PRESENT PERFECT

1.Action started in the past, comes up to the present and it will continue

1997 2021 retire

I have been a teacher for 24 years.

I have worked for EMU for 24 years.

2020 September 2021 March graduate

You have been a student at EMU for 6 months.

Demet Ozdemir has been an actress since 2013.

She has acted in many TV serials.

Tarkan has been a singer since 1992.

Tarkan has given a lot of concerts.

 FOR SINCE
2 years 1992
6 months Monday (days)
10 hours January (months)
ages(very long time) 2 o’clock (time)
4 weeks I was born
a long time 14th of June
10/5/2 minutes My birthday
3/5/10 days last week/year/month
this evening/morning/afternoon
I was a little child

2.Action happened in the past finished in the past but we see the result
now(time is not important)

Tom has shaved off his beard.

Sam has had an accident.

Sally has tidied up her room.

Sandra has broken her leg.

Peter has cut his finger.

3.Action happened in the past, time is not important, EXPERIENCE is
important.

She has eaten sushi.

They have been to Italy.

They have travelled by ship.

 He has gone parachuting.

I have watched the film Titanic.

RULE

Positive sentence

I\you\we\they + have+V3

He\she\it + has + V3

Negative sentence

I\you\we\they + haven’t + V3

He\she\it + hasn’t + V3
Questions

Have + I\you\we\they + V3?

Has + he\she\it + V3?

Past Simple and Present Perfect

Baris Manco was a singer.

He gave a lot of concerts.

My father was an officer (he is retired now).

My parents went to England in 2010.

I ate sushi 5 years ago in Japan.

Pam had an accident last week.

I haven’t seen Ali this morning (it is 10 o’clock)

I didn’t see Ali this morning (it is 1 o’clock in the afternoon)