PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

Present Perfect Tense

    1.      Verbal Sentence’ Formula:

  Subject (I, You, We, They) + have + past participle

  Subject (He, She, It) + has + past participle

  Examples:

1.      I have just come.

2.      She has just called me

     2.      Nominal Sentence’s Formula:

                        Subject (I, You, We, They) + have + been + past participle

                        Subject (He, She, It) + has + been + past participle

                        Examples:

1.      anton has written a letter for his mother.

2.      I have seen that movie.

3.      My mother has bought me a new T-shirt.

4.      I have worked as an engineer since 1982.

5.      She has lived in Palangkaraya for 12 years.

Formula:

(+) S + have/has + V3

(-)  S + have/sas Not + V3

(?) Have/has + S + V3 + ?

Here are some examples of the present perfect tense:

subject	auxiliary verb		main verb
+	I	have		seen	ET.
+	You	have		eaten	mine.
-	She	has	not	been	to Rome.
-	We	have	not	played	football.
?	Have	you		finished?
?	Have	they		done	it?

When we use the present perfect tense in speaking, we usually contract the subject and auxiliary verb. We also sometimes do this when we write.

I have	I’ve
You have	You’ve
He has She has It has John has The car has	He’s She’s It’s John’s The car’s
We have	We’ve
They have	They’ve