Present Perfect

1 The Present Perfect refers to an action that happened some time before now.

She’s traveled to most parts of the world.

Have you ever been in a car accident?

2 If we want to say when these actions happened, we must use the Past Simple.

She went to Russia two years ago.

I was in a crash when I was 10.

3 Notice the time expressions used with the Past Simple.

I left

last night/yesterday/in 1990/at three o’clock/on Monday

Positive and negative

I You We The	have	( not) been	to the States.
He She It	has

I’ve been = I have been He’s been = He has been

You’ve been = You have been She’s been = She has been

We’ve been = We have been It’s been = It has been

They’ve = They have been

Been and gone

She’s gone to Portugal. (= she’s there now)

She’s been to Portugal. (= now she has returned)

Questions

Where	have	I you we they	been?	Yes/No question Have you been to Russia? Short answers Yes, I‘ve. /No, I haven’t.
has	she he it

Ever and never

We use ever in questions and never in negative sentences

Have you ever been to Russia? I’ve never been to Russia.

Yet and just

We use just in positive sentences. We use yet in negative sentences and questions.

Have you done your homework yet?

I haven’t done it yet (but I’m going to).

I havejust done it (a short time before now).

Prepositions

She works for a big company.

Ryan and Tara are on honeymoon.

Hamlet is a play by Shakespeare.

EXERCISES

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