Present Perfect: have / has + participle

What are we learning today?

You will talk about experience and about actions that go on until now.

Explanation

• Form: have or has + past participle.
• Use it when you do not say when something happened. Time words: ever, never.
• Use for with a period of time. Use since with a starting point.
• Use the past simple when you say the time: I broke my foot last weekend.
• Some participles are irregular: break - broken, fall - fallen, see - seen.
• Negative: have not (haven't), has not (hasn't).

Examples

1. He has broken fifteen bones.
2. My sister has lived in Almaty for five years.
3. She has lived here since 2019.

Remember!

• Say "he has broken", not "he have broken".
• Use "since" with a date and "for" with a period.
• Do not use present perfect with "yesterday".

Check yourself

1. Complete: "They have worked here ___ ten years." (for / since)
2. Make it negative: "I / see / this film."