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PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

The present perfect simple We use present perfect simple for

is used to express an unfinished or finished actions. We

action that is still going on used it when we want to talk about

or that stop recently, but unfinished actions that started in the

has an influence on the past and continue to the present.

present. We use this tense Usually we use it to say 'how long'

for unfinished and finished and we need 'since' or 'for'. The

actions. Mostly, we used it time of the action is before now

to indicate a link between but not specified

the present and the past.

for already

PRESENT

PERFECT

SIMPLE

since just

yet

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