Present Perfect 2 - Form and uses

The Present Perfect Tense

⏩ The Present Perfect is used to talk about an event that began or happened in the past and has some relation with the present:

Subj + have/has + past participle ....

• I've forgotten her name. (I can't remember it now.)
• He hasn't washed his car. (It isn't clean now.)
• I've lost my phone. (I can't find it now.) 
• They haven't finished lunch. (They are eating now.)
• My father has lived in London for 10 Years. (He still lives there.)
  

 ⏩ When we express an action in the recent past with just.

• It has just stopped raining. (It stopped raining a short time ago.)

 ⏩ Present Perfect with already and yet.

 

                already (affirmative) - (before the past participle)

               yet (negative or interrogative) - (at the en of the sentence)

• She has already done her homework.  (She finished before now.)
• The train hasn't arrived yet.
• Have you made your bed yet?
  

 ⏩ Present Perfect with ever and never. We use ever and never to talk about experiences in our lives up to now.

• We've never been to New York. 
• Have you ever ridden a horse? 

  ⏩ Present Perfect with for and since.

• We use for when we are talking about a period of time.  She has lived in Brighton for six years.
  
• We use since when we are talking about the start of the period. She has lived in Brighton since 2014.
  

 

Now let's do some exercises to practise the Present Perfect.

Go to Liveworksheets, log in with user and password and in Present Perfect do Activity 1 & 2.

⏩  1.- Liveworksheet Activity

⏩  2.- Present Perfet (already, yet, just, since, for, ever, never)