PRESENT PERFECT

PRESENT PERFECT
A. FORM:
AFFIRMATIVE:
I/you/we/they have worked
He/she/it has worked

If the verb is regular: + -ed

If the verb is irregular: third column of the
list (past participle)
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A. FORM:

NEGATIVE
I/ you/we/they have not (haven’t)
worked
He/she/it has not (hasn’t) worked
Examples:
She has not lived in Liverpool
They haven’t watched TV today
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A. FORM:
INTERROGATIVE
Have I/ you/we/they worked?
Has he/she/it worked?
Examples:
Have you finished cleaning?
Has your mother bought fruits?
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B. USES:
▫ something that started in the past and
continues in the present.
 Ex: They have been married for fifty years.

▫ something that has finished recently.

 Ex: I have eaten toast for breakfast.

▫ Finished action that has an influence on

the present
 Ex: I can’t open the door because I have lost
my key
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C. TIME EXPRESSIONS:
▫ Lately
▫ Recently
▫ Once/ twice/ three times…
▫ Already (affirmative sentences). Ex: They
have already sold 12 million copies.
▫ Yet (negative and interrogative sentences).
Ex: Has the programme started yet?
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C. TIME EXPRESSIONS:

FOR + PERIOD OF TIME

SINCE + SPECIFIC MOMENT, MOMENT

WHEN THE ACTION FINISHED
NEVER + SOMETHING HAS NOT
HAPPENED IN THE PAST
JUST + SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED
VERY RECENTLY
EVER TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT
EXPERIENCES IN THE PAST