## Present Perfect

Present Perfect - Meester Gijs https://meestergijs.nl/unit/video-5/?id=2934

### Present Perfect

The Present Perfect is used to: Express actions that started in the past, but aren't over yet Express actions that happened in the past, but still have result in the present. --> It's a tense that expresses both past and present in one.

The Present Perfect is constructed in a sentence: Have / has + Past participle (verb in past tense)

The Present Perfect in a few examples:

1. They have listened to his CD for hours already!
   - Action started in the past and is still going on.
   - Have + verb + ed
2. Shelly has worked in that supermarket for years, she's the eldest employee.
   - Action started in the past, still going on.
   - Has + verb + ed
3. Tom has broken his leg.
   - Action happened in the past --> result: broken leg.
   - Has + verb (irregular verb).
4. My sister has dyed her hair, but I don't like the colour.
   - Action happened in the past, result: different hair colour.
   - Has + verb + ed.

!! To form the present perfect, you add 'ed' to the verb to create the past participle. However: there are exceptions. Irregular verbs change as a whole, you cannot ad 'ed'. These verbs are not following the rules and you need to study these. You can find a list of Irregular verbs on page 288 of your book or in the menu on the left: 'list of irregular verbs'.

You can use the present perfect in three different kinds of sentences:

Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative
I have dyed my hair pink. | I haven't dyed my hair pink. | Have I dyed my hair pink?
She has lived here for three years. | She hasn't lived here for three years. | Has she lived here for three years?
He has become a great frriend. | He hasn't become a great friend. | Has he become a good friend?
It has been too long! | It hasn't been too long. | Has it been too long?