3. I have been his friend ________ many years.
 4. Mike has lived in Barra ________ 2004.
 5. My cousin has been sick ________ two weeks.
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Fill with either ALREADY or YET:
1. She has read that book three times _________.
 2. The child hasn’t changed his clothes ________.
 3. They haven’t solved their problem _________.
 4. Has Mary _________ studied for the exam?
 5. Has Mary studied for the exam ________?
 6. We have __________ had lunch.
 7. Have you finished the exercises _______?
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