The present perfect is used to indicate a link between the present and the past. The time of the action is before now but not specified, and we are often more interested in the result than in the action itself.

​What is it

Present Perfect (elements)

​Subject

​Auxiliar

​Action

Present Perfect (elements)

​Subject

​Auxiliar

​Action

• They have been married for nearly fifty years.

• She has lived in Liverpool all her life.

​​Affirmative

• ​They haven't been in the city.

• Charles hasn't had breakfast yet.

​​Negative

• Have you seen my jacket?

• Have you looked in your bedroom?

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