📝 Student Instruction: Present Perfect Tense
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When do we use Present Perfect?
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To talk about actions or experiences at an unspecified time in the past.
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To talk about actions that started in the past and continue until now.
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She has lived here for 10 years.
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To talk about actions that happened in the past but still have a result now.
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He has broken his leg (he can’t walk now).
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Form
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Affirmative (+): Subject + have/has + past participle (V3)
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I have eaten breakfast.
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She has finished her homework.
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Negative (–): Subject + have/has + not + past participle
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I haven’t seen that movie.
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He hasn’t called me.
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Question (?): Have/Has + subject + past participle
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Have you visited London?
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Has she done her homework?
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Time expressions used with Present Perfect
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just → I have just finished my homework.
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already → She has already eaten.
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yet → Have you finished yet? / I haven’t finished yet.
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ever → Have you ever been to Paris?
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never → I have never seen snow.
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for (a period of time) → for 5 years
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since (a starting point) → since 2010
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Examples
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We have studied English for three years.
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He has never played basketball.
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Have they arrived yet?
👉 Practice Example:
Change the verb into Present Perfect.
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I (see) that movie three times. → I have seen that movie three times.
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She (not finish) her homework yet. → She hasn’t finished her homework yet.
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(they / travel) to London before? → Have they traveled to London before?
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