PRESENT PERFECT (I HAVE DONE)

HAVE/HAS+ PAST PARTICIPLE

1 New information: 2 An action in the past that has a result now:

There has been an accident. He told me his name but I have forgotten it.
Marco Simoncelli has died after a (= I can’t remember it now)
horror crash.
I/we/they/you have (=I’ve etc.) finished
He/she/it has (=he’s etc.) lost
done
been etc.
 PRESENT PERFECT + EVER & NEVER
? EVER
+ NEVER
• Have you ever really loved • I have never been in love be
a woman? fore.

Bryan Adam’s song Frank Sinatra’s song

First of the gang to die, by Morrissey
You have never been in love…

!!! AUXILIARY VERB + EVER/NEVER + PART PARTICIPLE

 PRESENT PERFECT +
JUST, ALREADY, YET & STILL
AUXILIAR+ JUST/ALREADY+ PART PARTICIPLE
+ The train has just left.
+ They have already sold 12 million copies.
YET: AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE

- He hasn’t found a sponsor yet.

? Has the programme started yet?

STILL: BEFORE THE AUXILIARY VERB (HAVE/HAS)

- It’s ten o’clock and you still haven’t finished your homework.
 PRESENT PERFECT +
FOR & SINCE

FO SIN
R CE
We use for + a period of time: We use since + the start of a period:
I’ve been here for two weeks. I’ve studied English since I was nine.

For two weeks Since I was nine

Two weeks (ago) Now nine Now

FOR SINCE
Two hours A long A week 8 o’clock April Lunchtime
time
Monday 1985 We arrived
20 minutes Six months Ages
Five days 50 years years 12 May Christmas I got up
 PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
AND SIMPLE
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

Kate’s clothes are covered in paint. The ceiling was white. Now it is red.
She has been painting the ceiling. She has painted the ceiling.

★ We are interested in the activity. ★ The important thing is that

something has been finished.