Present Perfect

PRESENT PERFECT: CONNECTING PAST AND

PRESENT
EXAMPLES EXPLANATIONS
PAST Use the simple past for
a) I moved to Bayombong in completed action in the past.
2008.
(simple past)
PRESENT Use the simple present for facts
a) I live in Bayombong now. about present situations.
(simple present)
PAST AND PRESENT Use the present perfect (have +
a) I have lived in Bayombong past participle) to connect the
since 2008. (present perfect) past and present. One use of the
b) It is now 2010. I have lived in present perfect is to tell us about
Bayombong for two years. something that began in the past
(present perfect) and continues to the present.
 Forming the Present Perfect
• Has/have + past participle
Uses of for and since