1 Answer. Sorted by: 5. You can use the present perfect with current periods of time such as today and this week, providing there may be more opportunities to do the same action. Examples: (Game is in progress): I've caught five passes today ( so far or up to now ). (You may have more chances to catch a pass.)
The future perfect progressive tense is used to talk about an action that will already have started and will still be happening by a certain time in the future. We use time expressions such as for 30 minutes and since early morning to describe the length of time the activity has already going on. To form a sentence in the future perfect
For and since are commonly used with the present perfect tense. For. We use for to talk about a period of time. E.g. "I haven't smoked for weeks." Since. We use since to talk about a specific point in time, or a time when the action started. E.g. "I haven't smoked since 2010."
The Simple Past is used when the time period HAS finished - i.e. I saw 3 movies last week (last week is finished). - The Present Perfect is often used when giving recent news: i.e. Martin has crashed his car again. - The Simple Past is used when giving older information: i.e. Martin crashed his car last year.
3. Practical English Usage and the Cambridge Grammar of English say that the present perfect “is connected in some way with the present.”. Neither book explains this, and this is why I’m asking for you to indicate how the present perfect “is connected in some way with the present” in the examples below — by saying, for example
2. Present Perfect. This tense is used to describe ongoing actions. The action might be finished or might still be continuing, depending on context, as you will see below. To form this tense, you need to use the verb “to have” conjugated for your subject in the simple present tense (I have, she has, they have, etc.).
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