Present Perfect
The present perfect is formed from the present tense of the verb have and the past participle form of the principal verb of the sentence.
Example:
Example:
Subject:
I You She Have |
Auxiliary verb:
have have has you |
Main verb in past participle:
started eaten moved slept? |
We use the present perfect in three different situations:
Experience: Facts of the past. We are not interested in when you did something, we only want to know if you did it.
Example: I have looked at you. (That already happen, so I have an experience of it).
Chance: To talk about a chance or new information:
Example: Has the price gone up?
Continues: This is a situation that started in the past and continues in the present.
Example: I have worked in a grocery since September.
In the following link you will fine exercises if you want to practice:http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3365
The information of above was taken form:
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
Experience: Facts of the past. We are not interested in when you did something, we only want to know if you did it.
Example: I have looked at you. (That already happen, so I have an experience of it).
Chance: To talk about a chance or new information:
Example: Has the price gone up?
Continues: This is a situation that started in the past and continues in the present.
Example: I have worked in a grocery since September.
In the following link you will fine exercises if you want to practice:http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3365
The information of above was taken form:
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/