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The present perfect tense refers to an action or state that occurred at an indefinite time in the past or began in the past and continued to the present. It is formed with have/has plus the past participle. Examples include "I have walked on this path before" and "We have eaten the lasagna here." The present perfect can describe a duration of time such as "She has had the chickenpox since Tuesday." It is not used when being specific about time such as "I have put away all the laundry this morning."

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Present Pe

The present perfect tense refers to an action or state that occurred at an indefinite time in the past or began in the past and continued to the present. It is formed with have/has plus the past participle. Examples include "I have walked on this path before" and "We have eaten the lasagna here." The present perfect can describe a duration of time such as "She has had the chickenpox since Tuesday." It is not used when being specific about time such as "I have put away all the laundry this morning."

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Present perfect

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What is the present perfect?

The present perfect tense refers to an action or state that either occurred at an indefinite time in the past
(example., we have talked before) or began in the past and continued to the present time (example:, he has
grown impatient over the last hour). This tense is formed by have/has + the past participle.
The construction of this verb tense is straightforward. The first element is have or has, depending
on the subject the verb is conjugated with. The second element is the past participle of the verb,
which is usually formed by adding -ed or -d to the verb’s root (example:, walked, cleaned, typed,
perambulated, jumped, laughed, sautéed) although English does have quite a few verbs that have
irregular past participles (example:, done, said, gone, known, won, thought, felt, eaten).
Examples:
These examples show how the present perfect can describe something that occurred or was the state of things at an unspecified time in the past.

I have walked on this path before.


We have eaten the lasagna here.

The important thing to remember about the present perfect is that you can’t use it when you are being specific about when it happened.

I have put away all the laundry.


I have put away all the laundry this morning.

You can use the present perfect to talk about the duration of something that started in the past is still happening.

She has had the chickenpox since Tuesday.


Present Perfect Tense Examples


Has lived: She has lived here all her life.
Have written: They have written three letters already.
Have worked: I have worked here since I graduated school.
Has done: He has finished his homework.
Have been: We have been to Canada.
Has forgotten: She has forgotten her folder.

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