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Structure:
For affirmative sentences
Subject + have/has + past participle + complement
For negative sentences
Subject + have/has + not + past participle + complement
For questions
Have/has (not) + subject + past participle + complement
Uses:
1. Giving or asking for news or recent events.
Fred Meyers has had excellent profits this quarter.
The class's understanding has increased greatly this
semester.
Have they finished the report yet?
2. For expressing past actions that have results in the present.
The study of irregular verbs has improved test scores.
They have bought a new car.
I've already eaten lunch.
3. When talking about life experience
She's traveled in many parts of the world.
Have you ever been to France?
They've never seen a mountain.
4. In case of unfinished actions (action still in progress).
He's lived in San Francisco for 10 years.
How long have you worked for this company?
They've studied English for 3 years.
She hasn't traveled abroad.
Complete the sentences with the present perfect of the verbs in
parenthesis.
4. See
A: (you, ever) ________ shooting star?
B: No, _______. I (never) _______ a shooting star.
5. A: (Joe, ever) _______ a big fish?
B: Yes, he ______. He ________ lots of bog fish.
6. Have
A: (you, ever) _______ a bad sunburn?
B: No, I _______. I (never) ________ a bad sunburn.