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when to use HAVE+ past participle?
« on: June 15, 2012, 02:12:18 PM »
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Re: when to use HAVE+ past participle?
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2012, 11:23:46 AM »
We use “have + the past participle of the verb” to form the present perfect tense, a tense that indicates that an action was completed—finished or perfected—at some point in the immediate past or that the situation or condition continues up to the present. The present perfect is also used to state a change or new information.

Below are examples of the usage of the present perfect:

1. Action completed at some point in the immediate past: “They have slept for two hours.” (The sense here is that they have just awakened at the moment of speaking)
2. A situation or condition that continues up to the present: “I have been a Manila resident since birth.” (The condition has persisted without interruption up to the present)
3. A change or new information: “We have bought a townhouse.” (The sense here is that we didn’t have a townhouse before but now, at the point of speaking, we have purchased one.)