The form of present perfect tense is ‘have’/’has’ + past participle of the verb. Some verbs change their spelling to form the past participle. e.g. study >> studied. Plan >> planned.
Please go here to see spelling changes in the past simple and past participle of regular verbs.
Some verbs are completely irregular, and they change completely in the past participle. Buy >> bought etc. For a list of some common irregular verbs, please go here.
For regular verbs we just add ‘ed’ to the verb to create the past participle.
- Affirmative Sentences: Short Form
- I have played tennis. I’ve played….
- You have started the assignment. You’ve started….
- He has cleaned the studio. He’s cleaned……
- She has brushed her hair. She’s brushed…..
- It has rained all night. It’s rained…..
- They have read that book already. They’ve read….
- We have started the meeting. We’ve started…..
- Negative Sentences
- We add not after have/has to form the negative sentences.
- I have not played tennis. I haven’t played…..
- You have not started the assignment. You haven’t started…..
- He has not cleaned the studio. He hasn’t cleaned……
- She has not brushed her hair. She hasn’t brushed……
- It has not rained all night. It hasn’t rained ……..
- They have not read that book. They haven’t ….
- We have not started the meeting. We haven’t …
- Question Sentences
To form a question sentence in the present perfect tense, we swap the position of the subject and the has/have
- Have I played tennis?
- Have you started the assignment?
- Has he cleaned the studio?
- Has she brushed her hair?
- Has it rained all night?
- Have they read that book?
- Have we started the meeting?
That’s all for now. If you would like to practise using the present perfect affirmative, please click here.
If you would like to learn when to use the present perfect tense please click here.
