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- present perfect in american english
- present perfect in us english
- present perfect tense in american english
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Present perfect continuous tense
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Present Perfect Tense in English: How to use it + examples
The present perfect tense is one of the most common English verb tenses, and it’s used in several different ways.
This lesson will teach you everything you ever wanted to know about the present perfect – try the four quizzes with grammar exercises in each section!
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What is the present perfect tense and when do we use it?
The present perfect is formed by subject + have/has + past participle of the main verb, for example:
- I have bought a car recently.
- I = subject, have = auxiliary verb, bought = past participle of the main verb “buy”
- She has visited the museum several times.
- She = subject, has = auxiliary verb, visited = past participle of the main verb “visit”
We use the present perfect for unfinished time (a period of time that continues to the present moment), differently from the simple past tense which describes finished time:
- Present Perfect: We have lived in New York since 2002.
(and we still live in New York) - Simpl
- present perfect continuous in american english
- present perfect in american and british english