PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

Ø  Perfect tense is a contruction made up of the auxilary have+ the past pasrticiple from of the main verb, or in the other said is a rather important tense in English, but it gives speakers of some languages a difficult time. That is because it uses concepts or ideas that do not exist in those languages

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Rumus Present Perfect Tense: (+)Positif: S + have/has + V3 (-)Negatif: S + have/sas Not + V3 (?)Tanya:   Have/has + S + V3

1.Bentuk Nominal  = S + HAVE/HAS + BEEN (positive)

Have Been	Has Been
They	He
WE	She
I	It
YOU

Bentuk Verbal = S +HAVE/HAS + VERB III (Positive)

Have+ VerbIII	Has+ Verb III
They	He
We	She
I	It
You

Ø  Example for Nominal

1.    I have been here since nine o’clock

Ø  Example for Verbal

1.    I have known Shane for ten years

2.The perfect tense in negative sentence

S + Have/ Has + Not + Verb III

1.    I  have not (haven’t) seen Westminster Place in London

2.    She has not (hasn’t)read a new novel of Dan Brown

3.The perfect tense in question sentence

Have/ Has + S + Verb III+...?

1.    Have you ever traveled around Asia?

2.    Has she bought the newest album of James Blunt?