Click here to log in4 million accounts created! JOIN our free club and learn English now! Get a free English lesson every week! 2 MILLION subscribers!- English translator- Our other sitesLearn English > English lessons and exercises > English test #90359: Past Perfect or Present PerfectPast Perfect or Present PerfectPresent Perfect is used- to put emphasis on the resultShe has written two letters. - to express an action that started in the past and continuing in the present. I have worked in the hospital for ten years.- to talk about general experiences ( ever, never ). I have never eaten it before. Have you ever been abroad?together with lately, recently, yet. I have been to New York recently.- to say about an action repeated in an unspecified period between the past and now. I have visited them many times. when the precise time of action is not important or unknown. Someone has drunk my beer! - to describe events that occured before you expected. I have already graduated from University. Past Perfect is used - to express an action taking place before a certain time in the past . When we want to put emphasis on the fact, not the duration. Before Martin arrived here, he had spoken to him. - this tense is often used to report what people had said / thought / believed / toldHe told me that he had already read the book. English exercise "Past Perfect or Present Perfect" created by greg100 with The test builderClick here to see the current stats of this English test [Save] [Load] [?]End of the free exercise to learn English: Past Perfect or Present PerfectA free English exercise to learn English. Other English exercises on the same topics : | Past | Present perfect | All our lessons and exercises