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PRESENT PERFECT - Coggle Diagram
PRESENT PERFECT
TIME EXPRESSIONS USED WITH THE PRESENT PERFECT
ALREADY
YET
JUST
EVER
NEVER
FOR
SINCE
RECENTLY
SO FAR
EXAMPLES
I have seen that movie twenty times.
I have been to France.
You have grown since the last time I saw you.
Man has walked on the Moon.
James has not finished his homework yet.
FORM
The present perfect is formed from the present tense of the verb have and the past participle of a verb.
USE
We use the present perfect:
For something that started in the past and continues in the present:
They've been married for nearly fifty years.
She has lived in Liverpool all her life.
when we are talking about our experience up to the present:
I've seen that film before.
I've played the guitar ever since I was a teenager.
He has written three books and he is working on another one.
To talk about a past actin which has a visible result in the past
For something that happened in the past but is important in the present:
I can't get in the house. I've lost my keys.
Teresa isn't at home. I think she has gone shopping.