PRESENT PERFECT: STRUCTURE AND USE

The present perfect is more or less equivalent to the perfect preterite of Spanish.

We use it for actions in the past that are important in the present.

The auxiliary verb "to have" is used

present

past participle

verb

sujeto

I

you

we

they

he

she

it

have

has

PRESENT PERFECT

structure

Affirmative Sentences

Negative Sentence

Interrogative Sentences

I have [I’ve] talked to Peter.(He hablado con Peter.)

She has [She’s] gone to work.(Ha ido a su trabajo.)

I haven’t talked to Peter.(No he hablado con Peter.)

She hasn’t gone to work.(No ha ido a su trabajo.)

Have you talked to Peter?(¿Has hablado con Peter?)

Has she gone to work?(¿Ha ido a su trabajo?)

uses

The present perfect is used for actions that occurred in a non-specific time before now

You can use the present perfect with non-concrete time expressions

never”, “ever”, “many times”, “for”, “since”, “already”