1. Present Perfect Tense
Form
I I
You You
We have We haven’t finished
They ( ‘ve ) Finished They
He He
She has finished She hasn’t finished
It ( ‘s ) It
2. Examples:
I have met a tourist.
Ali has written a letter.
We have bought a new car.
The boys have broken the window.
He has been to the UK.
Ahmad has eaten all rice.
3. When to use the present perfect?
1)Actions that happened in the past but
which has a result in the present.
Look! The boy has spilt coffee here.
Oh! You have drunk the tea. The glass is
empty.
I have learned English.
Ali has played football.
4. 2) Actions that are completed up to now
without stating a specific time:
We have already bought a new car.
They have called you.
3) Actions that started in the past and continues
into the present:
I’ve lived in London for three years.
5.
6. F0R (period) SINCE(Time point)
A week 1998
A year 2001
Two hours Last week
Three days June
Five weeks He was a child
Three months They moved to Muscat
A while
Three minutes
A long time