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Present and Perfect Present?

Yoong Liat · Accepted Answer

Emily LeePresent and Perfect Present?

I eat every day. [This sentence is in the Simple Present Tense. (eat ate eaten)

I have eaten. [This sentence is in the Present PerfectTense. (have had had eat ate eaten)]

Present Past Past Participle

eat ate eaten

have had had

I hope this helps.

Goodman · Answer

Emily LeePresent and Perfect Present?

Hi Emily,

Present tense is used to describe something you do everyday or something routinely happens. Example: The trains arrives on time everyday at 7 am. Mary gets off the trains and has to walk two blocks to her office.

Present perfect tense is used to described something that happened sometime in the past and still ongoing. Example: Mary has given up driving and taken the train since she moved to the suburb a year ago.

Reason: Mary used to drive to work. At some point in time, she gave up driving and it's still true. So present perfect is used.

CalifJim · Answer

Present and Perfect Present?

Welcome to English Forums!

It's called Present Perfect -- not Perfect Present.

CJ

Neeraj Jain · Answer

What is this Perfect Present? Sorry, never heard of it.

Emily Lee · Answer

Thanks for it~

Marius Hancu · Answer

Click on the buttons underneath your original posting and you'll find many related threads.

Loojka · Answer

Neeraj JainWhat is this Perfect Present? Sorry, never heard of it.

I see no point in pretending that you didn't understand the question just because it wasn't written correctly

Besides, Jim has already made the correction.

Use present tense for repeated or usual actions (as Goodman said), for describing habits ('I get up early'), for describing likes and dislikes ('I like chocolate, but I hate cakes'), to talk about the facts ('Water boils at 100° Celsius'), for scheduled events in the near future ('The train leaves at 5 o'clock'), for an action that is happening now but the verb cannot be used in progressive form ('I don't understand you. Can you repeat, please?') etc.

Use present perfect for things that start in the past and continue until now (see the example that Goodman provided), for things that happened before but when it's not important when they happened ('I've been to England once'), for an action that has recently happened, only a moment ago ('They have just arrived'), maybe even for repeated actions ('How often have you been in love in your life?') and... I can't think of any other usages, I'm afraid

Hope it helps.

Anna Mills · Answer

You really helped a lot. It educate me as well.

Thank you

Yoong Liat · Answer

Anna MillsYou really helped a lot. It educate me as well.

Thank you

It educates me as well.

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