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I have eaten pizza. I haven’t eaten pizza. Have I eaten pizza?
You have eaten pizza. You haven’t eaten pizza. Have you eaten pizza?
He / She / It has eaten He / She / It hasn’t eaten Has he / she / it eaten
pizza. pizza. pizza?
We have eaten pizza. We haven’t eaten pizza. Have we eaten pizza?
You have eaten pizza. You haven’t eaten pizza. Have you eaten pizza?
They have eaten They haven’t eaten Have they eaten pizza?
pizza. pizza.
NOTE:
The present perfect is formed from the present tense of the verb have and the
past participle of a verb.
for something that started in the past and continues in the present:
She has lived in Paris all her life.
when we are talking about our experience up to the present:
I’ve seen that film before.
I’ve played the guitar ever since I was a teenager.
He has written three books and he is working on another one.
We often use the adverb ever to talk about experience up to the present:
for something that happened in the past but is important in the present:
I can’t get in the house. I’ve lost my keys.
Teresa isn’t at home. I think she has gone shopping.
For regular verbs, the past participle form is the same as the past simple form.
For irregular verbs, the past participle form is sometimes different from the past
simple form.
For a more complete past participle list check the next link: https://www.englisch-
hilfen.de/en/grammar/unreg_verben.htm
NOTE:
We use have/has been when someone has gone to a place and returned:
NOTE:
We use for and since for actions that started in the past and continue up to the
REMEMBER:
Use the Present Perfect to talk about a general experience in the past.
Use the Past Simple to talk about a specific moment in the past.
Task: Complete the sentences with the present perfect form of the verbs.
1. __________ you __________ (meet) his new girlfriend? I don’t like her.
2. I _______________ (read) “The Little Prince” three times.
3. __________ you ever __________ (fall) in love?
4. I __________ never __________ (cry) at the movies.
5. My wife _______________ (travel) all over the world.
6. He _______________ (meet) a lot of famous people in his work.
7. She _______________ (see) George Clooney’s new movie four times.
8. I ______________ (write) a lot of poems but I never show them to anybody.
Task: Put the verbs in parenthesis in the present perfect or simple past.