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• Present perfect tense


  Versatile tense that can be used in many different situations, but difficult to decide when to use it vs past perfect or past simple
• Using the present perfect

  1. Subject

  2. Auxiliary verb (have/has)

  3. Past participle of the verb
• I have lived in this house for three years


  Indicates I started living here in the past and still live here now
• I lived in this house for three years


  Indicates I don't live there anymore
• I have had my car for five years


  Indicates I bought it five years ago and still have it now
• I have spilled coffee on my top


  Indicates the visible consequence of an action in the past
• My flatmate has moved out

  Indicates the consequence of an action, without specifying when it happened
• I have seen this film

  Indicates I saw it at some unspecified point in the past, not a particular moment
• I saw this film last night

  Indicates a specific moment in the past
• Have you seen this film before?

  Asks if the person has seen the film at any point in their life
• Have you ever been to England?

  Another way to ask if the person has been to England at any point in their life
• I have always lived in this house


  Indicates I have lived here for my entire life
• I have always liked strawberries


  Indicates I have liked strawberries for my entire life
• I have always wanted to go to China


  Indicates I have wanted to go to China for my entire life
• To make a present perfect sentence: Subject + have/has + past participle
• To make a present perfect question: Invert subject and auxiliary verb
• To make a present perfect negative: Subject + have/has + not + past participle