Present Perfect

Subject + Verb to have conjugate + past participle

PRONOUN

SHE

IT

HE

WE

YOU

THEY

I

Have/ I´ve

I have worked for my uncle.

AFFIRMATIVE

NEGATIVE

QUESTION

HAVEN´T

HAVE I..?

Have I worked for my uncle?

I haven´t worked for my uncle.

AFFIRMATIVE

QUESTION

NEGATIVE

Have you..?

Have you carried a box?

Have not/ Haven´t

You have not/ haven´t carried a box.

Have/ You´ve

You have carried a box.

PRESENT PERFECT

NEGATIVE

AFFIRMATIVE

QUESTION

Have not/ Hasn´t

Has he/ she/ it...?

Has/ He´s / It´s/ She´s

EXAMPLE

He/ He´s workend in a restaurant.

Has it rained a lot?

He have not/ hasn´t workend in a restaurant.

Has he workend in a restaurant?

She has not/ hasn´t opened the window.

She has/ She´s opened the window.

Has she opened the window?

It has not/ hasn´t rained lot.

It has/ It´s rained a lot.

QUESTION

AFFIRMATIVE

NEGATIVE

AFFIRMATIVE

NEGATIVE

QUESTION

Have we...?

Have not/ Haven´t

Have/ We´ve

Have they..?

Have not/ Haven´t

Have/ They´ve

Have they changed their mind?

They haven´t changed their mind.

They have changed their mind.

Have we lived in this for over twenty years?

We haven´t lived in this for over twenty years.

We have lived in this house for over twenty years.

USE

For to talk about the recent past, not saying exactly when things happend.

We often use the present perfect to give news.

Irregular verbs.

Regular verbs.

In past participle is the same as the past simple.

+ -ed.

The past participle is sometimes the same as the past simple.

(e.g buy, bought, bought)

(e.g do, did, done)

Edith Rodriguez Dominguez