Present Perfect: Talk about recent events B1+. Now that you've read and understood more about the present perfect for life experiences let's look at another use for the present perfect; talking about recent information, news, or events. In short, when something happens in the recent past and you want to tell someone about it, use the present
The future perfect tense is formed by using will have + past participle. The past participle form of a regular verb ends with -ed (danced, cooked, listened). The past perfect form of irregular verbs can be found in the third column of an irregular verbs list (see – saw – seen). Use will have for all subjects. Past perfect:
JIM: "Yes, I'm listening." BETTY: "When I came outside, I wanted to ask you to go in the car to get some coffee." JIM: "But that will take time! If I don't keep on working now, I won't have painted the fishing box by lunchtime ." BETTY: "Unless you leave off working now, you won't have any coffee.

Perfect modals take a modal verb (could, should, must, might/may) and pairs it with a perfect tense phrase (have + past participle), which is how it gets its name. Don’t let the vocabulary confuse you! When we say perfect modals, we are not saying that these are modals that are perfect. Each of these modal constructions have slightly

Something had happened prior to something else. You need to use the past perfect tense for the translation in Spanish. The key word is ‘had’. It implies an action was completed prior to another action in the past. Another common word you’ll find with this tense is ‘already’. I had already done something when something else occurred. Welcome to Part 2 of the Present Perfect series! Click here for Part 1 – learning how to make the Present Perfect. Use the present perfect + ever to ask questions about experiences in someone’s life. “Have you ever taken dance classes?” “Yes, I have. I took 6 weeks of lessons before my wedding!” hbG0.
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