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O Present Perfect Simple serve para expressar uma ação que terminou recentemente, ou uma ação passada que tem resultado no presente.
Seguem vários exemplos:
The form of the Present Perfect Simple:
Subject + have/has (auxiliary verb in the present simple) + the verb in the past participle + complement.
I have always wanted to buy that house.
Other uses of the Present Perfect Simple:
- puts emphasis on the result
Ex.: Karen has washed the car. (the car is still clean, you can see it)
- an action that is still going on
Ex.: Jimmy has not finished his homework yet. (unfortunately, you can see his task unsfinished)
Ex.: Jimmy has not finished his homework yet. (unfortunately, you can see his task unsfinished)
- an action that stopped recently
Ex.: Ellen has cooked dinner. (note, also, that you don't use time expressions, such as "yesterday", "ago", "last...")
- finished action that has an influence on the present
Ex.: I have lost my car keys.
- an action that has taken place once, never or several times before the moment of speaking
Ex.: I have never been to Norway.
Signal Words of Present Perfect
already, ever, just, never, not yet, so far, till now, up to now. Click on this link and practice a little bit more with these signal words.
Aqui seguem mais alguns links para praticarem online:
Activity link 1;
Activity link 2;
Activity link 3 (hard);
Activity link 4 (hard):
Activity link 5;
and (many) activity link 6.
Espero tê-los ajudado, pois todos esses links contém ótimos exercícios para praticar!
Hope to have helped you all, because all these links are full of activities ready to activate your learning process!
