💼 Why it matters at work
Have you finished the report yet? Have you ever worked abroad? The present perfect links the past with now. We use it for life experiences and recent actions, and for what you have done so far — with ever, never, just, already and yet.
Use the present perfect for past actions connected to now: experiences and recent news.
have/has + past participle. I/you/we/they have, he/she/it has.
→ I have finished. / She has gone.
ever (questions), never (= not in my life), just (a moment ago), already (sooner than expected), yet (negatives/questions = up to now).
Regular: + -ed (finished). Irregular: go → gone, see → seen, write → written, do → done, take → taken.
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