PREPARED BY BAHRİYE KAYA and HER TEAM-MUHARREM GÜLPINAR SECONDARY SCHOOL
Present perfect
The present perfect is formed from the present tense of the verb have and the past participle
of a verb.
We use the present perfect:
for something that started in the past and continues in the present:
They've been married for nearly fifty years.
She has lived in Liverpool all her life.
when we are talking about our experience up to the present:
I've seen that film before.
I've played the guitar ever since I was a teenager.
He has written three books and he is working on another one.
We often use the adverb ever to talk about experience up to the present:
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My last birthday was the worst day I have ever had.
We use never for the negative form:
A: Have you ever met George?
B: Yes, but I've never met his wife.
We can use for something that happened in the past but is important in the present:
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I can't get in the house. I've lost my keys.
Teresa isn't at home. I think she has gone shopping.
have been and have gone
- We use have/has been when someone has gone to a place and returned:
- A: Where have you been? A: Have you ever been to San Francisco? B:
No, but I've been to Los Angeles. B: I've just been out to the supermarket.
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- But when someone has not returned, we use have/has gone:
- A: Where's Maria? I haven't seen her for weeks.
- B: She's gone to Paris for a week. She'll be back tomorrow.