Present Perfect Examples in the Negative Form (English Grammar)

Hello. this is Jack from to fluency.com and in this English lesson, we're going

to talk about using the present perfect in the negative form - and you're going to

see how I use this and then you'll see some further examples, so let's look at

the video now...

it's raining, it hasn't rained for ages so we're very grateful to get some rain

In the video I said, "It hasn't rained for ages." So, you can see I'm using the

present perfect here in the negative. Another way to say this is: the last time

it rained was a long time ago. But it's very common to use the present perfect

here to talk about durations in the past

until now. So... it hasn't rained for a long time that's why I'm using the

present perfect here. Here are some more examples to help you understand this: I

haven't watched a movie from months. They haven't visited us for a long time -and

the last one is a little bit different: he hasn't been to Thailand. Now in this

case, I'm not saying for a period of time but when you say he hasn't been to

Thailand it means forever. He has never experienced this he has never been there.

So, that last one is a little bit different the first who are talking

about durations that started in the past

until the present