Present Perfect Rules | A2-B1 Grammar Guide
📘 A2-B1 | Grammar deep dive 📖 Present Perfect Rules: Form, Usage & Signal Words Connecting past to present. The Present Perfect focuses on what happened or that it happened , not exactly when. Unlike Past Simple, it links the past with the present moment. ⚙️ Rule 1: Form – How to Build the Present Perfect Formula: Subject + have/has + past participle Subject Auxiliary Past Participle Example I have eaten I have eaten breakfast. She/He/It has finished She has finished homework. They have gone They have gone home. Negative: add not → have not (haven't) / has not (hasn't) Question: invert subject and have/has → Have you seen? / Has she arrived? ✅ I have not (haven't) seen him. ✅ Has she called yet? 📌 Regular & Irregular Past Participles (Top 30) be → been | become → become begin → begun | break → broken bring → ...