PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

Adalah kalimat yang menyatakan suatu kegiatan sempurna/selesai pada saat ini, pada prinsipnya preset perfect tense adalah kalimat yanfg dipakai padawaktu sekarang yang menjelskan bahwa pekerjaan/kegiatan yang dilakukan telah telah selesai pada hari itu juga. Jika pekerjaan / kegiatan yang telah selesai dilakukan itu dij ucapkan pada esok harinya maka kalimat yang diucapkan tersebut bukan lagi present perfect tense melainkan simple past tense, jadi anda harus hati – hati dalam pemakaian kalimatnya.

Ciri – cirri present perfect tense selal memakai kata kerja bentuk ke-3 di setiap kalimatnya bisa dikatakan kata kerja bentuk ke-3 waJIB untuk di gunakan. untuk lebih jelasnya perhatikanlah rumus – rumusnya serta contoh – contohnya sebagai berikut :

 (+)   S +  + V₃ + Adverb

(-)   S +  + not + V₃ + Adverb

(?)    + S + V₃ + Adverb

(-?)   + not  + S + V₃ + Adverb

Examples :

      (+)   I have eaten fried rice now.

(-)   I have not eaten fried rice now.

(?)   Have I eaten fried rice now?

(-?) Have not I eaten fried rice now?

      (+)   You have eaten fried rice now.

(-)   You have not eaten fried rice now.

(?)   Have you eaten fried rice now?

(-?) Have not you eaten fried rice now?

      (+)   We have eaten fried rice now.

(-)   We have not eaten fried rice now.

(?)   Have we eaten fried rice now?

(-?) Have not we eaten fried rice now?

      (+)   They have eaten fried rice now.

(-)   They have not eaten fried rice now.

(?)   Have they eaten fried rice now?

(-?) Have not they eaten fried rice now?

      (+)   He has eaten fried rice now.

(-)   He has not eaten fried rice now.

(?)   Has he eaten fried rice now?

(-?) Has not he eaten fried rice now?

      (+)   She has eaten fried rice now.

(-)   She has not eaten fried rice now.

(?)   Has she eaten fried rice now?

(-?) Has not she eaten fried rice now?

Catatan :

Penggunaan  di tentukan menurut subjectnya: 

Have ( I, YOU, WE, THEY )

Has   ( HE, SHE, IT )