2. • It’s used when we describe an experience or a
change in a situation. In both cases it refers to
a situation which started in the past and that,
in some way, is related to the present.
I’ve travelled all around the world
• We don’t say exactly when the action
happened
She has bought a new house
Since the day I was born till now
We don’t know when she did it but she has
a new house
3. • Let’s compare the previous examples with
these ones
I’ve travelled all around the world
I travelled to Rome last summer
She has bought a new house
She bought a new house in June
What’s the difference?
In both examples you know the
time when the action happened,
and it was in the past simple
4. MORE EXAMPLES
• I haven't been to Sweden yet.
• My sister has just painted her room pink.
• I've seen wolves in that forest.
• She has lived in London for three years
She is still living there
If you go to that forest now you will see
the wolves. They're still there
She started in the past and she has just finished now,
in the present
I will go, but since I was born till now I haven’t been
there
5. Tom is looking for his key. He can't find it.
"He has lost his key“
He lost it and he still hasn't got it.
6. • As you can see we use “have” or “has” before the
past participle
• So you can talk about an EXPERIENCE you have
lived…..
– We have been to Paris
• But you can’t not say
– We been to Paris
– We been to Paris
• We form the negative with “haven’t” or “hasn’t”
– I haven’t bought the present for the party
• Ad we use “Never” in the negative form
– I have never eaten sushi
7. No I have never seen that movie / I haven’t seen that
movie
Yes I have seen it a lot of times
Yes I saw it yesterday
