Present perfect tense digunakan untuk menerangkan kejadian yang telah terjadi sekarang tetapi tidak diketahui dengan pasti waktunya.

Struktur kalimat

Agar dapat menyusun kalimat present perfect tense, kita harus menggunakan have/has + verba III (past participle).

Subjek + have/has + Verba III + objek
I/You/They/We have eaten rice
He/She/It has eaten rice

Contoh:
I have seen Darya.
You have heard the news.
We have been to Jakarta.
He has learned the lesson.
She has finished the homework.

Kalimat tanya
Have/Has + Subjek + Verba III + objek

Contoh:
Have I give you the candy?
Have you had breakfast?
Has the train come in?
Has the plane landed?
What have you done?
What have I seen?

Kalimat negatif
Subjek + haven't / hasn't + Verba III + Objek

Contoh:
I haven’t seen Darya.
You haven’t received a letter.
He hasn’t taken your pen.

Penggunaan already, just, ever, never, since dan for

We have already decided to go.
She has just come in.
I have ever seen the film.
Andika has never ridden a horse.
He has been ill since the party.
He hasn’t smoked for a week.