Present Perfect Present Perfect and Past Simpleand Past Simple

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Present PerfectAffirmative form

Present PerfectNegative and Questions

I have seenYou have writtenHe has watchedShe has studiedIt has stoppedWe have leftYou have finishedThey have come

I haven’t workedShe hasn’t helped

Have you seen him?Yes, I have.No, I haven’t.

Has she watched it?Yes, she has.No, she hasn’t.

Time expressions: just, yet, already, never, ever, for, since…

TIMETIMEEXPRESSIONSEXPRESSIONS

These are some time expressions used with the Present Perfect.

I have studied English for ten years.

He’s been ill since Monday.I’ve already done my

homework.Have you ever been to

France?I have never tried Japanese

food.I have just called him.Have you finished yet?I haven’t finished yet.

Present Perfect Past Simple

She has been ill since Monday. She’s still in bed.

She was ill last week. Now, she’s back to work.

Present Perfect and Past Simple

Marge and Homer met, fell in love and later got married.

Marge and Homer have had three children.

We use the Present Perfect to talk about:-actions that started in the past and continue to the present: They have been here for an hour.

-actions completed in the past that are still relevant:She has lived here since 2001.

-actions completed at an unspecified time:She has already read the book.

We use the Past Simple to talk about completed actions at a specific time:She read the book last summer.