We use it

This tense is used to talk about actions happening in a recent past and which relate to the present, it indicates in a way that the action just happened or has happened recently.

IMPORTANT

The specific time is not important since these actions happened at an unspecified time, so phrases like the following are used...

- Never

- Ever

- Many times

- Yet

- Already

- Just

- Recently

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Subject + Have / Has + Past Participle form of The Verb + the rest of the sentence.

In this tense, the use of the auxiliaries

Have / Has

depends on the subject of the sentence.

If the Subject is or equals

He - She - It

We use the auxiliary "Has" + Past Participle of the verb.

If the subject is or equals

I - You - We - They

We use the auxiliary "Have" + Past Participle of the verb.

If the main verb of the sentence is regular, the past participle form is the same as the Past Simple, that is to say, we add -Ed to the end of the verb.

If the verb of the sentence is irregular, it is written according to the 3° column of the list of irregular verbs (Past Participle).

  • Examples

    I have never flown in a plane.

    (It is used the auxiliary "Have" since the subject of the sentence is I and the verb "Flown" is the past participle of the verb "Fly", which is irregular and figures in the 3° column of the irregular verbs list).

    Tony has worked in many different places.

    (It is used the auxiliary "Has" since the subject equals "He" and the verb "Worked" is the past participle of the verb "Work", which is regular and is written with -Ed at the end)

    He has just opened the window.

    They have already been to Paris.

Subject + Have Not / Has Not + Past Participle of The Verb + the rest of the sentence.

In the negative form, the same structure as in the affirmative form is used but you add "Not" to the auxiliary verb, writing...

Have Not (Haven't).

or

Has Not (Hasn't).

Have / Has + Subject + Past Participle of The Verb + the rest of the sentence ...?

In the interrogative form, the auxiliaries

Have or Has

are written before the subject of the sentence and the verb is also written in Past Participle.

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Answer

Correct Answer

Which of the following sentences is grammatically wrong?

It has never rained in that desert.

Try again

We has seen an UFO.

Well done!

They have written a good article.

Wrong answer

_ _ _ _ _ Japanese?

Have you ever spoken

Good!

Have you ever speak

Keep trying

Has you ever spoken

Try again

Kristen _ _ _ _ _ Mike yet.

haven't seen

Wrong answer

has saw

Keep trying

hasn't seen

You did it!

I _ _ _ _ _ a lot of photos.

've taken

Great!

has taken

Try again

have take

Wrong answer

You _ _ _ _ _ a great job.

's done

Keep trying

have done

Cool!

hasn't done

Try again

The Present Perfect is used to talk about actions that started and finished in the past.

True

Wrong answer

False

You did it!

The Present Perfect is not specific.

True

That´s it!

False

Try again

The main verb is always conjugated in the Participle form.

True

Correct answer!

False

Try again

I _ _ _ _ _ finished my homework yet.

haven't

Well done!

hasn't

Keep trying

hasn

Try again

They _ _ _ _ _ gone to Brazil.

has

Wrong answer

have

Good!

hasn't

Keep trying

She _ _ _ _ _ just arrived home.

haven't

Try again

has

Great!

does

Wrong answer

My father hasn't _ _ _ _ _ the car.

fix

Keep trying

fixed

Cool!

fixing

Try again

The journalist has _ _ _ _ _ the article.

write

Wrong answer

wrote

Keep trying

written

You did it!

_ _ _ _ _ you ever seen that movie?

Has

Try again

Have

That´s it!

Haven't

Wrong answer

_ _ _ _ _ he ever been to Paris?

Does

Keep trying

Have

Try again

Has

Correct answer!

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