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.