Monday, October 1, 2007

Simple Present Perfect or Present Perfect

Signal words

Use

Form

Examples
affirmative

Examples
negative

Examples
interrogative

just

yet

never

ever

already

so far,

up to now,

since

for

recently

you say that sth. has happened or is finished in the past and it has a connection to the present

action started in the past and continues up to the present

have/has + past participle*

*(infinitive + -ed) or (3rd column of table of irregular verbs)

I have worked.

I haven't worked.

Have I worked?

He has worked.

He hasn't worked.

Has he worked?

I have gone.

I haven't gone.

Have I gone?

He has gone.

He hasn't gone.

Has he gone?

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