Bahasa Inggris Bisnis 1 Pert. 4 "Present Perfect"

Present Perfect

Rumus :
have/has + past participle

has: 3rd person singular (he, she, it)

have: all other forms

past participle:
- regular verbs: infinitive + -ed
- irregular verbs: 3rd column of the table of the irregular verbs
Present Perfect - Use
- Result of an action in the past is important in the present
  I have cleaned my room.
- Recently completed action
  He has just played handball.
- Action beginning in the past and still continuing
  We have lived in Canada since 1986.
- together with lately, recently, yet
  I have been to London recently. 

Exercise

Present Perfect and Simple Past

1. John wrote (write) his report last night
2. Bad has seen (see) this movie before
3. Jorge has read (read) the newspaper already
4. Mr. Johnson has worked (work) in the same place for thirty
5. We haven begun (begin)/negative) to study for the test you
6. Gorge went (go) to the store at ten o'clock this morning
7. Juan has trevel (travel) around the world
8. Betty wrote (write) a letter last night
9. Guallermo called (call) his employes yesterday
10. We haven seen (see/negative) this movie yet