Bu zaman yapısı Türkçede olmayan bir zaman yapısıdır. Bu yüzden Türk öğreniciler çoğu zaman bu zaman yapısını kavramakta zorlanmaktadır.
Öncelikle, bu tür cümlelerdeki mantığı anlatmak yararlı olacaktır.
Bir kitap okumaya başladınız. Kitabı okumaya başladıktan 1 saat sonra arkadaşınız sizi ziyarete geldi ve okuduğunuz kitabı istedi.
Bu durumda verebileceğimiz olası yanıtlar:
"Daha yeni başladım. Bir saattir okuyorum. Bitince veririm."
"Daha 100 sayfa okudum. Bitirince Veririm"
"Henüz bitirmedim. Daha sonra veririm."
"Bitirmedim. Yine de alabilirsin."
Şimdi bu yanıtlar içinde yer alan bazı cümlelere bakalım:
Bir saattir okuyorum.
Daha yüz sayfa okudum.
Henüz bitirmedim.
Bitirmedim.
Dikkat ederseniz yukarıdaki 4 cümlede de eylemlerin başlama noktası "geçmiş zaman dilimidir" ve eylem konuşma noktasına kadar sürmüştür. İşte bu tarz eylemleri, durumları anlatmak için Present Perfect zaman yapısı kullanılmaktadır.
Present Perfect zaman yapısının genel olarak iki tür kullanım amacı vardır
1- Geçmişte başlayıp şu ana kadar süren durumları - eylemleri anlatmak için kullanılır
I have lived here for 5 years ->Burada 5 yıldır yaşıyorum.
2- Henüz bitmiş eylemleri ifade etmek için kullanılmaktadır
Mehmet has just gone out -> Mehmet şimdi dışarı çıktı.
Bu zaman yapısında cümle kuruluşu şöyledir: Özneden sonra have veya has yardımcı fiili kullanılır; ana fiilimizin ise 3. hali (past participle) kullanılır.
Özne + have / has + fiilin 3.hali
So far, I have read 200 pages -> Şu ana kadar 200 sayfa okudum.
Ahmet has picked 50 apples -> Ahmet 50 elma topladı.
I have done my homework - > Ödevimi yaptım
I have just finished my work -> İşimi henüz bitirdim
You have just finished your work -> İşini henüz bitirdin
We have just finished our work -> İşimizi henüz bitirdik
They have just finished their work -> İşlerini henüz bitirdiler
She has just finished her work ->O İşini henüz bitirdi
He has just finished her work ->O İşini henüz bitirdi
Aylin has just finished her work ->Aylin İşini henüz bitirdi
2. Formation of the present perfect: Regular verbs
| I have worked |
| you have worked |
| he has worked |
| she has worked |
| it has worked |
| we have worked |
| they have worked |
| Without Contractions | With Contractions |
| I have | I've |
| you have | you've |
| he has | he's |
| she has | she's |
| it has | it's |
| we have | we've |
| they have | they've |
3. Spelling rules for adding ed to form the past participle
| Infinitive | Past Participle |
| to close | closed |
| to move | moved |
| to please | pleased |
| to receive | received |
| Infinitive | Past Participle |
| to study | studied |
| to rely | relied |
| to carry | carried |
| Infinitive | Past Participle |
| to play | played |
| to convey | conveyed |
| to enjoy | enjoyed |
| Infinitive | Past Participle |
| to rub | rubbed |
| to trim | trimmed |
| to plan | planned |
| to stop | stopped |
| Infinitive | Past Participle |
| to control | controlled |
| to infer | inferred |
| to occur | occurred |
| to permit | permitted |
| to fasten | fastened |
| to order | ordered |
| to focus | focused |
| to limit | limited |
| Infinitive | Past Participle |
| to follow | followed |
| to box | boxed |
| to portray | portrayed |
| Infinitive | Past Participle |
| to greet | greeted |
| to rain | rained |
| to soak | soaked |
| to treat | treated |
4. Pronunciation of the ed ending
| Bare Infinitive | Past Participle |
| puff | puffed |
| work | worked |
| miss | missed |
| watch | watched |
| Bare Infinitive | Past Participle |
| add | added |
| land | landed |
| hunt | hunted |
| wait | waited |
| Bare Infinitive | Past Participle |
| fade | faded |
| glide | glided |
| cite | cited |
| note | noted |
5. Formation of the present perfect: Irregular verbs
| Bare Infinitive | Past Participle |
| begin | begun |
| find | found |
| go | gone |
| let | let |
| take | taken |
| I have taken |
| you have taken |
| he has taken |
| she has taken |
| it has taken |
| we have taken |
