Cara Cepat Paham Present Perfect Tense

 

Present Perfect Tense digunakan untuk membicarakan:

• Tindakan yang sudah terjadi di masa lalu tetapi masih ada hubungannya dengan masa sekarang

• Pengalaman hidup tanpa menyebutkan waktu spesifik

• Perubahan yang terjadi dari masa lalu sampai sekarang

• Tindakan yang baru saja selesai

1. Rumus:

• Kalimat positif:
  Subject + have/has + past participle (V3)
  Contoh: I have finished my homework.

• Kalimat negatif:
  Subject + have/has + not + past participle (V3)
  Contoh: She has not visited Bali.

• Kalimat tanya:
  Have/Has + subject + past participle (V3)
  Contoh: Have you eaten breakfast?

2. Kapan kita menggunakan Present Perfect?

A. Pengalaman hidup (tanpa waktu spesifik):

• I have visited Japan.

• She has never met the president.

B. Perubahan dari masa lalu:

• He has grown a lot.

• Technology has become faster.

C. Tindakan yang dimulai di masa lalu dan masih berlangsung:

• We have lived here for five years.
  (Kami sudah tinggal di sini selama lima tahun.)

D. Tindakan yang baru saja selesai:

• He has just left.
  (Dia baru saja pergi.)

• I have already finished my homework.
  (Saya sudah menyelesaikan PR saya.)

3. Catatan penting:

• Present Perfect tidak digunakan dengan keterangan waktu spesifik seperti yesterday, last year, in 2020.
  Jika menyebutkan waktu spesifik, gunakan Simple Past Tense.

Contoh:

• Salah: I have seen that movie yesterday.

• Benar: I saw that movie yesterday.

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Feature	Present Perfect	Simple Past
Use	Connection between past and present	Completed action in the past
Form	have/has + past participle	verb in past tense
Time mentioned?	No specific time mentioned	Specific time mentioned
Example 1	I have seen that movie.	I saw that movie yesterday.
Example 2	She has already eaten.	She ate at 7 PM.
Example 3	We have lived here for ten years.	We lived there in 2010.