Present perfect rules, examples
Present perfect
Present perfect
have / has + Past Participle (3rd form)
Examples present perfect
I have finished my homework.
He has talked to the officer.
Regular verbs: look - looked, watch - watched.
Verbs with -e: add -d.
live - lived
Some verbs are not regular. You have to learn them by heart.
Conjugation present perfect
I have listened to the song.
You have listened to the song.
He/She has listened to the song.
We have listened to the song.
You have listened to the song.
They have listened to the song.
Present Perfect use
1. -Present perfect: Something happend in the past and is important for the present.
The picture has just fallen down.
Tom has los his keys. He can't start his car now.
2. The present perfect describes an action that was completed in the very recent past.
He has just talked to his brother.
I have just finished my work.
3. The action started in the past and continues in the present.
We have worked in London since 2010.
Present Perfect signal words
Signalwords Present Perfect:
ever, for, just, never, not... yet, recently, since, so far, this morning (afternoon...), till now, up to now, yet.
Examples: Present perfect signalwords
We have just eaten
apples.
They have already done
their work.
He has lived in Manchester
since 2015.
Present perfect questions
have/has + subject + Past Participle
Examples: Questions present perfect:
I have eaten apples.
Have I eaten
apples?
We have already done our work.
Have we already done our work?
He has lived
in Manchester since 2018.
Has he lived
in Manchester since 2018?
Present perfect negative
have/has, not + Past Participle
Examples Present Perfect negative
I have eaten oranges. I haven't eaten oranges.
He has lived in London since 2011. He hasn't lived in London since 2011.
Present Perfect - to be
statement | negative | ||
long form | short form | ||
I |
have been |
have not been |
haven't been |
Present perfect exercises
01 Present Perfect rules
02 Present Perfectexercises
03 Present Perfect examples
04 regular verbs
05 Examples Present Perfect
06 Present Perfect have
07 to have
08 to be
09 been
10 Present Perfect irregular verbs
11 Present Perfect irregular Verbs
Present Perfect Questions
12 Questions Present Perfect
13 Questions regular Verbs
14 Questions irregular Verbs
15 Questions Present Perfect
16 Present Perfectword order
17 Word order Present Perfect
18 Word order in Questions
Negatives Present Perfect
19 Negatives Present Perfect
20 Exercises Present Perfect negative
21 Present Perfect negatives
Signal words Present Perfect
22 Signal words Present Perfect
23 exercises
24 Signal words exercises
Word order Present Perfect with signal words
25 Signal words Present Perfect
26 Word order with signal words
27 Word order
28 Word order Present Perfect
Present Perfect - mixed exercises
29 Mixed exercises
30 Mixed exercises
31 Present Perfect
32 Word order
33 Word order
34 Sentences
Test Present Perfect
35 Present Perfect Test
Past Participle (3. Form) irregular verbs
36 Crossword Past Participle
37 Crossword Past Participle
38 Crossword Past Participle
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