Present Perfect

We use present perfect to talk about events that happened sometime in the
past. We don’t know when. In present perfect, the date of the event or action
is not important.

Subject + has / have + past participle verb

 I´ve been to Paris. (´ve = have)

 He’s eaten several apples. (‘s = has)
 We’ve danced all night long.
 They’ve never had a dog.
 She’s participated three times.

Negative

 I haven’t been to Paris (haven’t = have not)

 He hasn’t eaten several apples. (hasn’t = has not)
 We haven’t danced all night long.
 They haven’t had a dog.
 She hasn’t participated.

The present perfect is often used with adverbs of frequency.

 Always
 Once / Twice / Many times
 Never
 Before

Examples

 I’ve always wanted to study acting.

 I’ve eaten Chinese food three times.
 She’s never played basketball before.

Regular past participle verbs

Verb Past Participle
Travel Traveled
Want Wanted
Save Saved
Try Tried
 Verb Simple past Past Participle
Be Was / Were Been
Do Did Done
Go Went Gone
Have Had Had
See Saw Seen