LET'S LEARN MORE ABOUT TENSES! - SIMPLE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
· Use (penggunaan) :
1. Actions happened in the recent past/just happened (Kegiatan yang terjadi baru saja)
e.g.: I have just done my work. ; She has just called me.
2. Actions happened in the past and still have correlation/effect in present (Kegiatan yang terjadi di masa lalu tetapi masih berhubungan/berakibat di masa sekarang )
e.g.: He has opened the website. ; We have won the competition before the season ends.
3. Repeated actions between past and now (Sesuatu yang terjadi berulang dari masa lalu hingga sekarang)
e.g.: The flood has occured three times. ; They have watched the movie twice.
4. Actions happened in the past which still have not finished until now (Kegiatan di masa lalu yang belum selesai sampai sekarang)
e.g.: I have worked here for two years. ; That building has been built since last year.
5. Actions whose precise time is not important (Kegiatan yang waktunya tidak penting)
e.g.: He has gone to France. ; We have practiced the dialogue.
6. Expected actions which have not happened (Kejadian yang diharapkan tetapi belum terjadi)
e.g.: My teachers have still not come. ; The rain has not stopped.
7. Acomplishment/Changing over time (Pencapaian/Perubahan dari waktu ke waktu)
e.g.: He has become more talented since the last time I saw him. ; My students have learned how to pronounce well.
6. Expected actions which have not happened (Kejadian yang diharapkan tetapi belum terjadi)
e.g.: My teachers have still not come. ; The rain has not stopped.
7. Acomplishment/Changing over time (Pencapaian/Perubahan dari waktu ke waktu)
e.g.: He has become more talented since the last time I saw him. ; My students have learned how to pronounce well.
· Structure (struktur) :
1. Use to be (Nominal)
Subject
|
Main Verb
|
Complement
(Adjectives, Adverb, Noun)
|
She/He/It
|
has + been
|
a good teacher.
|
I/You/We/They
|
have + been
|
there.
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PATTERN
+) Subject + main verb + been + complement
SHE HAS BEEN A TEACHER.
- ) Subject + main verb + not + been + complement
SHE HAS NOT BEEN A TEACHER.
?) Main verb + subject + been + complement +?
HAS SHE BEEN A TEACHER?
2. Use verb (Verbal)
Subject
|
Aux. Verb
|
Main
Verb
|
Complement
(Adjectives, Adverb, Noun)
|
She/He/It
|
has
|
studied
|
chemistry.
|
I/You/We/They
|
have
|
joined
|
the basketball team.
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PATTERN
+) Subject + aux. verb + main verb(v3) + complement
WE HAVE TAKEN THE COURSE.
- ) Subject + aux. verb + not + main verb(v3) + complement
WE HAVE NOT TAKEN THE COURSE.
?) Aux. verb + subject + main verb(v3) + complement +?
HAVE WE TAKEN THE COURSE?
· Adverb (keterangan) :
1. Adverb Of Time
· since, for
· before, after, when
2. Adverb of Frequency
· ever, never
· yet, already
· recently
NOTE :
· Usually, present perfect tense is combined with simple present using connector before/after.
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