Present Perfect

FORM = [has/have + past participle]

Examples:

·       You have eaten too much chocolate.

·       Have you ever eaten too much chocolate?

·       You have not eaten too much chocolate.

We use the Present Perfect to say that an action happened at an unspecified time before now. The exact time is not important. You CANNOT use the Present Perfect with specific time expressions such as: yesterday, one year ago, last week, when I was a child, when I lived in Japan, at that moment, that day, one day, etc. We CAN use the Present Perfect with unspecific expressions such as: ever, never, once, many times, several times, before, so far, already, yet, etc.

Past Perfect

FORM = [had + past participle]

Examples:

·       You had eaten Mexican food before.

·       Had you eaten Mexican food before?

·       You had not eaten Mexican food before.

The Past Perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past. It can also show that something happened before a specific time in the past.

With Non-Continuous Verbs and some non-continuous uses of Mixed Verbs, we use the Past Perfect to show that something started in the past and continued up until another action in the past.

Pictionary

Snorkeling


Sightseeing


Sandboarding


Foggy 


Boiling hot


Freezing cold


Trailer


Fish tank


Exhausting 


Landscape 

Vacations

Hi, Alexa!
How´s your life going? Mine is going great; actually, I´m in Italy. It´s so gorgeous! This island has a very fresh weather in this time of the year. I´m staying in a winery and I have learned a lot of things! It´s amazing all they have to do to make a grat wine. Lately, I´ve done a lot of horse ridding and sightseeing. And the food! It´s so delicious! I have eaten everything you can imagine: pizza, spaguetti, all kinds of pasta, fish, bread, cheese, more pizza! I´m having such a great time here. You should come once. Tell me more about you, how have you been?
Your friend, Glenda.