Relacionar Columnas Present Perfect and MeaningVersión en línea Match the sentences with present perfect with the different meanings it can express. por Atenas Leticia García Gámez 1 Indefinite past: It indicates that the action happened in the past but it does not tell you when exactly. 2 Repetition: It implies that we did an action repeated times in the past. We don't specify when we did it, only that now we have a repeated experience with that situation. 3 Permanence: It expresses that it has remained constant or in the same way for a long time. 4 Continuous action from the past to the present: It expresses a situation that started in the past, didn't stop and continues until the present. It usually expresses a dyanmic process. 5 Achievements: It expresses that an action in the past gave a result that is visible or useful in the present. 6 Previous life experience: It expresses that we experienced (or not) a situation in the past as part of our lives.