Sometimes we can use the past simple here, especially in US English. I've lost my keys so I can't get into my house. She's hurt her leg so she can't play tennis today. They've missed the bus so they will be late. However, the past simple is also correct in these cases, especially in US English. The Queen has given a speech. I've just seen Lucy. The Mayor has announced a new plan for the railways. Been and Gone In this tense, we use both 'been' and 'gone' as the past participle of 'go', but in slightly different circumstances.
We use 'been' often when we talk about life experience to mean that the person we're talking about visited the place and came back. I've been to Paris in my life, but now I'm in London, where I live.
She has been to school today but now she's back at home. They have never been to California. We use 'gone' often when we are talking about an action with a result in the present to mean that the person went to the place and is at the place now. Where's John? He's gone to the shops he's at the shops now. Julie has gone to Mexico now she's in Mexico. They've gone to Japan for three weeks now they're in Japan. Americans do use the Present Perfect but less than British speakers. Americans often use the Past Simple tense instead.
An American might say "Did you have lunch? For can be used with all tenses. Since is usually used with perfect tenses only.
Present Perfect Games. Nobody has the right to obey. I have seen an alien. He has lived in Bangkok. Have you been there? We have never eaten caviar. I have worked here since June. He has been ill for 2 days. How long have you known Tara for? We often use the present perfect to say that an action which we expected has not happened. Using the present perfect suggests that we are still waiting for the action to happen.
We also use the present perfect to talk about several different actions which have occurred in the past at different times. Present perfect suggests the process is not complete and more actions are possible. When we use the present perfect it means that something has happened at some point in our lives before now.
Remember, the exact time the action happened is not important. Sometimes, we want to limit the time we are looking in for an experience. We can do this with expressions such as: in the last week, in the last year, this week, this month, so far, up to now, etc. It is not considered a specific time, so it requires present perfect.
With non-continuous verbs and non-continuous uses of mixed verbs , we use the present perfect to show that something started in the past and has continued up until now.
Although the above use of present perfect is normally limited to non-continuous verbs and non-continuous uses of mixed verbs, the words "live," "work," "teach," and "study" are sometimes used in this way even though they are NOT non-continuous verbs.
The examples below show the placement for grammar adverbs such as: always, only, never, ever, still, just, etc. Menu Verb Tense Intro. Past Perfect Past Perfect Cont. Used to Would Always Future in the Past. Examples: I have seen that movie twenty times.
I think I have met him once before. There have been many earthquakes in California. People have traveled to the Moon. People have not traveled to Mars. Have you read the book yet? Nobody has ever climbed that mountain. A: Has there ever been a war in the United States? B: Yes, there has been a war in the United States.
Examples: I have been to France. This sentence means that you have had the experience of being in France. Maybe you have been there once, or several times. I have been to France three times.
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