Present Perfect Tense Теперішній доконаний час
Позначає дію, яка відбулася до моменту мовлення, результат дії пов’язаний з цим моментом.
Form S+ have/has + Ved S+ have/has not + Ved ? have/has + S + Ved ?
The Present Perfect relates past actions and states to the Past. The Present Perfect is in a sense a present tense. It looks back from the present into the past, and expresses what has happened before now.
Two main uses of the Present Perfect: 1)To express an action in the past/We are interested in the experience as of someones life. I've travelled a lot in Africa. 2)To express an action or state which began in the past and continues to the present. I‘ve known Alice for six years.
Типові для Present Perfect обставини: Already, not yet, just, ever, never.
Порівняйте: I have bought a book today (this week month) – відрізок часу ще не закінчився – Present Perfect I bought a book yesterday (last week, last month) – відрізок часу в минулому - Past Simple
Запам'ятайте також такі речення: I have never been to France. Have you ever been to London? I have not seen you for ages. I have not met him for a long time. I have not been to Moscow since last year.