PRES. PERF. SIMPLE & CONT. NEWEST EXPLANATION - Febr.2021
PRES. PERF. SIMPLE & CONT. NEWEST EXPLANATION - Febr.2021
PRES. PERF. SIMPLE & CONT. NEWEST EXPLANATION - Febr.2021
It shows an action
It is used:
2. with just(= tocmai, abia) (a recent action): Somebody has just knocked on the door.
3. with already ( affirmative sentences) and yet (in negative and interrogative sentences):
4. with ever/ never before; You have never been to such a museum before.
5. with so far, till now, until now, up to now= pana acum; My friends have been on holiday so far.
6.since= din, de la(( the beginning of an action): I have been at work since early in the morning.
Since 8 o’ clock; since Monday; since January; since 2012; since summer; since I came home;
7. for = timp de( the duration of an action); She has had this cat for two years.
For a long time; for an hour; for three days; for months; for five years; for ages= for a long time;
9.how long= cat timp: How long have you lived here?
10. before: You have seen this book before.
11. for the last/ past two weeks/ three days/ five months/ two hours(= in ultimele doua zile) ; They have
worked in a new office for the past four months.
12.because ( a past action whose effects are felt in the present): She is ill( the effect) because she has eaten too
much ice cream( the action).He is angry( the effect) because he has quarreled with his best friend( the past
action);
13.unfinished past :
It hasn’t been cold this winter but last winter, it was much colder.
14. adjectives in the superlative and comparative: This is the fastest car I have ever seen. It looks like the best
film we have ever watched; My friend has never ridden a better bicycle before.
15. it’s the first/ the second time: It’s the first time we have eaten seafood.
16.PRESENT PERFECT + SINCE + PAST TENSE: We have waited for you since the bell rang.
17.when we OPEN A CONVERSATION we use PRESENT PERFECT; when we ask for DETAILS , we use PAST TENSE:
( details are asked with question words: who, what, when, where, why, how much, how):
We use PAST TENSE with such past time expressions( when the time of the action is known):
- Yesterday
- Last week/month/year/ summer, etc.
- Ago: two hours ago, three days ago, five years ago, ten minutes ago, etc.
- At 8 o’clock, at noon, at Christmas, etc.
- - in November, in 2016, in autumn;
- On Saturday, on Friday, etc.
- When: When did you find your missing cat?/ I don’t remember when we found our missing cat.
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Have/has been + verb + ing You have been writing= tu ai scris/ tu scrii
It expresses:
1.A past action which started in the past which continues in the present and may extend into the future, whose
duration is very important, especially with time expressions such as: since, for, all morning, all day, all week,
etc.
They have been picking strawberries for five hours.( They started picking strawberries five hours ago and they
are still picking strawberries).
2. An action which started and finished in the past( no time expression) and which lasted for some time. The
result of the action is visible in the present:
She is not tired. She has been sleeping for eight hours.( She is not sleeping any more, but the fact that she is
not tired is visible in the present).
Present Perf. Simple is used with numbers( the fact that the action happened is important):