Present Perfect in TV TALK SHOWS | 40 examples
In this video you can find short clips from 3 TV talk shows (1. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon; 2. Jimmy Kimmel Live!; 3. TheEllenShow) in order to learn PRESENT PERFECT. You'll find 40 different examples of this tense. Examples in TV TALK SHOWS - 1:27.
Present Perfect is FORMED:
1. by using the auxiliary verbs "have" or "has" + past participle of the verb (V3/Ved)
◽️He has already seen the movie.
◽️They have cleaned the room.
short/contracted forms are used more often ⤵️
She has = She's
He has = He's
It has = It's
I have = I've
We have = We've
You have = You've
They have = They've
2. by using "have not" or "has not" (haven't/hasn't) + past participle of the verb (V3/Ved)
◽️He hasn't seen the movie yet.
◽️They haven't cleaned the room.
3. by inverting the subject and the auxiliary verbs "have" or "has" + past participle of the verb (V3/Ved)
◽️Has he already seen the movie?
◽️Have they cleaned the room?
Present Perfect is USED:
1. when we want to talk about unfinished actions or states or habits that started in the past and continue to the present
◽️I've known her since 1990.
2. when we want to talk about life experience
◽️They have visited London 5 times.
3. with an unfinished time word (today, this week, this month, this year)
◽️I haven't seen my friend this week.
4. when we speak about a finished action with a result in the present
◽️They've missed the bus.
5. with the words "just", "yet", "already", "ever", "never", "since", "for", "so far"
◽️I've already been there.
◽️She's just come home.