Present Perfect Simple
PRESENT PERFECT
We make present perfect verbs with have/has + past participle (worked, seen, known): I have worked in a bank for ten years. She has broken a cup.
Verbs ending in –y:
- vowel (a, e, o) + -y= yed (played, enjoyed)
- consonant (d,l,r..)+ -y = ied (tried, studied)
Doubling:
- one vowel + one consonant: stop- stopped
- two vowels- don't double: seem- seemed
- two consonants- don't double: want-wanted
- double in stressed syllables: preFER- preffered
- Irregular verbs have a special form: eaten, made, forgotten
USE
1) When we think about the past and present together: I've made a cake. Would you like some?
HOW TO MAKE QUESTIONS:
Have/has + subject + past participle
Have you paid? Where have the children gone?
HOW TO MAKE NEGATIVES:
Subject+ have/has + past participle:
Beth hasn't written to her mother yet.
We haven't told him the bad news.
Signal Words of Present Perfect
§ since, for, already, ever, just, never, not yet, so far, till now, up to now