The following present perfect tense examples will help you to learn the various types of usages of the tense in regular communication. But before we see the examples, lets know in which context this tense is used.
Present perfect tense is used to describe the actions that are just completed. If the sentences have “just, just now, already, so far, yet, recently, ever, lately” in them, present perfect tense should be used.
Structure: Subject + has/ have + verb 3 (V3) + Object
Examples of Present Perfect Tense
- The bus has just begun.
- Ram has just finished his work.
- They have just gone out.
- I have just watched a movie.
Note: If the sentences have “just, just now, already, so far, yet, recently, ever, lately” in them, present perfect tense should be used.
Present Perfect Tense Examples – All Four Forms
Like every tense, this tense also has four forms through which it can be expressed. The four are as follows:
Positive : Subject + Has/have + V3 + Object
Positive Interrogative : Has/have +Subject + V3 + Object?
Negative : Subject + Has/have + not + V3 + Object
Negative Interrogative : Has/have + not + Subject + V3 + Object?
If we take the example “That man has boarded the flight”, it can be written in the following four forms:
- Positive : That man has boarded the flight.
- Positive Interrogative : Has that man boarded his flight?
- Negative : That man has not boarded his flight.
- Negative Interrogative : Hasn’t that man boarded his flight?
Exercise: Write the four forms of the tense for the examples given above in the post
- Positive : The bus has just begun.
- Positive Interrogative :
- Negative :
- Negative Interrogative :
Fill the above three forms for the example above and also for the remaining three examples below
- Ram has just finished his work.
- They have just gone out.
- I have just watched a movie.