Present perfect is like a battle hardened war veteran you know what i mean because we've all done battle with present perfect and present perfect friend present perfect continuous these two form quite an almighty combination I think you'll agree right let's get down to the real nitty gritty of present perfect now. The main thing for present perfect is that we're talking about a past event which has some connection to now  that's the main thing past past with connection to now so here are three ways in which it can be used.