Christopher’s encounter with The Aliens
It was a dark and stormy night. The whole of Greentown was covered by dark clouds. Christopher was returning home. It started raining cats and dogs.
Suddenly he saw a U.F.O. appearing from the clouds above. In no time it landed on the road. Three aliens came out. Chris was astonished as he could understand their language. Their plan was to take all the trees away from earth. Not wasting a moment, Chris called his friends. Those aliens pointed out to a tree. An eerie blue light shot out from their hands making a tree vanish. Soon, Chris’s friends arrived. They tried to scare those aliens by throwing stones, but in vain.
Luckily, Mr. Goon, the fat inspector of the area arrived. With a frightened look on his face, he shot at those aliens. One of them pointed his finger at Mr. Goon. To everyone’s amazement, Mr. Goon became as thin as a stick. Everybody laughed. Suddenly, Anna, Chris’s friend, ran towards them, shouting at the top of her shrill voice. Those aliens got the fright of their lives and vanished along with their spaceship. The kids were delighted. They had saved their planet. Mr. Goon was left fiddling with his pants.
Present Perfect Tense
Present Perfect Tense merupakan Tenses ketiga dalam Bahasa Inggris. Secara sederhana diartikan sebagai bentuk waktu yang menjelaskan tentang suatu kejadian, peristiwa atau kejadian yang telah terjadi pada periode tertentu dan pada saat bicara, kejadian, peristiwa atau aktivitas tersebut tidak lagi dilakukan atau berlangsung.
Rumus:
a. Kalimat Verbal:
(+) Subjek + have/has + V3 + O
(-) Subjek + have/has + not + V3 + O
(?) Have/Has + subjek + V3 + O ?
b. Kalimat Non-Verbal
(+) Subjek + have, has + been
(-) Subjek + have, has + not + been
(?) Have, Has + subjek +been?
Exercise :
1. I ____ (send) the letter.
Jawab : Have Sent
Penjelasan : Karena Subjeknya “I” maka harus menggunakan have + V3 dari kata send yaitu Sent.
2. _____ (he/see) the movie?
Jawab : Has he seen
Penjelasan : Subjeknya adalah “He”, jadi menggunakan has dan V3 dari kata see yaitu seen.
3. I ______ (work) here for five years.
Jawab : Have worked
Penjelasan : pada kalimat diatas terdapat kata “for” yang digunakan pada kalimat Present Perfect,jadi kita memakai Have + V3 untuk melengkapi soal diatas.
4. Udin ______ (live) here since 1992.
Jawab : Has lived
Penjelasan : Subjek pada kalimat diatas adalah Udin (He) dan pada kalimat diatas terdapat kata “since” yang digunakan pada kalimat Present Perfect, jadi kita memakai Has+V3 untuk melengkapi soal diatas.
5. She ______ (meet) your friend.
Jawab : has met
Penjelasan : Subjek = She, jadi menggunakan “Has” dan V3 dari meet = met.
6. We _______ (eat) our breakfast already.
Jawab : have eaten
Penjelasan : Subjek = we, jadi menggunakan “have” dan V3 dari eat = eaten.
7. Rahma ______ (read) the newspaper for 30 minutes.
Jawab : has read
Penjelasan : Subjek = Rahma (She), jadi menggunakan “Has” dan V3 dari read = read.
8. I ________ (not/do) my homework.
Jawab : have not done
Penjelasan : Subjek = I, jadi menggunakan “Have” dan V3 dari do = done.
9. My father ______ (buy) a new car.
Jawab : has bought
Penjelasan : Subjek = My father (He), jadi menggunakan “Has” dan V3 dari buy = bought.
10. My brother ______ (study) English for seven months.
Jawab : has studied
Penjelasan : Subjek = My brother (He), jadi menggunakan “Has” dan V3 dari study = studied.