TENSE Present Perfect Tense Present Perfect Subject Helping

TENSE Present Perfect Tense

Present Perfect Subject Helping Verb Main Verb Usage I We You have Verb used in past participle (or) V 3 form They He She It denotes an action that happened already (recent past action) has It Formula: Subject + Helping Verb + Main Verb (V 3 form)

Verb Forms Sr. No. Base / V 1 Form -es, -s / plural form Continuous / -ing form Past / V 2 Form Past participle / V 3 Form 1. Speak speaks speaking Spoken 2. Shine shines shining shone Formula: Subject + Helping Verb + Main Verb (V 3 form) Ex: (I + have + spoken English) I have spoken English. Ex: (He + has + spoken English) He has spoken English.

Affirmativ e Subje ct Helping Verb Negative Main Verb Subje ct I I We We have You spoken English They It has spoken English They She It Main Verb have not He He She Helping Verb has not

Present Perfect Tense Positive Contraction Negative Contraction have + not = amn’t has + not = aren’t I + have = I’ve We + have = We’ve You + have = You’ve They + have = They’ve He + has = He’s She + has = She’s It + has = It’s

Affirmativ e Subje ct Helping Verb Interrogati ve (? ) Main Verb Helping Verb Subje ct I I We we have Have You spoken English They She It you they he He has Has Main Verb she it spoken English ?

Present Perfect Tense Keywords : Recently, already, just now, just before, so far, since, for, how long, ever, never, yet and etc.

It is used to express an action that : ØHappened already in the past ØHappened recently using adverb of time ØHappened once or a no. of time earlier