To use this tense you should know irregular forms very well.
Ø Regular verbs have –ed ending in past simple: to play – play ed, to try – tr ied, to plan – pla nn ed, to travel – trave ll ed.
Ø Irregular verbs are in the table of Irregular Verbs, the second column of which is used for past simple and the third one for Perfect tenses and passive forms. These verbsare often used in speech and needed to be learnt: to be – was/were – been; to begin – began – begun; to cut – cut – cut; to write –wrote - written.
Revision 3: Study the table of present tenses:
Simple Tense (простий час) | Continuous (тривалий) | Perfect (здійснений) | Perfect-Continuous | |
Present (теперішній) | + I study well. ? Does he study well? - He doesn’t study well. | +He is reading now. ? Is he writing? - He is not writing. | + I have already done it. ? Has he done it? - He hasn’t done it yet. |
Revision 4: Study the situations when the present perfect tense is used.
Important: Start learning three forms of irregular verbs from now.One of the
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+He has just gone to the market.
? Has he already gone? – Yes, he has gone. / No, he has not (hasn’t) gone.
-He hasn’t gone yet.