Understanding verb tenses with pictures

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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 

PRESENT SIMPLE & PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Click HERE for information about these two tenses and do all the exercises

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9Y4hZ3WRSs 
 

Narrative

Complete the story with the correct tenses

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Mixed Verb tenses

Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8 

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Past tense.Irregular verbs

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Verb tenses

All the verb tenses in this table

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present perfect past perfect

mixed tenses
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