• : I/you/we/they have/haven’t

past participle verb (3rd column)

he/she it has/hasn’t

• : it doesn’t matter WHEN the action happened.

➢ There is always a connection between the past and present (there is evidence).
➢ We use it to talk about experience: ever, never, in my life.
Have you ever visited a museum?
Has you mum ever been to England?
I have never eaten sushi. = I haven’t eaten sushi in my life.
➢ We use it to talk about recently completed events: just, already, yet(negative-
questions).
I have just finished my homework (I can see my books on the desk)
We have already studied Present Simple.
➢ We use it to talk about the duration of an action up to now:
For + quantity (two days, four weeks, twenty years);
I have studied English for 4 years.
Since + moment or point in time (December, last summer, Saturday, 1987)
I have studied English since 2018.
➢ Ask about the duration of an action How long?
How long have you been friends? We have been friends for 2 years/since 2020.

• Difference between Present perfect and Past simple:

NOW I’m in hospital. I’m not in hospital NOW. I’m better.

They have just bought a car.

They have received a car as a present.

They have cleaned the car.

She has finished work.

She has just cleaned the kitchen.