PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE & PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Aux. HAVE (HAS – pers a III-a SG)

Present Perfect Simple

Aff: S+have/has+V3/V+ed: We have met recently.

She has already played this PC game.

Neg: S+haven’t/hasn’t+V3/V+ed: We haven’t met recently.

She hasn’t played this PC game yet.

Int: have/has+S+V3/V+ed? Have you met recently?

Has she already played this PC game?

USE

1. Finished action, we don’t know the moment of time.

2. Action which began in the past and has not finished yet.
We have been friends since childhood.

Adverbs: SINCE, FOR, JUST, ALREADY, RECENTLY, SO FAR, NEVER,

EVER

Present Perfect Continuous

Aff: S+have/has+been+V-ing You have been reading since 9 o’clock.

Neg: S+haven’t/hasn’t+been+v-ing You haven’t been reading ……..

Int: HAVE/HAS+S+been+v-ing? Have you been reading……?

Uses

1. Present duration (HOW LONG?)

We have been living here for 10 years.
2. Finished action, present consequences
Jane in exhausted because she has been working all day.