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4AFromragstoriches

Present Perfect Use & Form

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Present Perfect: Use

We use the present perfect to talk about past experiences when you dont say exactly when they happened. Ive worked in the UK Ive visited the Pyramids

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Present Perfect: Form

Subject + HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE I She have has worked been in the UK to Egypt

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Past Participle
Regular verbs: Same form as past simple (+ed)
INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE

work visit

worked visited

worked visited

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Past Participle
Irregular verbs: They have no general rule and must be memorised. However there are two big groups:

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Past Participle
Irregular verbs: 1. Past participle same as past simple
INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE

meet read

met read

met read

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Past Participle
Irregular verbs: 1. Past participle different from past simple
INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE

be go

was/were went

been gone