Forming the Present Perfect Simple - [HAS / HAVE] + [past participle]

Have/Has in the Perfect Tense

The verb “to have ”is used as an auxiliary verb to help other verbs create the perfect tense.

Positive Statement
Subject	form of the verb to have	past participle (the verb to be)	Contracted form (spoken)
I	have	been	I've been ... .
You	have	been	You've been ... .
He / She / It	has	been	He's been ... She's been... It's been ... .
We	have	been	We've been ... .
You	have	been	You've been ... .
They	have	been	They've been ... .

 

Negative Statement
Subject	form of to have	negation	past participle (the verb to see)	Contracted form (spoken)
I	have	not	seen	I haven't been ... .
You	have	not	seen	You haven't been ... .
He / She / It	has	not	seen	He hasn't been ... She hasn't been... It hasn't been ... .
We	have	not	seen	We haven't been ... .
You	have	not	seen	You haven't been ... .
They	have	not	seen	They haven't been ... .

 

Verb	Past Participle		Verb	Past Participle
be	been		learn	learnt
begin	begun		sing	sung
drink	drunk		wear	worn
hear	heard		write	written
hurt	hurt		see	seen

 

Questions
Form of to have	subject	past participle
Have	I	been / bought / seen ...?
Have	you	been / bought / seen ...?
Has	he / she / it	been / bought / seen ...?
Have	we	been / bought / seen ...?
Have	you	been / bought / seen ...?
Have	they	been / bought / seen ...?