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    Present, Past and Future Perfect

    Present Perfect (Presente Perfecto): Have/Has

     I have drunk coffee.


    o He bebido café.
     I haven’t drunk coffee.
    o No he bebido café.
     Have I drunk coffee?
    o ¿He bebido café?

    Past Perfect (Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto): Had

     I had drunk coffee.


    o Había bebido café.
     I hadn’t drunk coffee.
    o No había bebido café.
     Had I drunk coffee?
    o ¿Había bebido café?

    Future Perfect (Futuro Perfecto): Will have

     I will have drunk coffee.


    o Habré bebido café.
     I will not have drunk coffee.
    o No habré bebido café.
     Will I have drunk coffee?
    o ¿Habré bebido café?

    Is the present, past and future perfect done the same way in American English and British
    English?
    Yes, the formation of the present, past, and future perfect tenses is essentially the same in
    both American English and British English. The differences between the two dialects
    generally lie in vocabulary, spelling, and some aspects of usage, but the structure of perfect
    tenses remains consistent. Here’s a quick overview:

    Present Perfect:

     Structure: Subject + have/has + past participle


     Example:
    o American/British: I have eaten.

    Past Perfect:

     Structure: Subject + had + past participle


     Example:
    o American/British: I had eaten.

    Future Perfect:

     Structure: Subject + will have + past participle


     Example:
    o American/British: I will have eaten.

    The key difference often noted in the use of the present perfect tense is the preference in
    American English to use the simple past tense where British English would use the present
    perfect. For example:

     British English: "I have just eaten."


     American English: "I just ate."

    However, the grammatical structure for forming the perfect tenses remains the same in both
    varieties of English.

    Combinations with Modal Verbs.

    I may have drunk coffee = "Puede que haya bebido café."


    I might have drunk coffee = "Podría haber bebido café."
    I can have drunk coffee = "Puedo haber bebido café."
    I could have drunk coffee = "Podría haber bebido café."
    I should have drunk coffee = "Debería haber bebido café."
    I would have drunk coffee = "Habría bebido café."
    I must have drunk coffee = "Debo de haber bebido café."
    I ought to have drunk coffee ="Debería haber bebido café."
    I shall have drunk coffee = "Habré bebido café."
    I will have drunk coffee = "Habré bebido café."

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