DASH – PRESENT PERFECT

To start the animation, point the cursor on the person, such as „You“! 

From top to bottom you can build your sentences. From bottom to top you can build your questions. For statements, always begin with the personal pronoun „I-you-he-she-it-we-you or they“. Then use, „have“ for all personal pronouns except „he, she, it“. Use „has“ here. Add the first siamese twin, the verb “to be”, in this case “been” for all personal pronouns. Finally include the actio in its basic form, adding an “ing” ending. Only after that can you complete the sentence with place and time. (place always comes before time – P before T).

I have been working in Munich since 1991.

With questions, you begin from the bottom up. If, for instance, you would like to use the question word “why”, begin with this word. Then include, „have“ or „has“ for „he, she, it“, the person, the verb form “been” and the desired action with the second siamese twin “ing”. If necessary, add place and time. If you do not require a question word, simply leave it out and continue building the sentence as just described.

(Why) have you been working in Munich since Monday?

Note:  he-she-it-they he-she-it-they“ can be replaced by proper nouns such as a first name instead of „he“.

Peter has been working in Munich since 1991.

Further to: Past Perfect

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