Present Perfect - Form

Present Perfect: Summary; Use; Signal words; Form of affirmative, negative sentences and questions; Spelling; Special verbs; Diagram; Long forms and short forms

Form of the Present Perfect

We form the Present Perfect with have and the past participle
(regular verbs: infinitive + -ed; irregular verbs: 3rd column of the table of the irregular verbs)

have/has + past participle

has: 3rd person singular (he, she, it)

have: all other forms

past participle:
- regular verbs: infinitive + -ed
- irregular verbs: 3rd column of the table of the irregular verbs

Affirmative sentences

regular verbs	irregular verbs
I/we/you/they have played football.	I/we/you/they have gone to the supermarket.
He/she/it has played football.	He/she/it has gone to the supermarket.

NOTE: We use has in the 3rd person singular (he, she, it).

Negative sentences

regular verbs	irregular verbs
I/we/you/they have not played football.	I/we/you/they have not gone to the supermarket.
He/she/it has not played football.	He/she/it has not gone to the supermarket.

NOTE: We use has in the 3rd person singular (he, she, it).

Questions

regular verbs	irregular verbs
Have I/we/you/they playedfootball?	Have I/we/you/they gone to the supermarket?
Has he/she/it played football?	Has he/she/it gone to the supermarket?

NOTE: We use has in the 3rd person singular (he, she, it).