Colorful Ideas

I / You / They / We have written...
She / He / It has eaten...


Present Perfect tense is used when :

express an action happened at an unspecified time before now. The exact time is not important.
You CANNOT use the Present Perfect with specific time expressions such as: yesterday, one year ago, last week, when I was a child, when I lived in Japan, at that moment, that day, one day, etc. We CAN use the Present Perfect with unspecific expressions such as: ever, never, once, many times, several times, before, so far, already, yet, etc
i.e. I have never been to Paris before. (telling experience)
     My English has really improved since I joined the English class. (change over time)
     My daughter has learned how to read (accomplishments)
     The rain hasn't stopped (an uncompleted action you are expecting)


Sometimes, we want to limit the time we are looking in for an experience. We can do this with expressions such as: in the last week, in the last year, this week, this month, so far, up to now, etc.
i.e. I have seen that movie six times in the last month.
     My mobile hand-phone has broken down three times this week.

Let's test your understanding :
   1. Mr. Nordi (has / have) taught Civic Education for six years.
   2. I (has / have) lived in Pontianak for ten years
   3. (Has / Have) they swum at swimming pool?
   4. Susan (hasn't / haven't) met her old pal for six years.

ASSIGNMENT
1. Please create 10 sentences by using this tense with different subjects manually.


"Actions speak louder than words"

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