This document provides information about and examples of using the present perfect tense in English. It discusses how the present perfect is used to talk about experiences, past events with present results, ongoing actions, and recent past actions. It includes examples of affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentence structures using the present perfect. It also contains practice questions asking the reader to look at pictures and write true sentences using the present perfect tense.

1. Present
Perfect

2. We use the present
perfect to talk about:
1. Our experiences;
ex: I have already been to
London.

3. 2. Things that happened
in the past but have a
result in the present;
ex: He has won a medal, so
he’s very happy.

4. 3. Actions that started in
the past but continue
up to the present;
ex: We have studied English
for four years.

5. 4. Recent past actions;
ex: They have just arrived.

6. Time expressions that
include the following
words:
for, since, ever,
never, just,
already, yet, etc.

7. Affirmative
Subject + has/have + past participle
Note: past participle
Regular verbs: = past simple (-ed)
Irregular verbs: different forms

8. I have already been to Athens.

9. I haven’t played
worked
eaten
He, she, it hasn’t
We, you, they haven’t
Negative
Subject + hasn’t/haven’t +
past participle

10. They haven’t studied Greek
architecture yet.

11. Interrogative
Has/Have + subject +
past participle
Have I
played?
worked?
gone?
Has he, she, it
Have we, you, they

12. The Parthenon is a temple dedicated
to the Greek goddess Athena.
Its construction began in 447 BC.
Have visited
Yes have

13. Has bought
No, he hasn’t.

14. Grammar practice
Look at the pictures and make true
sentences. Use the present perfect.
?

15. La Sagrada Familia
was designed by Gaudi.


16. x

17. x

18. 

19. x

20. 
The Louvre, a central
landmark of Paris, is one of
the world's largest museums.

21. x
A taco is a traditional Mexican
dish composed of a corn or
wheat tortilla folded or rolled
around a filling. A taco can be
made with a variety of fillings,
including beef, chicken,
seafood, vegetables and
cheese.

22. 

23. Present
Perfect