Present Perfect Simple

The present perfect tense:

This page will present the present perfect simple:

its form and its use.

You may also be interested in the present perfect continuous

The form of the present perfect simple tense:

Have (in the simple present) + Verb (in the past participle form) Positive Negative Interrogative

I have worked. I have not worked. Have you worked?

NOTE:

I have worked = I've worked He has worked = He's worked

Examples:

I have not = I haven't worked He has not = He hasnt worked

Have you finished the job? No, I haven't finished yet. Yes, I have already finished. She's just finished her job.

Remember:
. The past participle of regular !erbs is :

Rule

Examples

Verb + ed play - played visit - visited finish -finished

". #. The past participle of irregular !erbs can$t be predicted %there is no rule .& 'ut there is a list of irregular !erbs that you ha!e to learn by heart. (ere are some e)amples:

Infinitive Simple past Past participle

be co e !o do eet

was"were ca e went did et

been co e !one done et

The uses of the present perfect simple tense:

. To emphasi*e on the result of a past action without mentioning the actual time when it happened: +)amples:

I have met that girl before. ,e have discussed this issue a few times.

". -ction performed in a period that has not finished yet %the same day, wee., month, etc.&: +)amples:

Have you seen /acy today? %The day is not o!er yet.& I have had se!eral tests this month. %The month has not finished yet.&

#. -ction that started in the past and has continued until now. 0ften used with since %indicating the beginning of action& or for %indicating the duration of action&: +)amples:

They have lived here for ten years. I have not seen her since we left high school. 1lare and 2ohn have kno n each other since they were at primary school.

3. It is used to indicate completed acti!ities in the immediate past %with just&. +)ample:

4 (e has !ust taken the medicine.4

Present perfect vs past simple tense:

The use of past simple instead of present perfect re5uires clear reference to a past period6moment:

Present perfect I have met that !irl before Have you seen $ancy recently? I have ha! so e tests this week.

Simple past I met that !irl at the beach last #aturday. i! you see $ancy yesterday? onth. I ha! so e tests last week. ar-lesson-present-

%e have !iscusse! this issue a few ti es. %e !iscusse! this issue last

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