| they have taken |
6. Questions and negative statements
| Affirmative Statement | Question |
| I have worked. | Have I worked? |
| You have worked. | Have you worked? |
| He has worked. | Has he worked? |
| She has worked. | Has she worked? |
| It has worked. | Has it worked? |
| We have worked. | Have we worked? |
| They have worked. | Have they worked? |
| Affirmative Statement | Negative Statement |
| I have worked. | I have not worked. |
| You have worked. | You have not worked. |
| He has worked. | He has not worked. |
| She has worked. | She has not worked. |
| It has worked. | It has not worked. |
| We have worked. | We have not worked. |
| They have worked. | They have not worked. |
| Without Contractions | With Contractions |
| have not | haven't |
| has not | hasn't |
| Without Contractions | With Contractions |
| Have I not worked? | Haven't I worked? |
| Have you not worked? | Haven't you worked? |
| Has he not worked? | Hasn't he worked? |
| Has she not worked? | Hasn't she worked? |
| Has it not worked? | Hasn't it worked? |
| Have we not worked? | Haven't we worked? |
| Have they not worked? | Haven't they worked? |
1.2 Present PerfectTense Nerlerde Kullanılır ?
a) Present perfect tense, geçmişte, belirsiz bir zamanda, yapılmış ya da hiç yapılmamış bir eylemi ifade ederken kullanılır. Eylemlerin ne zaman yapıldığı Present Perfect Tense’de önemli değildir ve belirtilmez. Eğer geçmişte belirli bir zaman belirtilmesi gerekiyorsa, ya da eylemin ne zaman yapıldığı belirtilmek isteniyorsa, Simple Past Tense kullanılır.
• They have moved to a new apartment. They moved there last week.
• I have washed the car. (It is clean now!)
• I have never seen such a big building. (All my life)
• I have met Bill’s wife. I met her at a party last night.
• Have you ever eaten at that restaurant yet?
• I think I have seen that girl before.
b) For , since, so far, up till now, untill now ile kullanıldığında present perfect tense geçmişte başlayıp içinde bulunduğumuz ana kadar devem etmekte olan bir eylemden bahsetmek için kullanılır.
• I have been here since 9 o’clock.
• They have been married for 25 years.
• I have has this old car for 10 years.
• She has done great work up to now. I think she will be promoted soon.
• I haven’t seen my uncle since 1990.
• Janet has been very busy with the new project for the last three months.
• I have liked science-fiction films ever since I was a child.
c) The present perfect tense geçmiş ve şimdiki zaman arasında, kesin zamanlar belirtmeksizin, tekrarlanmış olan eylemlerden bahsederken kullanılır.
• I have seen that movie four times.
• I have met many new friends since I came here.
• How many times have you been to France?
• The telephone has rung six times since this morning.
• The scientists have made many important inventions since 1900’s.
d) Bahsedilen zaman dilimi henüz bitmemiş ise present perfect tense kullanılır.
• I haven’t seen Tom this morning. (It’s still this morning)
• My grandfather has written many novels. (He is still alive and writing novels)
• It has rained a lot this year.
• Jane hasn’t called me today.
e) Present perfect tense çok kısa bir süre önce tamamlanmış,geçerliliğini hala koruyan eylemleri ifade etmek için kullanılır.
• I have just eaten a sandwich. ( I am not hungry now)
• Ouch! I’ve cut my finger. It’s bleeding.
• My boss has gone to London. (He is there now)
• The robbers have been put into the prison. (They are in prison now.)
1.3 Using SINCE and FOR
Since bir eylemin geçmişte belirli bir zamanda başlayıp, şu ana kadar devam etmekte olduğunu ifade etmek için kullanılır.Since, bir saat, gün, ay ,yıl ya da geçmişte tamamlanmış bir eylem gibi, geçmiş zaman referansları veren zarf ya da zarf cümlecikleri ile kullanılır.
SINCE + A SPECIFIC POINT IN THE PAST
| I have been in this city | since + | friday. june 1998 june 29, 1998 the beginning of this semester yesterday last week I got the scholarship |
• I have had this old car since 1990.
