Present Perfect Tense for Talking About Experiences - Talk About Achievements in English

what is the present perfect tense  

the present perfect tense is formed from the  present tense of the verb have so we use have  

or has depending on the subject and something  called the past participle of the verb

for example we can say i have changed she has read  the book here we see we have our verb have i have  

or she has and then the past participle form  of the next verb i have changed she has read  

so when can we use present perfect tense  well there are a few different ways  

we can use present perfect for something that  started in the past and continues in the present  

so started in the past and continues  today i have lived in korea for seven  

years so it started in the past and it  continues today i still live in korea

we can use the present perfect for something  that happened in the past but is important  

now in the present i can't study because i have  lost my book so this happened in the past but  

it's important to what's happening right now  i can't study because i have lost my book

we can also use the present  perfect when we're talking about  

our experience up to the current time  up to the present i've seen that film  

i have seen that film this is  what we're going to focus on today  

let's learn how to use the present perfect to  talk about our experience and our achievements

let's begin by looking at what these two  words mean what is an experience and what is  

an achievement today when we are looking  at an experience we're going to focus on  

work experience so this means work that you have  done in the past any experience you have working  

so this means from the past until now your  experience how about the word achievement  

and achievement is something you accomplish  like a big goal so we can also use  

present perfect to talk about your achievements  things that you have done that you feel proud of

this is how we can form sentences using the  present perfect tense so we start with our  

subject i you we they he she it or someone's  name have or has depending on the subject  

remember that for he she and it we use  has then we have our past participle  

so sometimes the past participle looks like normal  past tense but we have some different forms in  

here as well like studied worked won been and  managed and then we have the rest of our sentence  

so let's look at these sentences where we are  using present perfect to talk about experience  

number one i have studied at university this is  experience and it is relevant to work right i have  

studied at university you could also say what you  have studied i have studied english at university

number two you have worked for five  

years so we can use have worked to talk about  how long as well you have worked for five years  

how about an achievement we have won a competition  this is something you might use in an interview  

for example to talk about your  accomplishment or your achievement  

related to the work or job you're applying for  number four they have been to the conference  

and number five he has managed or she has managed  10 people so these are all examples of sentences  

and also past participles we can use when talking  about experience using the present perfect tense  

we can also add not or never to make the sentence  negative so let's see what that would look like

here we have our same sentences but now  we have added not and never i have not  

studied at university or again you can add the  subject i have not studied english at university  

you have not worked for five years we have  never won a competition they have not been  

to the conference and he or she has never managed  10 people so notice that not and never go in the  

same place in these sentences when we're using  present perfect tense i have not i have never