{"id":227,"date":"2019-07-25T11:36:57","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T11:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vinodgambtoo.com\/blog\/?p=227"},"modified":"2019-07-25T11:50:51","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T11:50:51","slug":"present-perfect-tense-10-minute-english-grammar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vinodgambtoo.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/25\/present-perfect-tense-10-minute-english-grammar\/","title":{"rendered":"Present Perfect Tense – 10 Minute English Grammar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The sentence formation follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n  \n <\/td>\n Singular Number<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n Plural Number<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 1st<\/sup> Person<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n I have eaten = I\u2019ve eaten \n <\/td>\n We have eaten = We\u2019ve\n eaten\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 2nd<\/sup> Person<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n You have eaten = You\u2019ve\n eaten\n <\/td>\n You have eaten = You\u2019ve\n eaten\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 3rd<\/sup> Person<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n He has eaten = He\u2019s eaten\n <\/td>\n  \n <\/td><\/tr>
\n  \n <\/td>\n She has eaten = She\u2019s\n eaten\n <\/td>\n They have eaten = They\u2019ve\n eaten\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n  \n <\/td>\n It has eaten = It\u2019s eaten\n <\/td>\n  \n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

Uses of The Present Perfect Tense:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. It indicates completed actions in the immediate past:<\/strong> She has just gone out = She went out a few minutes ago.   We have just had supper = We had supper a few minutes ago.<\/em> <\/li>
  2. It is also used for an action which happened in the past, and its connection with the present is still maintained and possibly they could repeat in the present time, too:<\/strong> I have seen coyotes in that jungle.<\/em> This implies that we could also see them in the present time. Daler Mehandi has sung many popular songs.<\/em> This implies that Daler Mehandi is alive and can sing more.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    In some case, the impact of action\/result could stretch to the future:<\/strong> You have lost this golden opportunity. <\/em>It implies that you may never get the same opportunity in the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    3. Some actions that take place in the present perfect often results in the present:<\/strong> She has had a nightmare.<\/em> (She is probably still in that trauma).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    My car has broken down.<\/em> (I have to call a taxi for my commuting).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I have completed my report for you.<\/em> (It means my job is done, and you could now start yours by analyzing it).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    4. It is used for an action beginning at some point of time in the past and continuing up to the present moment: <\/strong>We have not met for ages.   I have not received the repeat order for my produce since last month.   She has been sick since last two days. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    5. The following adverb or adverb phrases can be used with the Present Perfect Tense:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Just<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Often<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Never<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Ever (in question only)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    So far<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Till now<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Yet (in question and negatives)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Already<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Since <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    For <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Today<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This week <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This month<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Lately <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Recently <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    All day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    All my life<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    All the time<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Always, etc. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The sentence formation follows:   Singular Number Plural Number 1st Person I have eaten = I\u2019ve eaten We have eaten = We\u2019ve eaten 2nd Person You have eaten = You\u2019ve eaten You have eaten = You\u2019ve eaten 3rd Person He has eaten = He\u2019s eaten     She has eaten = She\u2019s eaten They have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[77,58,78,55,61,60,63,75,74,62,56,71,76,67,72,73,59,1,57],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vinodgambtoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vinodgambtoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vinodgambtoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vinodgambtoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vinodgambtoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.vinodgambtoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231,"href":"http:\/\/www.vinodgambtoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions\/231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vinodgambtoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vinodgambtoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vinodgambtoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vinodgambtoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}