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English grammar explanations: present perfect simple.

Understanding present perfect., the basics - structure:.

The syntax of the structure is: subject + auxiliary verb "have" or "has" + past participle.

I have finished my lunch. I'm going back to work now. John y Mary have come back from a holiday in Spain. They look very brown.

The contracted forms are:

I have done = I've done; you have done = you've done; she / he / it has done = she's, he's, it's done; we have done = we've done; they have done = they've done.

Question forms:

To make a question in present perfect simple, we invert the auxiliary "have" or "has" with the subject:

They have been to see the Olympic Games. Have they been to see the Olympic Games? The cat has fallen out of a tree. Has the cat fallen out of a tree?

Negative forms:

Negative sentences use the word "not" which combines with the auxiliary:

It has not (hasn't) rained one day yet this summer. John and Mary have not (haven't) gone out together this week. There have not (haven't) been a lot of tourists in our city this year.

Present perfect - use in real life:

1) completed actions with implications in the present..

We must remember that present perfect is a present tense. However, present perfect can be used to talk about completed action in the past:

I've finished my English homework.

But the person who said this was also implying something which is present. For example, he could be saying

Can I go home now? or, Can I do another exercise now? or, Can you check it for me , teacher? etc.

If we are thinking about or we mention a past time when we speak, then we can't use present perfect; we use past simple:

I finished my English homework before dinner last night .

2) An action that started in the past and continues in the present.

If a past action continues to the present time, we use present perfect to express that action. Present perfect simple is often preferred when we use stative verbs ( have, be, like, etc.) or the time period is more permanent, eg. a long time, ages . (Compare with present perfect continuous ):

I've had this shirt for two days. Our country have been world soccer champions for a long time . Mary has always liked John.

In the above examples we assume that: I have the shirt now; our country are world soccer champions now; Mary likes John now.

It is a mistake to use present simple in these situations:

I have this shirt for two days .

Use of for and since .

With this use of present perfect, it is common to use the prepositions "for" and "since" to express how much time has passed. "For" is used to talk about the length of a period of time and "since" is used to mention the starting moment of the period of time:

I've wanted to own a car like that for years . He's only known that girl for about two weeks . There's been a power cut since eight o'clock this morning . Mary has dressed in that way since she was a teenager .

Repeated actions.

Present perfect is also used in a similar way to talk about repeated actions in the past but with reference to a present time like: this year, this month, recently, etc:

My husband has been to Madrid three times this year . I've had a cold twice this month . There have been several robberies in this area recently .

Use of yet, already and just .

Yet, already and just are common with present perfect although they can be used with other tenses too. We use these words to talk about a finished action . With questions, we usually use yet . Observe how yet comes after the complement or at the end of the sentence:

Have you finished your homework yet ? Has it stopped raining yet ?

When we use yet in questions , we are asking if the action has been completed. Perhaps we expect the action has been finished or we want it to be finished:

Have you finished that report yet ? I need to see the figures.

We also use yet in negative sentences:

I haven't finished yet . He hasn't arrived at work yet .

When we use yet in negative sentences , we are saying something hasn't happened but we expect it to happen soon :

I haven't received an email from him yet . I expect it will arrive later today.

We often see already in affirmative sentences . It comes after the first auxiliary or at the end of the sentence:

I've seen than film already / I've already seen that film. The police have already been here. / The police have been here already .

When we use already , we mean that something has happened before the action was expected it to happen. Perhaps we are surprised it has happened so soon. In this context, we may use already in negatives and questions too.

You're not leaving already , are you? I thought you were going to stay for dinner.

When we use already in questions, we suspect that the answer is "yes". Really, we are confirming what we think we know:

"They've told six people to leave their jobs today!" "Oh, dear. Is your company having problems already ?"

Is it 3 o'clock already ? Oh, no! I'm going to be late!

Just talks about when an action happened. It is probably the only time adverb used with present perfect to talk about when an action happened. It is used when the action happened very close to the time of speaking:

He's just left. He went a few minutes ago.

I've just heard the news. I'm so sorry about what happened.

Interestingly, in American English , just is usually used with past simple and not present perfect - like other time adverbs:

He just left

I just heard the news.

Also see already in past perfect...

This second use of present perfect is closely related to present perfect continuous...

- Exercises on present perfect...

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Present Perfect

For recently finished actions.

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In this grammar section we will have a look at the tense Present Perfect to talk about recently finished/completed actions.

A: How long have you worked there? B: I have worked there for 3 years.

A: How long have you been friends? B: We haven’t been friends for long. We have been friends since 2022

The video gives an overview of to Present Perfect for something recently completed/finished actions.

It shows the meaning/usage: when and why to use the Present Perfect.

For the form and the pronunciation have a look a the different webpages:

• Present perfect form
• Present perfect pronunciation

Usage/ Meaning

How and when do we use the Present Perfect?

Present Perfect is also used to talk about something recently finished.

I have just done my homework: This means not so long ago you finished your homework . It is an unspecified time in the past . We don’t know when the person did it, but it wasn’t so long ago . It is usually used to stress that you finished the action and there it no need to do it anymore or no need to worry about it anymore .

I have already done my homework: This means you finished your homework somewhere before now . It is an unspecified time in the past . We don’t know when the person did it . It is usually used to stress that you finished the action and there it no need to do it anymore or no need to worry about it anymore .

Present Perfect is also used to talk about something that is not finished.

I haven’t done my homework yet : This means you did not finished your homework somewhere before now but that you will do it later . It is usually used to stress that you did not finished the action but you will do it somewhere soon in the future.

• Just: recently finished actions. positive and questions. Between have and the main verb : I have just finished . 
• Already: finished actions. positive and questions. Between have and the main verb : I have already finished .
• Yet: not finished, but will finish it later. Negative and questions. At the end of the sentence: I haven’t finished yet .

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Simple Past or Present Perfect Simple

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).

• I (just / finish) my homework.
• Mary (already / write) five letters.
• Tom (move) to this town in 1994.
• My friend (be) in Canada two years ago.
• I (not / be) to Canada so far.
• But I (already / travel) to London a couple of times.
• Last week, Mary and Paul (go) to the cinema.
• I can't take any pictures because I (not / buy) a new film yet.
• (they / spend) their holiday in New Zealand last summer?
• (you / ever / see) a whale?

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English notes latest questions, he said, “i have finished my homework.” change into indirect speech.

Indirect Speech: He said that he had finished his homework.

Explanation : When the reporting verb is in the past (said) and the direct speech is in the present perfect tense, then the indirect (reported) speech will change into the past perfect tense.

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