Present Perfect Tense

In the Present Perfect tense, the action is complete or has ended and hence termed Perfect. The exact time when the action happened is not important and hence, it is not mentioned in this tense.

POSITIVE STATEMENTS

SUBJECT	HAVE / HAS	VERB (past participle)	REST OF THE SENTENCE
I	have	seen	this movie.
You	have	seen	this movie.
He	has	seen	this movie.
Mohan	has	seen	this movie.
The boy	has	seen	this movie.
She	has	seen	this movie.
Pooja	has	seen	this movie.
The girl	has	seen	this movie.
We	have	seen	this movie.
You	have	seen	this movie.
They	have	seen	this movie.
The children	have	seen	this movie.

Notice that we use

‘have’ with the subjects ‘I’, ‘You’, ‘We’ and ‘They’

‘has’ with the subjects ‘He’ and ‘She’

The verb form remains the same for all subjects.

NEGATIVE STATEMENTS

SUBJECT	HAVE NOT / HAS NOT	VERB (past participle)	REST OF THE SENTENCE
I	have not	eaten	lunch.
You	have not	eaten	lunch.
He	has not	eaten	lunch.
Mohan	has not	eaten	lunch.
The boy	has not	eaten	lunch.
She	has not	eaten	lunch.
Pooja	has not	eaten	lunch.
The girl	has not	eaten	lunch.
We	have not	eaten	lunch.
You	have not	eaten	lunch.
They	have not	eaten	lunch.
The children	have not	eaten	lunch.

Notice that we use

‘have not’ with the subjects ‘I’, ‘You’, ‘We’ and ‘They’

‘has not’ with the subjects ‘He’ and ‘She’

The verb form remains the same for all subjects.

INTERROGATIVE STATEMENTS / QUESTIONS

HAVE / HAS	SUBJECT	VERB (past participle)	REST OF THE SENTENCE
Have	I	finished	the work?
Have	you	finished	the work?
Has	he	finished	the work?
Has	Mohan	finished	the work?
Has	the boy	finished	the work?
Has	she	finished	the work?
Has	Pooja	finished	the work?
Has	the girl	finished	the work?
Have	we	finished	the work?
Have	you	finished	the work?
Have	they	finished	the work?
Have	the men	finished	the work?

Notice that we use

‘have’ with the subjects ‘I’, ‘You’, ‘We’ and ‘They’

‘has’ with the subjects ‘He’ and ‘She’

The verb form remains the same for all subjects.

 

What is Present Perfect Tense?

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

USE: We use PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE to talk about:

1) The action which has happened in the past and continue until now.

Example:

- I have learned English for three years.

- He has become a doctor since 2009.

- Jame has stopped working for two years until now.

2) The action that happened in the past, but the result is in present.

Example:

- We have built a house for our children.

- Michael has written a letter to his friend in Cambodia.

- I have made a company.

3) The action which has just finished at the moment of speaking (recent past action).

Example:

- John has just arrived home this morning.

- We have eaten rice at the moment.

- They have just finished work now.

FORMULA

Positive Sentence:

Subject + have/has + past participle + object/complement

Example:

- They have gone home now.

- A lot of people have moved their houses.

- Jany has arranged his office today.

Negative Sentence:

Sub + have/has + not + past participle + obj/comp

Example:

- They have not been in Cambodia.

- The global economy has not recovered yet.

- The environment problems have not completely solved.

Question:

Have/Has + sub + past participle + obj/comp ?

Example:

- Has she gotten married?

- Have you changed your work?

- Have you heard the information about our friends?

Related page

What is Tense? Definition of Tense.

What is the type of tense?

What Is the Past Tense?

What Is the Present Tense?

What is the Future Tense?

Structure of All Tense

Simple Present Tense

Present Continuous Tense

Present Perfect Tense

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Simple Past Tense

Past Continuous Tense

Past Perfect Tense

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Simple Future Tense

Future Continuous Tense

Future Perfect Tense

Future Perfect Continuous Tense

All Tense with example

Table of English Tenses with example

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