PRESENT PERFECT SUMMARY + SOCIAL MEDIA

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Present PERFECT

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USING SINCE & FOR

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STRUCTURE

USES

USINGever/never yet/ALREADY

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comparing TO SIMPLE past

MainVERB

SUBJECT

AuxVERB

eaten eaten eaten

I HE SHE IT YOU WE THEY

Have Has Have

Subject + Have/Has + Main Verb + Complement

They have eaten salads every dayThey've eaten salads every day

Subject + Have/Has + Main Verb + Complement NOT

They have not eaten salads every dayThey haven't eaten salads every day

Have/Has + Subject + Main Verb + Complement?

Have they eaten salads every day?Which salads have they eaten every day?

We use the Present Perfect tense to create a link between the past and the present. The actions occur during a period of time that is previous to the present but unspecific. Often, the result is more important than the action itself.

01

Actions that started in the past and continue TO the present TIME.

• I have lived in Bristol since 1984. (= I'm still living there)
• They haven't lived here for years.
• We have had the same car for ten years.
• Have you played the piano since you were a child?

02

Actions THAT ARE TAKING PLACE DURING AN UNFINISHED PERIOD OF TIME.

• She has been to the cinema twice this week. (= the week hasn't finished yet.)
• I have worked hard this week.
• It has rained a lot this year.
• We haven't seen her today.

03

repeated Actions THAT take PLACE DURING AN UNspecific PERIOD OF TIME between the past and the present.

• We have visited Portugal several times.
• They have seen that film six times.
• It has happened several times already.
• She has visited them frequently.

04

Actions THAT finished in a very recent past (+ just / already)

• I have just finished my work.
• I have already eaten.
• Has he just left?
• We have already seen her.

05

Actions that are relevant because of its results

• Someone has eaten my soup!
• Have you watched Avengers?
• She has studied Japanese, Russian, and English.

EVER can mean "alguna vez" (questions) or "nunca" (afirmative sentence) in Spanish. It usually refers to an undetermined time in the past and it will always go before the main verb in participle form.

EVER

• QUESTIONS:

Have you ever been to England? Has she ever met the Prime Minister?

• AFIRMATIVE SENTENCES:

Nobody has ever said that to me before. Nothing like this has ever happened to us.

NEVER

Never means "nunca antes" in Spanish.It will always be used in affirmative sentences.

• AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES:

I've never been to Paris before. He has never played football.

In this context, YET means "todavía / aún" in Spanish. It usually refers to an undetermined time between the past and the present. It will be used in negative and interrogative sentences. It usually goes at the end of the sentence.

YET

• QUESTIONS:

Have you met Judy yet? Has he arrived yet?

• NEGATIVE SENTENCES:

I haven't visited the Tate Gallery yet They haven't eaten yet

ALREADY means 'before now'. We use it to emphasise that something happened before something else or earlier than expected. It can come between the auxiliary and the main verb or at the end of the sentence.

ALREADY

• AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES:

I've already spent my salary! The train has left already. He wanted to go to the Market but I've already gone.

SINCE means "desde" in Spanish. It refers to a specific point in time or the time when the action started.

SINCE

• EXAMPLES:

She has lived here since 1980 Alice has been married since March They have been at the hotel since last Tuesday

Since this morning last week yesterday I was a child 2 o'clock

FOR means 'por' in Spanish and we use it to talk about a specific period of time.

FOR

• EXAMPLES:

She has lived here for twenty years.We have studied at school for a long time.Alice has been married for three month.

For six years a week a month 2 hours a long time

The internet

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USEFUL VOCABULARY

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Social Media & The Internet

SUMMARY

• Internet/net/web/cyberspace (noun)
• Connect (verb)
• Online (adv/adj)
• Offline (adj)
• Website (noun)
• Webpages (noun)
• Data (noun)
• Password (noun)

• Domain (noun)
• URL (noun)
• Browser (noun)
• Search Engine (noun)
• Download (verb)
• Stream (verb)
• Sign up (verb)
• Log in (verb)

SUMMARY

• post (noun/verb)
• Share (verb)
• Meme (noun)
• Go viral (verb)
• Tweet (noun/verb)
• Trending (adj)
• Followers (noun)

• Tag verb)
• Follow/Unfollow (verb)
• Feed (noun)
• Stories (noun)
• Account (noun)
• Profile (noun)

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