Grammar: Present perfect on the web-site for teachers and learners of English as a secondary language from a German point of view
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Present perfect tense


 
Forms
  • have/has    looked [t]  [d]  [id]
  • have/ has    gone   3rd form of irregular verbs
Functions
  • describing an action beginning in the past and still continuing
  • or finishing at the moment of speaking
  • for is used with a period of time
  • since means from that starting point to the point of speaking
Curriculum 1. Lehrplan:
  • Klasse 6
  • Kontrastierung mit past tense Klasse 7
  • Wiederholung Klasse 9/10
2. Lehrbuch:
previously done:
  • to have
  • infinitives
Difficulties 1. forms
  • pronunciation of -ed
  • irregular verbs
  • have / has
2. function
  • intermediate between past and present tense
3. inter-, intralingual interferences
  • different usage of the tense in spoken English or German
  • contrasts to past tense
4. other difficulties
  • the usage of "since" and "for"
Situations
  • to want to know
  • conversations
  • description of past actions that are part of present situations
  • experiences
  • recent activities
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Table of Contents		 Example: "present perfect" HOMEback to the homepagePAGE to the top back to the previous page back to
simple present vs.
present progressive		 go on to
since vs. for		 on to the next page