Present

Perfect
Continous
and Simple
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Fitriannnisa Maulidina
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Nia Agustin N.A.P.H
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Diva Novianty
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Delia Febrianti
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Understanding...
IPresent perfect simple tense is a tense
used to express an action that is in progress
or has just been completed.
 The Present Perfect Simple
formula is divided into 2:
Positive sentences: Interrogative Sentences:
You have been a
Has she been very
creative writer since
busy this week?
2018.

Negative Sentences:
We have not been
hungry
Formula Verbal
Formula Nominal
Time Expression
 Example:

Positive Negative Interrogative

Sentence Sentence Sentence

I have eaten three a They have not paid Have they surprised
day. their orders. Cintia?
 Contraction dalam Present
Perfect Tense

Positive form of present Negative form of present

perfect tense: perfect tense
I have: I’ve I have not: I haven’t
You have: You’ve You have not: You haven’t
We have: We’ve We have not: We haven’t
They have: They’ve They have not: They haven’t
She has: She’s She has not: She hasn’t
He has: He’s He has not: He hasn’t
It has: It’s It has not: It hasn’t
Undertanding Present Perfect
Continuous Tense
Present perfect continuous tense is a form of
verb or tense to express an action that has
been completed at a point in the past, or an
action that has started in the past, but these
actions still occur/continue until now.
Formula Present Perfect
Continuous Tense
Rumus Present Perfect Continuous
Tense
Use of Sentences
Untuk membuat kalimat dari tenses ini, perhatikan dulu poin penting
berikut:
Have digunakan untuk subject I, you, dan plural subject seperti: plural
pronoun (seperti: they, we), plural noun (seperti: boys, men), dan
compound subject dengan kata hubung “and” (you and I, Masha and
David).

Use of Sentences
Has digunakan untuk singular subject seperti: third person
singular pronoun (seperti: he, she, it) dan singular noun (seperti:
Tony, Cerci, etc).
 Charateristic Present
Perfect Continuous Tense
 Understanding...
General concepts
Present perfect continuous tense biasa disebut juga dengan present perfect
progressive tense. Progressive artinya “sedang berlangsung” atau aksi yang sedang
dilakukan.

In General
Secara umum, present perfect continuous tense hanya terjadi
pada bentuk kata kerja dynamic, atau biasa disebut dynamic verb,
karena biasanya hanya dynamic verb yang memiliki bentuk
continuous.
 Explanation

Example Example Example

Present Perfect Present Perfect Present Perfect Continuous
Continuous Tense Positif: Continuous Tense Negatif: Tense Interrogative:
Luna has been reading the They have not been helping Has Tiara been eating?
novel. your sister.
 Diference
The present perfect simple tense is generally used to
indicate an activity or action that has been completed.
While the present perfect continuous tense refers to
actions or actions that are being carried out and not
necessarily those activities or actions that have been
completed.
 EXERCISES
10.1 Read the situations and write two sentences using the
words in brackets.

1. Tom started reading a book two hours ago. He is still reading

it and now he is on page 53.
(read/for two hours) He has been reading for two hours.
(read/53 pages so far) He has read 53 pages so far.
2. Linda is from Australia. She is travelling round Europe at
the moment. She began her tour three months ago.
(travel/for three months) She has been travelling for three
months.
(visit/six countries so far) She has visited six countries so
far.
 EXERCISES
3. Jimmy is a tennis player. He began playing tennis when he
was ten years old. This year he is national champion again--for
the fourth time.
(win/the national championship four times) He has won the
national championship four times.
(play/tennis since he was ten) He has been playing tennis
since he was ten.
4. When they left college, Mary and Sue started making films
together. They still make films
(make/ten films since they left college) They have made ten
films since they left college.
(make/films since they left college) They have been making
films since they left college.
 EXERCISES

10.2 For each situation, ask a question

using the words in brackets.
1. You have a friend who is learning Arabic. You ask:
(how long/learn/Arabic?) How long have you been learning Arabic?
2. You have just arrived to meet a friend. She is waiting for you. You
ask:
(how long/wait?) How long have you been waiting?
3. You see somebody fishing by the river. You ask:
(how many fish/catch?) How many fish have you caught?
4. Some friends of yours are having a party next week. You ask:
(how many people/invite?) How many people have you invited?
EXERCISES

10.2 For each situation, ask a question

using the words in brackets.
5. A friend of yours is a teacher. You ask:
(how long/reach?) How long have you been teaching?
6. You meet somebody who is a writer. You ask:
(how many books/write?) How many books have you written?
(how long/write/books?) How long have you been writing books?
7. A friend of yours is saving money to go on holiday. You ask
(how long/save?) How long have you been saving?
(how much money/save?) How much money have you saved?
 EXERCISES
10.3 Put the verb into the more suitable form, present
perfect simple (I have done etc.) or continuous (I
have been doing etc.).

1. Where have you been? Have you been playing

(you/play) tennis?
2. Look! Somebody has broken (break) that window.
3. You look tired. Have you been working (you/work) hard?
4. 'Have you ever worked (you/ever/work) in a factory?'
'No, never.'
5. 'Jane is away on holiday.' 'Oh, is she? Where has she
gone(she/go)?
6. My brother is an actor. He has appeared (appear) In
several films.
 EXERCISES
10.3 Put the verb into the more suitable form, present
perfect simple (I have done etc.) or continuous (I
have been doing etc.).

7. 'Sorry I'm late.' 'That's all right. I haven’t been

waiting (not/wait) long.'
8. 'Is it still raining?' 'No, it it has stoped (stop).'
9. I have lost (lose) my address book. Have you
seen (you/see) it anywhere?
10. I have been reading (read) the book you lent me
but I haven’t finished (not/finish) it yet.
11. I have read (read) the book you lent me, so you
can have it back now.
Thank you for
Attention