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UNIT 1 - GRAMMAR

PERFECT TENSES

Nuria HM

CONTENTS

  • Present Perfect Simple
  • Past Perfect Simple
  • Present Perfect Continuous
  • Past Perfect Continuous

Present Perfect Simple

FORM

USES

Acciones que empezaron en el pasado y siguen en el presente o tienen una conexión con el presente. No se menciona cuándo ocurrió.

She has been married for 10 years (sigue casada)He has lived in London since 2018 (vive ahí ahora)

TIME EXPRESSIONS

Indica cuándo ocurrió

No menciona cuándo ocurrió

Past Perfect Simple

FORM

USES

Se utiliza cuando estamos hablando del pasado y queremos referirnos a algo que sucedió todavia antes.

TIME EXPRESSIONS

Suele ir acompañado de expresiones como “before”, “when” y “by the time” (“antes”, “cuando”, “para cuando”), y de adverbios como “already”, “yet” y “just” (“ya”, “todavía”, “acabar de”).

Present Perfect Continuous

FORM

USES

It is used to talk about an activity that took place over a period of time in the recent past. The activity might just have stopped or might still be happening.

Past Perfect Continuous

FORM

USES

It is used to talk about an ongoing action or repeated activity that was taking place until another specified moment in the past.

Thanks

Nuria HM