Present perfect
We use the present perfect tense to talk about actions in the past with a result now, at the present moment. We are not speaking about when the action happened. It is important that the action started before the moment of speaking and it has some result at the moment of speaking.
The signal words of the present perfect are just, already, yet, since, for, ever, never.
To build the present perfect we use the auxiliary verb have/has and the past participle of the main verb (its third form):
| Positive and negative: have/has (not) + past participle | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| I you we they |
have haven't (have not) |
played started worked |
regular verbs |
| he she it |
has hasn't (has not) |
done been lost gone |
irregular verbs |
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Question
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| What Where Why How ... |
have | I you we they |
played? started? worked? |
regular verbs |
| has | he she it |
done? been? lost? gone? |
irregular verbs | |