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The present perfect tense is used to express actions happening in an incomplete period of time. An incomplete period is one that includes the present moment, that is, the time of speaking. This period can be implied or expressed with a time expression (today, this week, this year, ever, never etc.):

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Present perfect with FOR and SINCE

The question words how long? and since when?, and the prepositions for and since are used with the present perfect tense to express that something started in the past and is still true.

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Present perfect with JUST

The present perfect tense is used for recently completed actions, usually with the word just:

I have just started a typing course.

If the exact time is mentioned, the past simple is used:

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Present perfect with quantities

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The present perfect tense is used to express quantities: how much we have done of something or how often we have done something in an incomplete period of time:

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Present perfect with superlative forms of adjectives

The present perfect is used with superlative forms of adjectives to express emphasis:

This is the first time I have been to the Philippines.
This is the worst film I have ever seen.

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Present perfect with WHEN

When with present perfect refers to an indefinite time in an incomplete period of time and is used to indicate criticism:

When have you ever done the dishes? (any time in your life or since we met)

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Present perfect with YET and ALREADY

The time expressions yet and already are often used with the present perfect tense. Yet is used in negative and interrogative sentences:

I haven't finished yet.
Have you talked to him yet?

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The difference between the past perfect and the past perfect continuous

In contrast with the past perfect simple tense, which emphasises the result of a completed action, the past perfect continuous focuses on the duration or the activity itself: