20 Contoh Soal Essay Present Perfect Tense Beserta Jawabannya

Present perfect tense merupakan tenses bahasa Inggris yang menyatakan suatu perbuatan, peristiwa, kejadian yang terjadi pada waktu lampau dan masih ada hubungannya dengan waktu sekarang atau untuk menunjukkan suatu peristiwa yang selesai pada waktu yang singkat (baru selesai). Setelah memahami Contoh Present Perfect With, For, and Since serta Contoh Kalimat Present Perfect Tense Verbal dan Nominal, maka ini waktunya berlatih contoh soal essay present perfect tense beserta jawabannya.

Rumus Present Perfect Tense

Present perfect tense memiliki rumus atau formula dalam kalimat, yaitu:

1. S + have/has + been
2. S + have/has + kata kerja (verb) bentuk 3

Contoh Kalimat Present Perfect Tense

• I have visited her twice.
• I have not visited her twice.
• Have I visited her twice?

Penggunaan Present Perfect Tense

Present perfect tense (waktu sempurna sekarang) digunakan untuk:

1. Menyatakan suatu perbuatan atau peristiwa yang terjadi di waktu lampau dan masih ada hubungannya dengan waktu sekarang.
   Contoh:
   We have heard this since morning.
2. Menyatakan suatu peristiwa yang sudah terjadi.
   Contoh:
   She has given me souvenir.
3. Menyatakan suatu perbuatan ulangan pada waktu yang tidak tertentu, biasanya memakai kata keterangan before, yet, never, ever, already.
   Contoh:
   They have ever met President Jokowi.
4. Menyatakan suatu perbuatan yang selesai pada waktu singat, biasanya menggunakan kata keterangan just, last, finally, recently.
   Contoh:
   My friend has just arrived here.

Sebelum belajar contoh soal present perfect tense beserta jawabannya, perhatikanlah tanda waktu atau time signal yang digunakan contoh present perfect tense dalam kehidupan sehari-hari selain penggunaan present perfect yet, just, and already serta for and since, yaitu:

• Once
• So far
• Twice
• At last
• Several times
• This month
• This week
• Many time
• Since 2002
• This year
• Never
• Just
• Ever
• Not yet
• For an hour
• Already
• Finally
• As yet
• Lately
• Since yesterday
• Recently 

Contoh Soal Essay Present Perfect Tense Beserta Jawabannya

A. Buatlah lima kalimat present perfect tense menggunakan kata-kata di bawah ini.

1. Buy
2. Eat
3. Go
4. Read
5. See
6. Break

B. Gunakan present perfect tense dalam kalimat di bawah ini.

1. He (attend, not) … any parties since he came here.
2. Christina (type) … the letter.
3. Finally, you (start) … to write.
4. I (know) … Adam for ten years.
5. How many tests have you (take) … since the beginning of the semester?
6. She (get) … twelve letters so far this week.
7. My neighbors (ask) … me over the dinner.
8. The weather (be) … nice lately. 

C. Lengkapilah kalimat di bawah ini dengan keterangan waktu (adverb of time) yang tepat.

1. You have been a manager for …
2. He has known Miss Lita since …
3. You have had this book for …
4. Raka has not taken several tests since …
5. Mr. Billy has taught English since …
6. My family have lived in Java for …

Jawaban:

A.

1. My mother has bought some skirts.
2. You have been eaten burger since yesterday.
3. They have gone to Ubud for two weeks.
4. My little sister has been read comic since three years ago.
5. Rina has never seen the sea for five months.
6. Have you ever broken your arm?

B.

1. has not attend
2. has typed
3. have started
4. have known
5. taken
6. has gotten
7. have asked
8. has been

C.

1. five years
2. 2015
3. three days
4. the beginning of the semester
5. six years ago
6. over thirty years