2.
Present Perfect Tense
Rumus:
S + have/has + V3
Present perfect tense adalah tenses yang menunjukkan suatu pekerjaan,
perbuatan, ataupun peristiwa yang SUDAH SELESAI dilakukan JIKA disertai
KETERANGAN WAKTU yang tidak jelas kapan terjadinya.
Contoh:
(+) I have gone to
school recently.
(-) I have not gone to school recently.
(?) Have I gone to school recently?
Yes, you
have.
No, you have
not.
(+) You have gone to school recently.
(-) You haven’t gone to school recently.
(?) Have you gone to schoolrecently?
Yes, I have.
No, I have
not.
(+) We have gone to school recently.
(-) We haven’t gone to school recently.
(?) Have we gone to school recently?
Yes, we have.
No, we
haven’t
(+) They have gone to school recently.
(-) They haven’t gone to school recently.
(?) Have they gone to schoolrecently?
Yes, they
have.
No, they
haven’t.
(+) She has gone to school recently.
(-) She has not gone to school recently.
(?) Has she gone to school recently?
Yes, she
has.
No, she
hasn’t.
(+) He has gone to school recently.
(-) He hasn’t gone to school recently.
(?) Has he gone to school recently?
Yes, he has.
No, he hasn’t
(+) It has climbed recently.
(-) it hasn’t climbed recently.
(?) Has it climbed recently?
Yes, it has.
No, it has
not.
Present perfect tense digunakan untuk menyatakan perbuatan yang SUDAH
SELESAI tanpa KETERANGAN WAKTU, seperti:
I have eaten.
Saya telah (selesai) makan.
Present perfect tense digunakan untuk menyatakan perbuatan yang SUDAH
DIMULAI DI WAKTU LAMPAU dan dilanjutkan hingga SEKARANG jika disertai
KETERANGAN WAKTU YANG TIDAK JELAS KAPAN BERAKHIRNYA, seperti:
I have lived in Dago since
2008.
Saya telah tinggal di Dago sejak tahun 2008. (SAMPAI SEKARANG MASIH DI DAGO)
Present perfect tense digunakan untuk menyatakan perbuatan yang SUDAH
DIMULAI PADA WAKTU LAMPAU dan baru saja BERAKHIR PADA SAAT BERBICARA, seperti:
We have waited for you since
five o’clock.
Kami telah menunggumu sejak
pukul lima. (SEKARANG SUDAH TIDAK
MENUNGGU)
Kata keterangan waktu (time signal)
Just = baru
saja
already = sudah
once = satu
kali
twice = dua
kali
three times = tiga kali
several times = beberapa kali
many times = banyak sekali, selalu
this week = minggu ini
ever = pernah
never = tidak pernah
not yet = belum
since = sejak
for a month = selama
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