Present Perfect (Notes)

Present Perfect

We use this tense when we want to talk about unfinished actions or states or habits that started in the past and continue to the present.

Present Perfect Structure

Positive

subject

have/has

Past Participle

Negative

subject

haven't/hasn't

Past Participle

Interrogative

subject

Past Participle?

have/has

subject

Use has or hasn't for he,she, and it

Present Perfect Expressions

since

• (2004, April 23rd, last year, Monday)

• (2 hours, three years, six months, 20 minutes)

for

Alredy

• We use to say that something happened sooner than expected.

Yet

• Use “yet” at the end of a sentence to describe something that hasn't happened.

PRESENT PERFECT EXAMPLES

2018

2015

2021

2016 - 2017

Lisa and Jack have been together for three years.

Lisa has studied English for five years and she Lisa has worked at British Council since 2017.

Lisa and Jack haven't married yet, but they have already engaged.

Lisa has lived in London since 2015.

VOCABULARY

Past Participle Regular Verbs

movemoved moved

workworked worked

studystudied studied

planplanned planned

Past Participle Irregular Verbs

Irregular verb forms do not follow one rule

runran run

sendsent sent

readread read

seesaw seen