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PRESENT PERFECT

Use
We use the present perfect to talk about experiences in the past, without saying the exact time.
We can use ever in questions with the present perfect. It means ‘at any time in your life’. Ever comes
just before the participle.
e.g. "Have you ever run a marathon?"
We can use never in negative sentences in the present perfect. It means ‘at no time in your life’.
Never comes just after the first verb.
e.g. "I’ve never run a marathon"

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SUBJECT + HAVE/HAS + PAST PARTICIPLE
Affirmative
She has swum in the Pacific.

SUBJECT + HAVEN’T/HASN’T + PAST PARTICIPLE


Negative

Form
We haven’t seen a waterfall.

HAVE/HAS + SUBJECT + PAST PARTICIPLE


Question
Have you been on an island?

YES, SUBJECT + HAS/HAVE. NO, SUBJECT + HASN’T/HAVEN’T


Answer
Yes, I have. No, they haven’t.

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