2. Have you ever heard about both kinds of tense?
For a time period that began in the past and
continuous to now, we can use:
Present perfect progressive
Present perfect
3. Present perfect is one of the tenses that indicates the past
action or activity. it is used to express a complete action
or finished and there is no definite or specific time.
Its pattern formed:
+) S + have/has (already) + V participle + obj / complement
-) S + haven’t/hasn’t + V participle + obj (yet )
?) have / has + S + V participle + obj?
Notes: already used to express the action or activity
already finished and positive sentence
yet used to express the action or activity that
is not finished yet. It is used in ? / -
4. Examples:
They have learned English for three years
They haven’t learned English for three years
Have they learned English for three years?
She has tried to do her best
………………
………………
5. He has already made a complaint
He hasn’t made a complaint yet
Has he made a complaint yet?
We have already finished the study
……………..
………………
Ms. Santy has already told you about this case
………………….
………………….
6. To have a broad understanding about present
perfect lets try to do this games….
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7. This is a tense that expresses the past action
or activity which is continually running in
other words it expresses ongoing action or
unfinished.
Its form written below:
+) S + have/has + been + Ving + object /complement
-) S + haven’t /hasn’t + been + Ving +
object/complement
?) have/has + S + been + Ving + object?
8. Examples:
They have been living here since 2010
They haven’t been living here since 2010
Have they been living here since 2010?
She has been trying to call you
…………
…………
I have been practicing English presentation since
I enrolled at this faculty
……………………………
…………………………..
10. To understand more deeply about present
perfect & present perfect progressive, please
you may click here and do some exercises.
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11. - The man has been reading a story book
- They have been trying to smoke since they
got caught
- We have been driving for twelve hours to
kalimantan
- Has she been taking an English course?
- Mr. Tom hasn’t been teaching for two hours
12. She has already change her phone
The students haven’t finish their work yet
The boy has already give a gift to his a little
sister
They have already marry after they were
falling in love
Has your uncle find his glasses yet?