Present Perfect

Presente Perfecto

Usamos el Presente Perfecto para hablar de:

             Para mostrar algo que ha ocurrido en el pasado y continuado hasta el presente

They’ve been married for nearly fifty years.

She has lived in Liverpool all her life.

… O que es importante en el presente:

 I’ve lost my keys. I can’t get into the house.

 Teresa isn’t at home. I think she has gone shopping.

Para demostrar que algo ha continuado en el presente:

 It’s been raining for hours.

 We’ve been waiting here since six o’clock this morning.

También, usamos otros modales (los veremos más adelante) con este tiempo perfecto cuando tratamos de hablar de algo que podría haber pasado, debería ocurrir o podría ocurrir.

El modal de tiempo perfecto puede ser en futuro:

                         We’ll meet again next week. We might have finished the work by then.

I will phone at six o’clock. He should have got home by then.

También puede ser en presente:

It’s getting late. They should have arrived by now.

He’s still not here. He must have missed his train.

O en pasado: 

I wasn’t feeling well. I must have eaten something bad.

I checked my cell phone. She could have left a message.

 

Forma del Presente Perfecto:

Affirmative: Subject+ have/ has + the verb in past participle + predicate

Negative: Subject+ haven’t/ hasn’t + the verb in past participle + predicate

Interrogative: Have/ Has + subject+ verb in past participle + predicate


El verbo en participio de pasado( past participle) es la tercera columna de los verbos irregulares. Sin embargo, con los verbos regulares, su forma es igual que la de pasado simple.


For/ Since

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