The Present Perfect Tense

It's one of the past tenses

It's made up of the auxiliary have + the past participle of the main verb

The past participle of the regular verbs is made up by adding the suffix -ed to the base form

The past participle of the regular verbs is made up by adding the suffix -ed to the base form

The past participle of the irregular verbs has to be studied, taking into account the verb paradigm

The past participle of the irregular verbs has to be studied, taking into account the verb paradigm

It has three forms

Affirmative

I have played

Negative

I haven't played

Interrogative

Have I played?

It has different uses

It's used for events recently happened

It's used for an undefined past action

It's used for past actions that have effects on present

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