Present Perfect Tense

Present Perfect Tense adalah suatu tense yang digunakan untuk menggambarkan suatu aktivitas yang
telah dilakukan pada saat ini. Disebut Perfect karena aktivitas itu telah terjadi atau sudah diselesaikan
secara sempurna pada saat ini (present).
Maka Present Perfect Tense memakai have/has yang artinya 'sudah'. Hati-hati, disini arti dari have/has
adalah 'sudah' bukan 'memiliki', karena have yang artinya memiliki akan diikuti oleh noun/kata benda
bukan verb/kata kerja.

Fungsi Present Perfect Tense

 Present perfect tense berfungsi untuk menunjukkan suatu aktifitas yang baru saja selesai, maka
efek dari pekerjaan tersebut masih dapat kita rasakan sampai saat ini. Biasanya ditambahkan
kata just sebelum have/has Contoh: My father just has come back from london.

 Present perfect tense digunakan untuk menunjukkan suatu aktifitas yang pernah dilakukan di
masa lalu namun waktu dari aktifitas tersebut tidak jelas diketahui. Contoh: I have read the
novel, but i forgot the story.

 Present perfect tense juga berguna ntuk menggambarkan suatu pekerjaan yang dilakukan
berulang-ulang. Contoh: I have called him so many times

Rumus Present Perfect Tense

Present perfect tense dibentuk oleh auxiliary verb (have/has) dan verb 3 sebagai kata kerja. Have
digunakan untuk I, You, They, We. Sedangkan Has adalah untuk He, She, It, atau orang ketiga tunggal.
Sehingga rumusnya adalah Subject + Have/Has + Verb 3.

Berikut ini adalah rumus positif, negatif, dan interogatif dari present perfect tense:
Contoh Kalimat Present Perfect Tense

1. The earth climate has changed because of global warming. (Iklim bumi sudah berubah karena
global warming)

2. Don't walk on the floor, it has just been mopped. (Jangan berjalan di lantai, itu sudah di pel)

3. My grand father has just gone away due to diabetes. (Kakekku baru saja meninggal karena
penyakit diabetes)

4. Mr. Basuki has been elected as a governor of Jakarta. (Bapak Basuki sudah terpilih sebagai
gubernur jakarta)

5. I have been gone to Lombok for two times. (Aku sudah pergi ke Lombok dua kali)

6. My daughter cries because she has fallen from her bicycle. (Anak perempuanku menangis
karena dia sudah jatuh dari sepedanya)

7. The rain has not stopped, when I was on the way to the office. (Hujannya tidak berhenti saat
aku masih dijalan mau ke kantor)

8. I have told you to not come near my girlfriend. (Aku sudah memberitahumu untuk jangan
mendekati pacarku)

9. I came late to the meeting, because I have not read your message, (Aku datang terlambat ke
pertemuan karena aku tidak membaca pesanmu)

10. The thief has gone before the girl realized her wallet was robbed. (Pencuri sudah pergi sebelum
gadis itu menyadari dompetnya dicuri)

Task 1

Choose the right answer between a, b, c, d, or e!

1. Shane ………………. around the world with his best friends.

a. Has been traveling

b. Have traveling

c. Travels

d. Is traveling

e. Has traveled

2. Kian …………….. this movie three times.

a. Is seeing

b. Sees
 c. Has seen

d. Was seeing

e. Has been seen

3. Jack …………….. in the same house for twenty years.

a. Leave

b. Has been lived

c. Living

d. Lived

e. Has lived

4. Marie …………….. in Dublin since 1980.

a. Is leaving

b. Left

c. Live

d. Lives

e. Has lived

5. Mark …………….. the entire book.

a. Is reading

b. Read

c. Has been reading

d. Has already read

e. Had been reading

6. The president ……………… what to do ………..

a. Has not decided …… yet

b. Neither ….. nor

c. Either …. Or

d. Also ….. and

e. Both ….. and

7. Sam ……………. the results of the experiment.

a. Did the recording

 b. Is recording

c. Has already recorded

d. Has recording

e. Had recording

8. Patrick ………… the material for his next exam.

a. Is learning

b. Has yet to learn

c. Learned

d. Learns

e. Has been learning

9. We ……………… what to do with the money.

a. Decide

b. Have yet to decide

c. Have deciding

d. Has deciding

e. Is deciding

10. Mark …………… to school with his friends.

a. Has already walked

b. Was walking

c. Had walking

d. Walked

e. Is walking