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Active and Passive Voice – Present Perfect Tense

December 4th, 2009 in ESL, English Grammar, English Learning, Improve English

Active sentences in the present perfect tense have the following structure:
Subject + has/have + past participle form of the verb + object
Passive sentences in the present perfect tense have the following structure:
Object of the active sentence + has/have + been + past participle form of the verb + by + subject of the active sentence

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Correct Use of the Present Perfect Tense – Part II

November 22nd, 2009 in ESL, English Grammar, English Learning, Improve English

Common Errors with the Present present tense

‘Where is Alice?’ ‘She has been to the market.’ (Wrong)
She has gone to the market. (Right)

Explanation

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Correct Use of the Present Perfect Tense – Part I

November 22nd, 2009 in ESL, English Grammar, English Learning, Improve English

The present perfect tense is used to represent an action which has been completed within a period of time that extends up to the present. The present perfect tense can also be used to talk about actions which cannot be attributed to a definite point of time.

When the verb is transitive

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Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous Tenses

October 30th, 2009 in ESL, English Grammar, English Learning

Present Perfect Tense

Form
Affirmative
I have written.
He has written.
They/you/we have written.

Negative
I have not written.
She has not written.
They/you/we have not written.

Interrogative
Have I written?
Has he written?
Have they/you/we written?

The present perfect tense is used to talk about an action just completed.
Read the sentences given below.