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Present Perfect

Past actions linked to the present

Form: have/has + past participle

Use have with I/you/we/they and has with he/she/it.

📊 Present perfect forms
Subject Auxiliary Example
I/you/we/they have + past participle I have seen
he/she/it has + past participle she has gone
💬 Examples
I have visited Paris.
visited at some point before now
📝 have + visited
She has finished her homework.
finished recently — relevant now
📝 has + finished
Use 'ever' and 'never' with present perfect

These words refer to any point up to now.

💬 Examples
Have you ever eaten sushi?
at any time in your life up to now
📝 ever in question
I have never tried it.
not at any point in my life
📝 never in negative
Use 'just' 'already' and 'yet' with present perfect

These time words connect past action to present relevance.

💬 Examples
I have just arrived.
arrived a very short time ago
📝 just = very recently
Have you finished yet?
asking if it is done by now
📝 yet in question