The document discusses the present perfect tense in English. It explains that the present perfect is formed using have/has plus the past participle. It provides examples of affirmative and negative sentences in the present perfect. It also gives examples of questions using the present perfect. Finally, it discusses some uses of the present perfect, including talking about experiences without specifying times, and the differences between gone and been, as well as when to use the present perfect versus past simple tenses.

1. PRESENT PERFECT

2. FORM Have/has + past participle. For regular verbs the past participle is the same as the past simple: we just add –ed. For irregular verbs, you must learn the forms in the list on page 155.

3. Affirmative Sentences been to London. I’ve (I have) You’ve (you have) He’s (he has) She’s (she has) It’s (it has) We’ve (we have) You’ve (you have) They’ve (they have)

4. Negative Senteces worked in a bank. I haven’t You haven’t He hasn’t She hasn’t It hasn’t We haven’t You haven’t They haven’t

5. Questions Have you worked in a bank? Yes, I have. No, I haven’t. Has he been to London? Yes, he has. No, he hasn’t.

6. USE We use the present perfect to talk about experiences when you DON’T say when they exactly happened . I have been to Madrid three times. I have seen the film “Avatar”. My brother has lived in England.

7. Ever, never We usually use the present perfect with the adverb ever and never . Have you ever met a famous person? Yes, I have met Brad Pitt. I have never met a famous person.

8. Gone vs. been Compare: He’s gone to Paris = He’s in Paris now, he’s not here. He’s been to Paris twice = He went to Paris and came back twice.

9. Present perfect vs. Past simple We use present perfect to talk about an experience in general. When and where are not important. I’ve eaten sushi. Use past simple to give more details (to say when) I ate it last week in Japan.