Question

Are the simple past and present perfect tenses identical in their time relationship to the present?

Answer 1

You form the present perfect by using “have” or “has” followed by the past participle form of the verb. ... When an action happened more than one time in the past, use the present perfect. For example, “I have seen the movie three times”. Second, it is common to use the present perfect with the words “for” and “since.”