Verbs

Present perfect

In the following sentence has collected is an example of the present perfect.

• Louise started collecting teaspoons when she was eight. She has collected 196.

The present perfect is formed like this: auxiliary verb have + past participle

• I have lived here for six years.
• She has written two pages.
  

Affirmative and negative

I/You/We/They	have (not)	seen the movie.
He/She/It	has (not)	seen the movie.

Question

Have	I/you/we/they	seen the movie?
Has	he/she/it	seen the movie?

The present perfect is used to talk about:

-situations which started in the past and continue now.

• I have lived in Japan for 13 years.
• She has worked as a teacher for two months.

-experiences at an indefinite time in the past.

• I've been to Rome, but I've never been to Venice.
• Have you seen the new Woody Allen film?