This document provides examples and explanations for using the present perfect tense in English. It discusses using the present perfect with time phrases like "for" and "since" in questions and answers. It also covers the verbs and tenses used in affirmative and negative sentences in the present perfect, including using "have" or "has" as the first verb and the past participle form as the second verb. Examples are given for regular and irregular verb forms in the past participle.

2. PRESENT PERFECT
Look at these examples:
How long have
you worked here?
I’ve worked here
for a long time.
I’ve been here
since 2011.

4. PRESENT PERFECT
When can we use it?

5. Examples of questions with How long:
How long has Diana lived in this apartment?
For a year. Since 2016.
How long have you known Mark?
For a long time. Since May.

6. You use regular (-ED) or
irregular verbs (3rd
column).
INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE
BE WAS/WERE BEEN
HAVE HAD HAD

7. REGULAR & IRREGULAR VERBS
INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE
WORK WORKED WORKED
COOK COOKED COOKED
CLEANED CLEANED CLEANED
MAKE MADE MADE
SEW SEWED SEWN

9. PRESENT PERFECT
• Look at the examples and rules.
I have travelled
to the US three
times .
My teacher has had
many students.
The present perfect uses two verbs.
The first verb is _ _ _ _ or _ _ _.
The second verb is in the _ _ _ _ participle form.
h a v e h a s
past

10. PRESENT PERFECT
Look at the rules!
Affirmative and negative sentences
I/You/We/They (+) _______ (–) _______ _______
abroad.He/She/It (+) _______ (–) _______
have
has
haven’t
hasn’t
been
Yes/No questions
__________ I/you/we/they __________ ?
abroad__________ he/she/it
Have
Has
been

11. How long have you
been friends?
We’ve been friends
since 2012.
We use _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to ask questions
about time in the present perfect.
h o w l o n g