Present Perfect

Present Perfect

• Just- We've just read an article about magicians./ He has just published a book.
• Yet and Already- She has already joined the Magic Circle./ She hasn't finished the college yet./ Have you seen her performance yet?
• For and Since- She has been a magician for ten years/ She has been a magician since she was ten

Verbs (examples)

• Be- been;
• Become- become;
• Begin- begun;
• Break- broken;
• Bring- brought;
• Buy- bought;
• Choose- chosen;
• Do- done;
• Drink- drunk;
• Eat- eaten;
• Fall- fallen;
• Feel- felt;
• Forget- forgotten;
• Get- got;
• Give- given;
• Have- had;
• Know- known;
• Leave- left;
• Make- made;
• Meet- met;
• Put- put;
• Read- read;
• Ride- ridden;
• Say- said;
• See- saw;
• Sleep- slept;
• Take- taken;
• Tell- told;
• Wear- worn;
• Write- written.

When we use

• Something that started in the past and continues in the present;
• When we talk about our experience up to the present.
• EX: -I haven't ridden a horse yet.
• -I've just finished the exercise.
• -I have already read Harry Potter books.