• Alex has not eaten anything since breakfast.
• Roger and I have known each other since last January.
• I have met so many people since I came to this town last year.
• Jane has worn her new blue jeans only twice since she bought them.
For da present perfect tense ile kullanıldığıda, bir eylemin geçmişte başlayıp, şu ana kadar devam etmekte olduğunu ifade etmek için kullanılır. For ile birlikte two minutes, three hours, four days, five years gibi zamanın uzunluğunu ifade eden yapılar kullanılır.
FOR + A LENGTH OF TIME
| I have been in this city | for + | ten minutes. three hours ten days about eight years several weeks many years a long timey years |
• I have had this old car for 10 years.
• Alex has not eaten anything for 8 hours.
• Roger and I have known each other for a year.
• Tom has worked on this project for a long time.
• Jane has not worn her new blue jeans for five months.
1.3 Using ALREADY, YET, JUST, EVER and NEVER
EVER
1. soru cümlelerinde
• Have you ever been to Turkey ?
• Has she ever met John?
2. olumsuz sorularda
• Haven’t they ever been to Turkey?
• Hasn’t she ever met John?
3. olumsuz yapılarda : nothing .......ever , nobody ........ever.
• Nobody has ever climbed to that mountain before.
• Nothing has ever been said to us.
4. “the first time .....” gibi yapılarda
• This is the first time I have ever eaten Thai food.
• It’s the first time I have ever been to England.
5. superlative yapılarda
• Helen is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen.
• Istanbul is the most beautiful city I have ever been to?
kullanılır.
NEVER “daha önce hiç...” anlamında kullanılır. Never olumsuz bir zarf tır ve not ile birlikte kullanılmamalıdır.
DOĞRU: I have never eaten caviar.
DOĞRU: She has never failed any exams.
YALNIŞ: I haven’t never eaten caviar. Or She hasn’t never failed any exams.
ALREADY bir eylemin halihazırda ( beklenenden önce) yapılmış olduğunu ve artık yapılmasının gereksiz olduğunu ifade etmek içim kullanılır.
• You don’t need to go to the post office. I have already posted the letters.
• Don’t take the car to the mechanic.I have already fixed it.
• Have you already finished your homework?
• I have seen that movie already.
YET bir eylemin şu ana kadar henüz yapılmamış olduğunu, ama gelelecekte yapılabileceğini ya da olabileceğini ifade etmek için kullanılır. Yet cümlenin sonunda kullanılır.
• It’s 2:00 pm and I am very hungry. I haven’t eaten lunch yet.
• Have you seen Eric yet?
• Has he arrived yet?
JUST eylemin daha çok kıza bir süre önce tamamlanığını, henüz olduğunu ifade etmek için kullanılır.
• No, thanks. I have just eaten a sandwich.
• They have just gone out.
• Mr. Green has just called you.
USE 1 Unspecified Time Before Now
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 time expressions such as "yesterday," "one year ago," "last week," "when I was a chlid," "when I lived in Japan," "at that moment," "that day" or "one day." We CAN use the Present Perfect with expressions like "ever," "never," "once," "many times," "several times," "before," "so far," "already" and "yet."
EXAMPLES:
I have seen that movie twenty times.
I think I have met him once before.
There have been many earthquakes in California.
Has there ever been a war in the United States?
Yes, there has been a war in the United States.
People have traveled to the moon.
IMPORTANT How do you actually use the Present Perfect?
The concept of "unspecified time" can be very confusing to English learners. It is best to associate Present Perfect with the following topics:
TOPIC 1 Experience
You can use the Present Perfect to describe your experience. It is like saying, "I have the experience of..." You can also use this tense to say that you have never had a certain experience. The Present Perfect is NOT used to describe a specific event.
EXAMPLES:
I have been to France.
(This sentence means that you have the experience of being to France. Maybe you have been once, or several times.)
I have been to France three times.
(You can add the number of times at the end of the sentence.)
I have never been to France.
(This sentence means that you have not had the experience of going to France.)
I think I have seen that movie before.
He has never traveled by train.
Joan has studied two foreign languages.
Have you ever met him?
No, I have not met him.
TOPIC 2 Change Over Time
We often use the Present Perfect to talk about change that has happened over a period of time.
EXAMPLES:
You have grown since the last time I saw you.
The government has become more interested in arts education.
Japanese has become one of the most popular courses at the university since the Asian studies program was established.
