Have You Heard About the Present Perfect?

My English learning has been kind of weird. I started to learn since I was a kid through games, games that were completely in English, so I had to learn some words and terms in order to play well. Also through the music, videos, series and movies. Using my phone and PC in English. Eventually when I realized that I got some practice I started to try to speak, I logged in a page free4talk .com, where I could leave the fear and start speaking with different people all around the world. The disadvantage is that I didn’t learn about grammar and orthography.

The most interesting experience has been to speak with people all around the globe (India, Nepal, UK, LATAM, USA, Algeria, Philippines, Hungary, Egypt, Lebanon, and so on). Not only to practice English but also learn about cultures, people and regions. That has been awesome for me!

I have been studying English since I was a teenager. I started my path by watching movies and singing songs. I decided to change the language of my phone and pc to English, also the content that I consumed. I actually don’t listen, read or watch anything in my native language (Spanish).
I have an interesting and important experience. In 2019 I quit my job, so I was in a very uncertain position. A job offer was open for my city and the only requirement was a B2 level of English, for that time I had at least a year working in my previous position so I haven’t faced any interviews in a while, and fewer in English, but I was in a rush so I jumped in. I tried to prepare myself the best I could, it was very challenging. In the middle of the interview they notified me that I have to speak with the account manager from the US, a native speaker, just imagine my face… I was pale like a vampire but I found the strength inside of me and I did it. Don’t ask me how, but I got the job. Currently, I work as a Logistic Coordinator and I’m a student at this academy in order to improve my grammar and get a certification.

When to Use Present Perfect

• For past actions or situations that have a connection with the present or continues up to the present or future.
• To give “new” information, for example: when we want to report an event that happened a short time ago.
• To talk about our experiences. Often used with time expressions such as “since”, “for”, “never”, “ever”.
• To ask and answer “How long…”

Structure

• Auxiliary:
  have --> I, you, we, they
  has --> He, she, it
• Verb form: past participle
  subject + have/has + verb in past participle
  For example:
  I have eaten sushi many times.
  She has done her job well.

Verbs in Past Participle Form
Regular verbs have the same past and past participle form.
Present --> Past --> Past participle
work --> worked --> worked
watch --> watched --> watched
Irregular verbs:
Present --> Past --> Past participle
do --> did --> done
go --> went --> gone
eat --> ate --> eaten

We have been best friends since were little.
I have studied here for a year.
They haven’t worked on this project for a long time.
Michael hasn’t finished the report. It’s due tomorrow!
Have they gone to the office this week?
Has he had time to rest?

i have studied a lot of these days becase i want to impove my pronunciation.

1. He hasn’t driven before.
2. We have found a nice place.
3. My mom has made a big cake.
4. They haven’t seen their grandma.
5. Katherine has broken her leg.
6. You have become a father.
7. I haven’t thought about it.
8. She hasn’t paid the rent yet.
9. My old car has lost its shine.
10. We have gotten a new fridge.

I have studied English since I was a child, but actually I don´t speak English fluenty.

When I was in Paris last year, I could speak English with another tourists. I think that was a great experience, because I tried speak more fluenty.

Have they gone to the office this week?

I love your class teacher, thank you for sharing your knowledge

Practice:

• I’ve been studying English for a long time, but for the last 3 months, I’ve been studying every day on Platzi and in apps, especially I’ve learned that I need to understand the pronunciation structure to know how to speak like a native and at the same time be able to understand them.

Extra Practice:

• He hasn’t driven before.
• We have found a nice place.
• My mom has made a big cake.
• They haven’t seen their grandma.
• Katherine has broken her leg.
• You have become a father.
• I haven’t thought about it.
• She hasn’t paid the rent yet.
• My old car has lost its shine.
• We have gotten a new fridge.

I have studied english for 1 year.
I have had good experience with the english languajge as it allow me to comunicate when i have visited other countries and in my job as well.

I have studied English for 2 years
I have been an interesting experience watching movies and series in English

• I have studied English since 2022.
• The interesting experience that I have had it’s talk with a native speaker in other company, it’s very hard to understand a native person but I liked it.

I’ve been studying english since 2017, I started with an intensive course that lasted 3 month and I learned the basics then I moved to Uruguay and I started to work in a company as a developer. In this job I had the opportunity to communicate with some clients in english mostly through emails and a few times in calls, besides, one of the benefits of the company were english clases(more conversational), so I improved a bit my English level after then I changed my job 2 years ago and in the new company I have the same benefit of english clases but since I don’t have much time I don’t assist, but the good news is that the project that I’m working on is for a client in USA so, I have to talk with them everyday, so my fluency and level have improved a lot, however I know that I still have to improve/learn lots of things in order to take my english to the next level.

Let’s Practice

• He hasn’t driven before.
• We have found a nice place.
• My Mom has made a big cake.
• They haven’t seen their grandma.
• Katherine has broken her leg.
• You’ve become a father.
• I haven’t thought about it.
• She hasn’t paid the rent yet.
• My old car has lost its shine.
• We’ve got a new fridge.

i´ve studied english at platzi for two months ago

I have studied English since higschool where i learned about grammar and i got b1 certificate by Cambridge University. Years later i learned how to lisent and undestand sentences in a informal way because we had a study travel to USA. My funniest experience was in a store there. I wanted buy a headphones and the price isn’t in the product, so i searched a assistant that work in the store to ask the price, i ask for the price and the assistant couldn’t find the product, so she asked me for indications to get it. I couldn’t give her indications because my english level for that time it was shabby, so i tried, in a while she ask me if i talk spanish and i said yes.

I have been studing english in platzi sin 2022.
I have known a lot people from different countries.
I have talk with people from different parts of the world.

-I have studied English since I was a kid, but I think is important don´t stop learning it.
-I have had interesting experiences talking with English native people, expressing my ideas and understanding them.

Worksheet:

• He has not driven before.
• We have found a nice place.
• My mom has made a big cake.
• They have not seen their Grandma.
• Katherine has broken her leg.
• You have become a father.
• I have not thought about it.
• She hasn’t paid the rent yet.
• My car has lost its shine.
• We have gotten a new fridge.

Has he had time to rest?

I have studied english since I was 10 years old.

The most interesting experience I have had speaking English was when I had a job interview for a web developer position.

I have started learning English since I was a child. I still remember I started taking English classes even when I didn’t know how to write and read. After that, I practiced for 4 years, however when I was 8 years old , I left my English classes. However, I have always kept English present in my life, either at school or in my daily life with some words here and there. Furthermore, I started taking English classes again because during the pandemic I started my own business where I had to teach English to children. Faced with the necessity of improving my vocabulary and knowledge, I started intensive online English classes for a year. At the beginning of the program, I dedicated even 5 hours a day to studying the language. Now, two years after that success, I have tried constantly to practice, but the discipline and other activities don’t let me continue improving my English skills.