A little English question.

[Azza]

Anyone know the answer to this?

Q. Underline the verb form that is in the present perfect in the passage below.


Rachel loves music and has wanted to learn how to play the violin for years. She was hoping for violin lessons, and was delighted when her parents gave her a violin for her birthday.

 

[Rilot]

"Wanted"

 

[mattyfez]

Loves? Wouldn't 'wanted' be past tense?

 

[Brizzles]

hoping

 

[G-MAN2004]

Loves?

 

[lude1962]

wanted

 

[Mynight]

Rachel?

 

[lude1962]

Loves? Wouldn't 'wanted' be past tense?

think it would be had wanted for past tense and not has wanted

 

[mattyfez]

think it would be had wanted for past tense and not has wanted

Wouldn't it need to be 'wants'?

' Has wanted' doesn't imply 'currently wants'?

 

[Deleted member 66701]

' Has wanted' doesn't imply 'currently wants'?

Erm, yes it does.

I'm in agreement with Rolot, the present perfect in that paragraph is "wanted".

 

[Ryan-3]

The Violin! That was the present. Perfect!

 

[mattyfez]

Erm, yes it does.

Prepared to be corrected, but both 'has' and 'wanted' are past tense to me..

Present would be 'Rachel wants..'

I have wanted an iPhone, but currently I love bananas.

 

[Surfer]

1. Rachel loves music
2. has wanted to learn how to play...
3. She was hoping for violin lessons
4. and was delighted when her parents gave her a violin for her birthday

its 2. wanted = present perfect

For bonus points identify the tenses used in 1,3,4

 

[ElliorR]

I think we need a picture of Rachel to answer this properly.

 

[mattyfez]

1. Rachel loves music
2. has wanted to learn how to play...
3. She was hoping for violin lessons
4. and was delighted when her parents gave her a violin for her birthday

its 2. wanted = present perfect

For bonus points identify the tenses used in 1,3,4

I still think 'has wanted' implies the past, and doesn't make an assumption about the present.

Otherwise it would be 'Rachel wants' which is present, as is 'Rachel loves'.

 

[Trucamo]

Prepared to be corrected, but both 'has' and 'wanted' are past tense to me..

Present would be 'Rachel wants..'

I have wanted an iPhone, but currently I love bananas.

'has' is the present tense, while 'had' is the past tense.

'wanted' is indeed the past tense, that's what makes it the present perfect, the combination of the present form of have (has) and the past tense of another verb (wanted).

 

[Trucamo]

I still think 'has wanted' implies the past, and doesn't make an assumption about the present.

Otherwise it would be 'Rachel wants' which is present, as is 'Rachel loves'.

The past form would be "Rachel had wanted to learn to play", as she no longer does.

"Rachel wants" means she only currently wants and makes no implication about the past.

"Rachel has wanted" means she has wanted to and still currently wants to.

 

[mattyfez]

'has' is the present tense, while 'had' is the past tense.

'wanted' is indeed the past tense, that's what makes it the present perfect, the combination of the present form of have (has) and the past tense of another verb (wanted).

Only in the sense that 'jimmy has a ball'.

Jimy has wanted a ball since last Christmas, this Christmas he has one, and now he wants a teddy bear instead!

Different use of the word 'has'.

 

[Redz]

I think we need a picture of Rachel to answer this properly.

This.

 

[Trucamo]

Only in the sense that 'jimmy has a ball'.

Jimy has wanted a ball since last Christmas, this Christmas he has one, and now he wants a teddy bear instead!

Different use of the word 'has'.

I'm no English teacher or student, but I'd be inclined to say that's not grammatically correct, either "Jimy wanted a ball" or "Jimy had wanted a ball" would be grammatically correct in that sentence.

You cannot correctly use "has" as the past tense.