Present Perfect

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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!
  2. Shelly has worked in that supermarket for years, she's the eldest employee.
  3. Tom has broken his leg.
  4. My sister has dyed her hair, but I don't like the colour.

 

!! 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?