Present Perfect Tense

With ‘Since’ and ‘For’

Present Perfect Tense

I
You for 15 years
They have
We Or
lived here
He since 1991
She has
It
Remember this!
• We form the Present Perfect like this:
“ S + has/have + past participle “

• We use present perfect to express things that have happened

from the past until now.

• We use “FOR” when we think of the length of a period time:

…for two years …for 15 minutes

• We use “SINCE” when we think of the starting point in the

past:
…since 1992 …since two days ago
 Past participle
Regular: Irregular:
Play Played Eat Eaten
Live Lived
Write Written
Study Studied
Sleep Slept
Cook Cooked
Listen Listened Speak Spoken
Work Worked Buy Bought
Try Tried Drive Driven
Change these words into
past participle!

EAT

CLIMB

RUN

SLEEP BLOW
How long have you lived in Bali?
I have lived in Bali since
How long have
you been a
dancer?

I have been a
We have been
married for
three years.
He has joined
swimming club
since he was 10
years old.
I have lived in
this house
since 2005
Let’s try this guys!

How long has Sylvester

been the enemy of
Tweety?
This is very
easy!

How long have you learned karate?

 You’re great
today!

See you