Tenses

Present Perfect Tense

Present perfect tense adalah (bentuk waktu yang telah selesai) adalah bentuk kalimat yang menyatakan suatu kegiatan ada keadaan yang terjadi di waktu yang tidak tertentu (indefinite time) di masa lampau yang saat berbicara perbuatan tersebut telah selesai dilakukan.

Kalimat Verbal

1.       Subject (I, We, You, They) + have + past participle (v3)

·         We have eaten the caviar yesterday

·         They have cut the an acre tree at forest a month ago

·         You have not sung for an opera two days ago

·         I have not gone to jail for public urination

·         Have you gone to Madura for two days?

·         Have you done the errand?

2.       Subject (He, She, it) + has + past participle (v3)

·         She has asked the driver to drive faster

·         Van Gogh painting has delivered to my house couple of months ago

·         Barney has arisen from mourning and depression

·         Ron actually has bought  a red Ferrari a month ago

·         Has he got an exquisite haircut yesterday?

·         Who has taken the money at charity box?

·         Hasn’t she got a job to do?

3.       Subject (I, We, You, They) + have + been + non  verb (noun, adjective, adverb)

·         We have been in Paris for two weeks

·         You haven’t been sick for a year

·         I have been in the mood since yesterday

·         You haven’t been on the swimming pool before

·         They haven’t been on the right track for an hour

·         Have you been sick since two days ago?

·         Where have you been last night?

4.       Subject (He, She, it) + has + been + non verb (noun, adjective, adverb)

·         Pablo Neruda hasn’t been in museum before

·         How has he been?

·         She has been in town for three days