Present Perfect
Present Perfect
El tiempo Present Perfect responde a la pregunta: What has happened? = ¿Qué ha pasado? o What has been happening? = ¿Qué ha estado pasando?. Se forma: Sujeto + have/has + verbo en participio (I have worked). Sujeto + have/has + been + verbo en progresivo (I have been working).
| 1. Present I work I am working |
2. Present perfect I have worked I have been working |
| 3. Past I worked I was working |
4. Past perfect I had worked I had been working |
| 5. Future I will work I will be working |
6. Future perfect I will have worked I will have been working |
| 7. Future (going to) I am going to work I am going to be working |
8. Future perfect (going to) I am going to have worked I am going to have been working |
| 9. Future in past I was going to work I was going to be working |
10. Future perfect in past I was going to have worked I was going to have been working |
| 11. Conditional I would work I would be working |
12. Conditional perfect I would have worked I would have been working |
| 13. Modals I (can, could, ...) work I (can, could, ...) be working |
14. Modals + have I (can, could, ...) have worked I (can, could, ...) have been working |
| 15. Imperative Work! Let's work! |
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Simple Tenses - Continuous Tenses
Present Perfect
What has happened? - ¿Qué ha pasado?I have worked - He trabajado
- I have just prepared some coffee, would you like some?
¿Quieres un poco de café? Recién lo he preparado. - My brother has had that old car for a long time.
Mi hermano ha tenido ese coche viejo por un largo tiempo. - Mr. Miller has lived in that house since 1995.
El Sr. Miller ha vivido en aquella casa desde 1995. - Daisy and her brother have taken English lessons for five years.
Daisy y su hermano han tomado clases de inglés durante cinco años. - Mrs. Taylor has already finished her work.
La Sra. Taylor ya ha terminado su trabajo. - Dave has not seen Sabrina lately.
Dave no ha visto a Sabrina recientemente. - Paul and Betty have not visited Jamaica yet.
Paul y Betty no han visitado Jamaica todavía. - Have you ever seen a UFO?
¿Has visto un OVNI alguna vez? - Has Tom already left?
¿Tom ya se ha ido?
Present Perfect Continuous
What has been happening? - ¿Qué ha estado pasando?I have been working - He estado trabajando
- We have been waiting for Stephen for over an hour.
Hemos estado esperando a Stephen durante más de una hora. - My daughter has been feeling very tired lately.
Mi hija se ha estado sintiendo muy cansada últimamente. - Mrs. Sloane's kids have been studying for a final exam today.
Hoy los hijos de la Sra. Sloane han estado estudiando para el examen final. - George has not been coming to school recently.
George no ha estado viniendo a la escuela últimamente. - You look dirty. What have you been doing?
Te ves sucio. ¿Qué has estado haciendo?

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