PRESENT PERFECT

INFORMATION

PRESENT PERFECT                                              1º  BACHILLERATO 2012-13

EXAMPLES

1)         I know Lara.  /            I met her in September.  = I have known Lara since September.

            Javi has got a new pair of trainers / He bought them two months ago. = Javi has had his new trainers for two months.

FOR  a period of time: two weeks, a long time, ages, 20 years

SINCE a point in time: 2005, the end of the summer, Tuesday, I was a little girl

2)         I have just received a very strange message.

3)         We have already finished unit 2, but we haven´t completed unit 3 yet

            Have you bought the book yet?

4)         Have you ever broken a bone?

            No, I have never broken one.      / Yes, I have. I broke my left wrist last year.

5)         How long have you had your last mobile? Since Christmas  / For a couple of months

More Information. There is also information about other tenses

Present perfect with FOR or SINCE

Present perfect GONE or BEEN 

Already, Just, Still, Yet 

Present perfect or past simple