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§ 1. The present perfect

1. F o r m a t i o n

The Present Perfect is formed with the auxiliary to have in the Present Indefinite + the Past Participle: I have just finished my work.

The Past Participle in regular verbs has exactly the same form as the Past Indefinite: loved, walked, etc.

The negative is formed by adding not to the auxiliary to have in the Present Indefinite + the Past Participle.

The interrogative is formed by inverting the auxiliary to have in the Present Indefinite and the subject+ the Past Participle.

Affirmative

Negative

I have just finished

I have not finished

(= I've just finished)

(= I haven't finished)

You have just finished

school.

You have not finished

school.

He/she/it has just finished

He/she/it has not finished

We have just finished

We have not finished

They have just finished

They have not finished

Interrogative

Negative Interrogative

Have I finished

Have I not finished

Have you finished

(= Haven't I finished)

Has he/she/it finished

Have you not finished

Have we finished

school?

Has he/she/it not finished

school?

Have they finished

Have we not finished

Have they not finished

2. U s a g e

The Present Perfect is used to indicate a completed action the result of which is felt at the moment of speech or an action, which began at a certain moment of the past time but is still going on now.

The Present Perfect is used to denote:

  1. an accomplished action which is viewed from the moment of speaking as part of the present situation. Attention is centred on the action itself or on the result of the action: I've changed everything.

  2. arecent action when the time is not mentioned: I have read the instructions but I don't understand them.

  3. an action which began in the past and is still continuing (with verbs which are not used in the Continuous form) or an action which began in the past and is finishing at the moment of speaking: I have known him since childhood. He has lived here all his life (he still lives here). It has been very cold lately but it is beginning to get a bit warmer.

  4. opening up a conversation, introducing a new topic or summing up a situation: I'm afraid I've been terribly boring and talked too much.

  5. news reporting; the use of this tense makes the event seem immediate and of direct reference to the present: The Prime Minister has announced that taxes are to increase from the beginning of next year.

  6. an action in clauses of time and condition after the prepositions when, after, as soon as to indicate the completion of the action: I'll give you back your ring when I've found it.

The following words and time expressions can be used with the Present Perfect:

today/ this week/ month / year, etc. denoting an incomplete period of time: Have you seen him today? (= at any time today).

just, lately, recently, yet (in negative sentences and in interrogative sentences when it corresponds to the Russian word "уже"), already (in affirmative sentences; and in interrogative sentences to express surprise), ever, never, before, and in some cases always: He has just gone out. I have seen wolves in that forest lately. I haven't finished my work yet. Has he come back yet? You have already solved this problem. Have you read the book already?! I have never been to Italy. “What is the point?” “I have made it clear enough before.” We have always lived in this town.

for (used with the period of time), since (used with the beginning of the period of time): We have lived in London for 10 years / for a long time. She has been here since 8 o'clock/ since she left Moscow.

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