PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

How To Teach The Present Perfect Tense

Creating the English text has a high level of complexity. In it there are several components into one cohesive whole. The components include: grammar, spelling, diction, also the development of writing topics.

To teach how to make the text should begin to teach the components of the text above. One of the components that will be discussed in this article is Grammar: the Simple Present Perfect Tense. I will not discuss the example and the function of the simple present perfect tense in detail because I consider the father and mother would have qualified teachers regarding this grammar. That will be our subject is an easy way to teach the Simple Present Perfect Tense.Step-by-step teaching Simple Present Perfect Tense:

1. Give students a model that contains the text of the sentence Present Perfect Tense. Of course, should be adjusted to the level of the student. For junior high school students can be given sample text about everyday life.Example text:Somebody has stolen my book. I can not study now. Can you help me finding it?

2. Make a chart on the board or sheet. Enter example Present Perfect Tense into the table. 

3. Have the students enter the following words into the table. Give me 5 minutes to work in groups. Upon completion check the answers together.shehaveeatensome foodwethey heighmy motorcycleborrowedgivensome wateryou

 4. Give a brief explanation of each word section in the table. Manakan the subject, said auxiliary, predicate and object.

5. Ask students to make two sentences combination of words in the table.

6. Give a brief description tenses name being studied and its function. Then write the formula.

7. Give students the opportunity to practice more for example by providing training to fill the dots with the appropriate verb.Examples of exercises Present Perfect Tense:Choose the correct verb in brackets! 
1. I have (buy / bought) a new clothes for Eid.
 2. Sprott has (come / Came) to school very early in the morning. 
3. Have you (drink / drunk) some water? 
4. She has not (done / do) his homework yet. 
5. They have (arrived / arrive) from Surabaya.


Present perfect tense is one of 16 tenses in English are quite frequently used in everyday conversation - day (daily conversation) in addition to the simple present tense. The use of the present tense in English may be seen more easily in terms of a theory like that would I write the following, but I personally was not as easy as it was when we put it into practice in everyday conversation - today or in the activities of writing (writing), it takes a lot of practice, understanding, continuous practice and habituation, and that's the process of learning English should have the right.
This tenses generally describes an activity occurred or have been completed before the specified time or before the events in the present.

General formula is:Form
 (+): Subject + have / has + past participle (verb 3)Form
 (-): Subject + have / has + not + participle (verb 3)Form 
(?): Have / has + Subject + participle (verb 3)

Note: The verb or verb used to be the third form of either regular or irregular verb. Can be found in the dictionary list. Use of haves and has you can see in the link are red. hehe

And the following explanation of its function:Present perfect tense describes an activity occurred or have been completed before the present or when speaking. Specific time completion of these activities is not important whether it's last year, last month, mingu yesterday, yesterday, an hour ago, or even a minute ago, the most important speaker intends that an activity or the work has been completed done. Example sentences such as the following:

I have finished my college degree (I have passed the S-1)With no mention of a specific description, the present perfect tense is used to describe that the speaker has finished his education s-1, it does not matter though probably graduation already 3 years ago

If you mention the specific time, the simple past is used:

I finished my college degree last month (simple past, mentioning the specific time / time signal: last month)

Another example:He has just given you a smile (He just smiled at you)

Present perfect also expresses a repetitive activity before the present. Once again the specific time the recurrence of such activities should not be ignored, which is important recurrent events before the current time (already completed). Usually wear signal information such as 'many, many times, so far, mentioning the number, etc'. The following Example sentence:

He has had five interview so far this month (he had undergone interviews 5 times this month)The specific time of each interview is not an issue, it could be as much as 5 times the interview is going on at once in the first week of the month. The most important thing this far or this month he had the interview and repeated 5 times.

Just compare:He has had five interviews so far this month (present perfect)The first interview was in the first day of the month (simple past)

Another example:I have Traveled by train many timesThe third present perfect describes the activities that began before the present (past) and is still continuing today. This situation usually one sentence using the preposition 'since (since)' and 'for (during)'.Example :I have been here since eight o'clock (I've been waiting since 8 am)Activities waiting to start at a certain time in the past and is still waiting.Another example:He has read for three hours (He had read for 3 hours)Preposition 'for' identify the duration or length of reading that began in the past and continues to read until now.