VIP Class Notes (Joe)

We focused on asking questions with the present perfect tense to talk about things that started in the past and continue to now OR happened at a time in the past that is not certain.

Practice making sentences with all 5 ways listed here to use the present perfect tense.

THE PRESENT PERFECT IS USED TO DESCRIBE

• An action or situation that started in the past and continues in the present. I have lived in Bristol since 1984 (= and I still do.)
• An action performed during a period that has not yet finished. She has been to the cinema twice this week (= and the week isn’t over yet.)
• A repeated action in an unspecified period between the past and now. We have visited Portugal several times.
• An action that was completed in the very recent past, expressed by ‘just’. I have just finished my work.
• An action when the time is not important. He has read ‘War and Peace’. (= the result of his reading is important)

Grammar

Have you got a most amazing gift for Christmas?
Have you got an amazing gift for Christmas?
Have you got the most amazing gift for Christmas?

I have visited London 4 years ago.
I visited London 4 years ago.
I have visited London.

Would you like do some exercise?
Would you like to do some exercise?

I prefer climb a mountain
I prefer climbing a mountain
I prefer to climb a mountain

I prefer to swim
I would prefer to swim

Have you driven car in the midnight?
Have you driven a car?
Did you drive a car at midnight?

I have driven a car yesterday
I have driven a car
I drove a car yesterday

Pronunciation

work – sounds like ‘jerk’
walk – sounds like ‘talk’ (open your mouth wider)