Present Perfect

After the pronouns: I, you, we, they, we use.....in the Present Perfect.

• have

• has

After the pronouns: he, she, it, we use.....in the Present Perfect.

• have

• has

We need to use Past Participle (V3) with 'has' and 'have' in the Present Perfect. Which list shows verbs in this form?

• go, be, stay, know, buy, catch, build, propose, eat

• went, was/were, stayed, knew, bought, caught, built, proposed, ate

• gone, been, stayed, known, bought, caught, built, proposed, eaten

We use Present Perfect to show a recently completed action.

• The plane has just arrived.

• John hasn't called today.

• I have read that book three times.

• I have lived in Mexico City.

We also use Present Perfect, when a time period is not complete (this afternoon, this evening, this morning, this week).

• I have washed the dishes.

• Nancy has lived in Mexico.

• I have read this book three times.

• They haven't arrived today.

We use Present Perfect, when an action happened a number of time at an uknown times in the past.

• John hasn't called today.

• I have read that book three times by now.

Use Present Perfect, when we don't focus on when an action happened but on the result. More than one answer is possible for this question.

• I have washed the dishes and they are clean now.

• We have finished the project and we can present it.

• I saw him yesterday.

Put the words in order and create a correct yes/no question in Present Perfect.

a car/you/have/before/driven?

........... before?

We can also ask questions with 'why' 'what' 'when' 'where', etc. in Present Perfect.

Put the following words in order to make a question.

found/what/they/have?

......?

Be careful when you create questions to ask about the subject with 'what' or 'who.'

Put the following words in order to make a question:

has/to Italy/who/been

.....?