✦ Lesson 2 · Grammar 1
The present perfect
We use the present perfect to talk about experiences in our life, without saying when they happened.
have / has + past participle
Yes ✔
I've seen a dolphin. · She's baked a cake. · They've won a prize.
No ✘ (never)
She's never been to a concert. · I've never played the drums.
Regular and irregular verbs
Regular verbs add -ed: play → played, bake → baked, score → scored. Irregular verbs change, and you have to learn them:
🧠 Remember
I / you / we / they → have (I've) · he / she / it → has (she's).
been = went and came back (I've been to the beach) · gone = went and is still there.