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The present perfect tense

Typicalforms of this tense are as shown in:
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the present perfect tense

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We can usejust if we want to show that the action has very recently been completed.
They have just bought their
Hehas

tickets.

hovefrnished.

ust fi ni shed

hi s ho

mework.

Hehasfound them.
They'vefinished. Ther/vefound her. Listenl l've heord some great news; )im'swon! They've bought a brand new cor.
You've

lf the event did not take place you can use never.lf

youwant to find

out whether it took place or not, you can use eyer.

Have you ever been to creece? I've never done anything likethis before.

got

a nerve!

Have theyflnished?

No, they haven't

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lf we want
u

to indicate
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Has Mory arrived yet?

No, shehasn't.

se expressio ns

h as recently, ately, this morni n g, to d ay,

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a moment in time or a period of time, we can or thi s week

with the present perfect tense.

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lhave notftnished. Hehas notfinished.

Ranee hasn' t fo un d her bracel et yet.

I've

haven't been to the cinema recently waited a week for your answer.

They haven't seen her.

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have ='ve have not = haven't

The contracted forms are:

has ='s

uestions and negative sentences, the present perfect can be with yer, meaning 'at the time of speaking'. In positive sentences, use already.
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used

has not = hasn't

Haven't you

fi ni shed

yet?
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The present perfect tense is used to talk about events that are relevant to the present but that happened in the past. lt is used to talk about an action that started in the past, without mentioning a specific time.
Her daughterhas had an occident.
We have seen the

H ave yo u bo u ght th e ti ckets yet l've al ready seen that film.

The present perfect tense is often used to answer the q uestion Howlong...?togetherwith fortotalkabouta period of time, or since to talk about duration from a point in time.
I have lived in Edinburghfor fifteen years. How long haveyou lived in Edinburgh? Wdve had this car since zoo8.

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lf the present perfect occurs more than once in a compound sentence, the second and subsequent instancesofhave can be leftout.
T hey
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Wehaven't spoken to each othersince the night ofthe argument.

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b o u

ght

th

ei

ti ckets a n d b o oke d th

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r seats.