The exact time is not important. You CANNOT use the present perfect with specific time expressions such as: yesterday, one year ago, last week, when I was a child, when I lived in Japan, at that moment, that day, one day, etc. We CAN use the present perfect with unspecific expressions such as: ever, never, once, many times, several times, before, so far, already, yet, etc.
The concept of "unspecified time" can be very confusing to English learners. It is best to associate present perfect with the following topics:. You can use the present perfect to describe your experience. It is like saying, "I have the experience of The present perfect is NOT used to describe a specific event. We often use the present perfect to list the accomplishments of individuals and humanity. You cannot mention a specific time. We often use the present perfect to say that an action which we expected has not happened.
Using the present perfect suggests that we are still waiting for the action to happen. We also use the present perfect to talk about several different actions which have occurred in the past at different times.
Present perfect suggests the process is not complete and more actions are possible. When we use the present perfect it means that something has happened at some point in our lives before now. Remember, the exact time the action happened is not important. Sometimes, we want to limit the time we are looking in for an experience.
We can do this with expressions such as: in the last week, in the last year, this week, this month, so far, up to now, etc. It is not considered a specific time, so it requires present perfect. With non-continuous verbs and non-continuous uses of mixed verbs , we use the present perfect to show that something started in the past and has continued up until now. Although the above use of present perfect is normally limited to non-continuous verbs and non-continuous uses of mixed verbs, the words "live," "work," "teach," and "study" are sometimes used in this way even though they are NOT non-continuous verbs.
Examples of using present perfect in talking about events that happened in the recent past but the effect of the recent event is still felt in the present include:.
In addition, you can use time-related adverbs in the present perfect tense, as long as they don't refer to a time which is finished. These words include: "already," "just" and "yet. Present perfect tense can also be used in questions using the words "already" and "yet. The present perfect tense is used when talking about experiences from the past, a change or a situation that has happened in the past but is still continuing today.
This tense is an important part of English grammar since it demonstrates that actions or events in the past have an effect on the present situation.
All rights reserved. Using Present Perfect Tense To create the present perfect tense of any verb, you will combine the present tense of the verb "to have" plus the past participle of the main verb of the sentence.
Some other forms of this tense are: Has lived: She has lived here all her life. Have written: They have written three letters already. Have worked: I have worked here since I graduated school. Has done: He has finished his homework.
Have been: We have been to Canada. Has forgotten: She has forgotten her folder. Try an exercise about the positive form here. Negative Negative Short Form I have not eaten breakfast today I haven't eaten you have not been to Asia you haven't been he has not seen the new film he hasn't seen she has not played tennis she hasn't played it has not snowed this winter it hasn't snowed we have not slept all night we haven't slept they have not tried the food they haven't tried.
Try an exercise about the negative form here. We haven't seen her today. Actions repeated in an unspecified period between the past and now. They have seen that film six times It has happened several times already. She has visited them frequently.
We have eaten at that restaurant many times. I have just eaten. We have just seen her. Has he just left? When the precise time of the action is not important or not known Someone has eaten my soup!
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