Active voice-Present perfect tense rules

Present perfect tense rules and application

 

Sentence: I eat food.

In the above sentence I is the subject, eat is the verb and food is the object.

1^st form of verb: eat, 2^nd form of verb: ate, 3^rd form of verb: eaten

Positive sentence

(I, We, They, You) as a subject

Subject+ have +3^rd form of verb + object

 

I have eaten food.

We have eaten food.

They have eaten food.

You have eaten food.

 

(He, She, It) as a subject

Subject +has+ 3^rd form of verb + object

 

He has eaten food.

She has eaten food.

It has eaten food.

 

Negative sentence

(I, We, They, You) as a subject

Subject+ have + not +3^rd form of verb + object

 

I have not eaten food.

We have not eaten food.

They have not eaten food.

You have not eaten food.

 

(He, She, It) as a subject

Subject + has+ 3^rd form of verb + object

 

He has not eaten food.

She has not eaten food.

It has not eaten food.

 

Interrogative sentence

(I, We, They, You) as a subject

Have + subject+ 3^rd form of verb + object

 

Have I eaten food?

Have we eaten food?

Have they eaten food?

Have you eaten food?

 

(He, She, It) as a subject

Has + subject + 3^rd form of verb + object

 

Has he eaten food?

Has she eaten food?

Has it eaten food?