Present Perfect Tense – Easy Lesson with Examples for Beginners

Present Perfect (Easy Lesson)

The present perfect tense is used to talk about experiences, unfinished time, or actions that have a result in the present.

1. When to use

• Experiences: I have visited Paris.
• Unfinished time: She has worked here this year.
• Recent actions with results now: He has just finished his homework.

2. How to form the present perfect

Subject + have/has + past participle (V3)

I have seen it. / She has eaten breakfast.

Past participle examples:

• go → gone
• do → done
• eat → eaten
• make → made
• visit → visited

3. Negative sentences

Use have not (haven't) or has not (hasn't) + past participle.

I haven't seen that movie. / He hasn't finished his work.

4. Yes/No questions

Have/Has + subject + past participle?

Have you eaten? / Has she arrived?

5. Wh- questions

Wh-word + have/has + subject + past participle?

Where have you been? / What has he done?

Practice - Fill the blanks

1. I ___ (visit) London twice.
2. She ___ (not/finish) her homework.
3. ___ you ___ (see) this movie before?
4. He ___ just ___ (arrive).
5. What ___ they ___ (do)?

(Use: have visited, has not finished, have seen, has arrived, have done)

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Answers

1. I have visited London twice.
2. She has not (hasn't) finished her homework.
3. Have you seen this movie before?
4. He has just arrived.
5. What have they done?

Tip: Use the present perfect for experiences and actions connected to now. Practice by talking about things you have done in your life.

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