Introduzione

Usiamo il present perfect per descrivere il passato quando influisce sul presente, per esempio

• per parlare di esperienze passate
• per una cosa cominciata nel passato e che è ancora vera
• per descrivere cambiamenti.

Esempi:

• I have been to that restaurant twice.
• Emily has worked in the city for many years.
• Your hair has grown since last year.

Forma 1 - Present perfect positivo

Per formare il present perfect positivo usiamo
"have" + past participle.

Oggetto	"have"	past participle
I You We They	have 've	been	to India.
He / She / It	has 's

Past participles

Con i verbi regolari, formiamo il past participle aggiungendo "–d", "–ed" o "–ied" alla fine, per esempio:

verbi regolari
infinito	past participle
receive	received	"-d" per verbi regolari che finiscono in "e"
work	worked	"-ed" per verbi regolari che finiscono con una consonante
study	studied	"-ied" per verbi regolari che finiscono con una consonante e "y"

I past participles dei verbi irregolari sono diversi e devono essere imparati, per esempio:

verbi irregolari
infinito	past participle
be	been
do	done
eat	eaten
find	found
go	gone
grow	grown
have	had
make	made
see	seen

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Pratica

Completa le frasi con la forma positiva del present perfect del verbo tra parentesi:
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1)

I    that movie three times. (see)

 

2)

David and Sarah    every day for their exams. (study)

 

3)

Tom    breakfast for us. (make)

 

4)

Our company    in the last five years. (grow)

 

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Forma 2 - Present perfect negativo

Per formare il present perfect negativo usiamo
"have not" + past participle.

Oggetto	"have not"	past participle
I You We They	have not haven't 've not	eaten	breakfast yet.
He / She / It	has not hasn't 's not

Esempi:

• I haven't been to Paris before.
• My order hasn't arrived yet.
• My parents haven't finished painting the house.

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Pratica

Completa le frasi con la forma negativa del present perfect del verbo tra parentesi:
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1)

I    a holiday this year. (have)

 

2)

Sarah    to Italy before. (be)

 

3)

He    his homework yet. (do)

 

4)

We    Tom since last Friday. (see)

 

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Forma 3 - Domanda con present perfect

Per formare una domanda con il present perfect usiamo
"have" + soggetto + past participle.

"have"	Oggetto	past participle
Have	I you we they	seen	my purse?
Has	he / she / it

Esempi:

• Have you been to Italy before?
• Has it stopped raining?
• How long have you studied English?

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Pratica

Completa le frasi con la forma interrogativa del present perfect del verbo tra parentesi:
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1)

   you    Tom this week? (see)

 

2)

   Sarah    to the airport yet? (go)

 

3)

   Clara    dinner yet? (eat)

 

4)

Who    she    to the party? (invite)

 

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Ulteriore pratica

Completa le frasi con la risposta corretta tra a, b, c o d:
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1)

They ____ my letter yet.
 

hasn't receive

haven't receive

haven't received

hasn't received

 

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2)

____ David ____ his car keys?
 

Has / find

Have / find

Have / found

Has / found

 

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3)

You are late. Where ____ you ____?
 

have / be

have / been

has / be

had / been

 

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4)

James ____ at the company for five years.
 

has worked

has work

have worked

have work

 

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5)

I ____ Clare for a long time.
 

hasn't seen

hasn't see

haven't seen

haven't see

 

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6)

David ____ a beard.
 

has grow

have grown

have grow

has grown

 

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Ulteriore punto di lingua

Usiamo anche la forma positiva del present perfect con "always" e "never".

Usando "never" il significato è negativo:

Oggetto	"have"	periodo di tempo	past participle
I You We They	have	always never	lived	in the city.
He She It	has

Usiamo anche la forma interrogativa del present perfect con "always" e "ever".

"have"	Oggetto	periodo di tempo	past participle
Have	I you we they	always never	lived	in the city.
Has	he she it

Esempi:

• Have you ever been to Mexico?
• Has she always lived in Paris?