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Present perfect/continuous

regular irregular

Affirmative

1 / you / we / they've
he/she /it's worked/been working written/been writing
Negative

1 / you / we / they haven't
he/ she /it hasn't worked/been working written/been writing

Questions

Have 1 / you / we / they
worked/been working? written/been writing?
Has he /she /it

Short answers
Yes, 1 / you / we / they have. No,1 / you / we / they haven't.
Yes, he/she /it has. No, he/she /it hasn't.

Past participles of regular verbs are the same as the past simple -ed form. For spelling rules
of regular -ed forms, see page 189.

There are no rules for irregular past participles.They are often different from the past simple form.
You must learn each one individually.See the list on page 192.

Past perfect/continuous

Weformthe past perfectwith had# past participle.Weform the pastperfectcontinuous

with had + been + -ing form.
regular irregular 1

Affirmative

Fullform
1 / you / he / she / it / we / they had
worked/been working written/been writing
Short form

1 / you / he / she / it/ we / they'd

Negative

1 / you / he / she / it/ we / they hadn't worked/been working written/been writing

Questions

Had 1 / you / he/ she / it / we / they worked/been working? written/been writing?

Short answers

Yes, 1 / you / he / she / it/ we / they had. No,1 / you / he/ she / it/ we / they hadn't.

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