My English has really improved since I moved to Australia.
TOPIC 3 Accomplishments
We often use the Present Perfect to list the accomplishments of individuals and humanity. You cannot mention a specific time.
EXAMPLES:
Man has walked on the moon.
Our son has learned how to read.
Doctors have cured many deadly diseases.
Scientists have split the atom.
TOPIC 4 An Uncompleted Action You Are Expecting
We often use the Present Perfect to say that an action which we expected has not happened. Using the Present Perfect suggests that we are still waiting for the action.
EXAMPLES:
James has not finished his homework yet.
Susan hasn't mastered Japanese, but she can communicate.
Bill has still not arrived.
The rain hasn't stopped.
TOPIC 5 Multiple Actions at Different Times
We also use the Present Perfect to talk about several different actions which occured in the past at different times. Present Perfect suggests the process is not complete and more actions are possible.
EXAMPLES:
The army has attacked that city five times.
I have had four quizes and five tests so far this semester.
We have had many major problems while working on this project.
She has talked to several specialists about her problem, but nobody knows why she is sick.
IMPORTANT
When we use the Present Perfect it means that something happened at some point in our lives before now. Remember, the exact time the action happened is not important.
Sometimes we want to limit the time we are looking in for an experience. Expressions such as "in the last week," "in the last year," "this week," "this month," "so far" and "up to now" can be used to narrow the time we are looking in for an experience.
EXAMPLES:
Have you been to Mexico in the last year.
I have seen that movie six times in the last month.
They have had three tests in the last week.
She graduated from university less than three years ago. She has worked for three different companies so far.
This week my car has broken down three times.
NOTICE
"Last year" and "in the last year" are very different in meaning. "Last year" means the year before now. "In the last year" means from 365 days ago until now.
EXAMPLES:
I went to Mexico last year.
(I went to Mexico in 1998.)
I have been to Mexico in the last year.
(I have been to Mexico at least once at some point between 365 days ago and now. We do not know exactly when.)
| USE 2 Duration From Past Until Now (Non-continuous Verbs) |
ACTIVE / PASSIVE Present Perfect
EXAMPLES:
Many tourists have visited that castle. ACTIVE
That castle has been visited by many tourists. PASSIVE
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A. USE
1. The Present Perfect tense is used to express actions which have just or already been completed at the time of speaking or writing.
Present Perfect, geçmişte konuşma anına yakın bir zamanda bitmiş ve etkisi hala devam eden eylem veya olaylardan bahsedirken kullanılır.
I have done my homework already.
She has answered half the questions.
In the first example, the use of the Present Perfect tense emphasizes the fact that, at the time of speaking or writing, the work has already been completed. In the second example, the use of the Present Perfect indicates that, at the time of speaking or writing, half the questions have been answered.
Birinci örnekte, "ödevin çoktan tamamlandığı" vurgulanmakta; ikinci örnekte ise konuşma anında "kişinin soruların yarısını cevapladığı" ve "kalan soruları da cevaplayacağı" ima ediliyor. Geçmişte başlayan bir olayın veya etkilerinin hala devam etmesi halinde Present Perfect kullanılır.
2. The Present Perfect tense epresses the very recent past.
Yakın geçmişten bahsederken Present Perfect kullanılır.
They've just left.
I've just come!
3. It also tells of a state or situation which has started in the past and is continuing up to now.
Geçmişte başlamış ve hala devam etmekte olan olayları ifade etmek için Present Perfect kullanılır. Bu anlamı ifade eden cümlelerde "for, since, so far, until now, lately, recently, already, just, yet" gibi zaman zarfları kullanılabilir.
I have lived in New York for seven years. (I am still living there.)
I have studied English Language Teaching since 2002. (I am still studying ELT.)
B. STRUCTURE
Positive Structure:
| I | have | ||
| You | have | ||
| He | has | ||
| She | has | worked. | |
| It | has | ||
| We | have | ||
| They | have |
Note: In Present Perfect tense, if the main verb is irregular, its 3rd form should be used.
(Present perfect tense'in olumlu, olumsuz ve soru cümlelerinde, düzensiz fiillerin 3. hali kullanılır.)
Negative Structure:
| I | haven't | |
| You | haven't | |
| He | hasn't | |
| She | hasn't | worked. |
| It | hasn't | |
| We | haven't | |
| They | haven't |
Question structure: