Present Perfect Tense

Present perfect tense digunakan untuk mengungkapkan suatu kegiatan atau peristiwa yang telah terjadi.

Kata keterangan waktu (Adverbs of time) yang dapat digunakan:

since ... : sejak ...

for ... : selama ...

recently : baru-baru ini

lately : akhir-akhir ini

Positive Sentence

Rumus:

I/You/We/They + have + V3

He/She/It + has + V3

Verba ketiga (V3) ada dua macam:

1. Regular verb (verba berarturan) --> V1 + d/ed

2. Irregular verb (verba tidak beraturan) --> lihat daftar dalam kamus

Contoh kalimat:

They have stood under the tree for two hours.

= Mereka telah berdiri di bawah pohon itu selama dua jam.

The secretary has typed the letter since 10 o'clock.

= Sekretaris telah mengetik surat sejak pukul 10.

Negative Sentence

Rumus:

I/You/We/They + have + not + V3

He/She/It + has + not + V3

Have not disingkat menjadi haven't.

Has not disingkat menjadi hasn't.

Contoh kalimat:

They have not stood under the tree for two hours.

The secretary has not typed the letter since 10 o'clock.

Interrogative Sentence

Rumus:

Have + I/you/we/they + V3

Has + he/she/it + V3

Contoh kalimat:

Have they stood under the tree for two hours?

Has the secretary typed the letter since 10 o'clock?

By : tatank,