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Past Simple vs. Present Perfect Simple

The document compares and contrasts the past simple and present perfect tenses. It provides examples of how to form positive, negative, and interrogative sentences in the present perfect tense using the auxiliary verbs have and has plus the past participle. It then provides a paragraph using the present perfect tense to discuss how technology has changed greatly since computers were first introduced to the public in the early 1980s.

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Past Simple vs. Present Perfect Simple

The document compares and contrasts the past simple and present perfect tenses. It provides examples of how to form positive, negative, and interrogative sentences in the present perfect tense using the auxiliary verbs have and has plus the past participle. It then provides a paragraph using the present perfect tense to discuss how technology has changed greatly since computers were first introduced to the public in the early 1980s.

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Past Simple

vs.
Present Perfect
Simple
Present Perfect Simple
• (+) S + have/has + past participle

• (-) S +have/has + not + past participle

• (?) Have/has + S + past participle


Since computers were first introduced to the public in the early 1980's, technology ……..

(change) a great deal. The first computers …….. (be) simple machines designed for basic tasks.

They …….. (have, not) much memory and they …….. (be, not) very powerful. Early computers

were often quite expensive and customers often …….. (pay) thousands of dollars for machines

which actually …….. (do) very little. Most computers …….. (be) separate, individual machines used

mostly as expensive typewriters or for playing games.

Times …….. (change) . Computers …….. (become) powerful machines with very practical

applications. Programmers …….. (create) a large selection of useful programs which do everything

from teaching foreign languages to bookkeeping. We are still playing video games, but today's

games …….. (become) faster, more exciting interactive adventures. Many computer users ……..

(get, also) on the Internet and …….. (begin) communicating with other computer users around

the world. We …….. (start) to create international communities online. In short, the simple,

individual machines of the past …….. (evolve) into an international World Wide Web of

knowledge.
JUST
Kata ini biasanya digunakan hanya pada saat
penggunaan present perfect tense. Kata ‘just’ sendiri
memiliki arti sebagai beberapa saat lalu. Jadi, bisa
disimpulkan kejadian yang menggunakan kata ‘just’
berarti baru saja lewat sebentar. Di dalam present
perfect, kata ‘just’ muncul di antara the auxiliary verb
(have) dan past participle.
Ex:
• I’ve just seen Susan coming out of the cinema.
• Mike’s just called. Can you ring him back please?
• Have you just taken my pen? Where has it gone?
YET
Kata ini digunakan ketika membicarakan sesuatu yang
diprediksi akan terjadi. Kata ‘yet’ memiliki arti sebagai ‘at any
time up to now’. Kata ‘yet’ bisa digunakan untuk kalimat tanya,
kalimat positif dan negatif. Kata ini biasanya muncul di akhir
kalimat.
Ex :
• Have you finished your homework yet? The speaker
expects that the homework will be finished.
• I haven’t finished it yet. I’ll do it after dinner.
STILL
Kata ini digunakan untuk membicarakan sesuatu yang belum
selesai terjadi, khususnya ketika kita memprediksinya akan
selesai lebih awal. Kata ‘still’ biasanya muncul di tengah-
tengah kalimat. Kata ini juga sering digunakan di tenses
lainnya dan penggunaannya seperti pada present perfect.
Ex :
• I’ve been waiting for over an hour and the bus still hasn’t
come.
• You promised to give me that report yesterday and you
still haven’t finished it.
ALREADY
Kata ini biasanya digunakan untuk mengatakan
sesuatu yang telah terjadi lebih dulu atau lebih awal
daripada kemungkinan terjadinya. Penempatan kata
‘already’ biasanya di tengah kalimat.
Ex:
• I’ve already spent my salary and it’s two weeks
before pay day.
• The train’s already left! What are we going to do?
For and Since
• For (berarti selama) diikuti oleh durasi atau
lamanya waktu kejadian. Misalnya: for thirty
years (selama 30 tahun), for ten minutes (selama
10 menit), for a week (selama seminggu), etc.

• since (berarti sejak) diikuti oleh kapan


kejadian/aktivitas itu dimulai. Misalnya: since
1985 (sejak tahun 1985), since January (sejak
bulan Januari), since 2 o’clock (sejak jam 2), etc.
FOR SINCE

1. I have lived in this house for nine 1. I have lived in this house since 2000.
years.
2. We have studied English since a 2. We have studied English for a month.
month ago.
3. He has married her for nineteen 3. He has married her since 1990.
years.
4. She has waited for her boyfriend for 4. She has waited for her boyfriend since
an hour. an hour ago.
Robin: I think the waiter ….………(forget) us. We ……………..(wait) here for
over half an hour and nobody…………………… (take) our order yet.

Michele: I think you're right. He………………… (walk) by us at least twenty


times. He probably thinks we………… (order, already) .

Robin: Look at that couple over there, they…………….. (be, only) here for
five or ten minutes and they already have their food.

Michele: He must realize we……………….. (order, not) yet! We


………………………..(sit) here for over half an hour staring at him.

Robin: I don't know if he ……………………. (notice, even) us.


He…………………(run) from table to table taking orders and serving food.

Michele: That's true, and he …………………… (look, not) in our direction


once.
Robin: I think the waiter (forget) has forgotten us. We (wait) have
been waiting here for over half an hour and nobody (take) has
taken our order yet.
Michele: I think you're right. He (walk) has walked by us at least
twenty times. He probably thinks we (order, already) have already
ordered.
Robin: Look at that couple over there, they (be, only) have only
been here for five or ten minutes and they already have their food.
Michele: He must realize we (order, not) have not ordered yet! We
(sit) have been sitting here for over half an hour staring at him.
Robin: I don't know if he (notice, even) has even noticed us. He
(run) has been running from table to table taking orders and
serving food.
Michele: That's true, and he (look, not) has not looked in our
direction once.
1. They ……… London this month. (leave)
2. He ……… a lot of English papers. (bring)
3. She ……… me about it. (tell)
4. I ……… a long letter from father this week. (get)
5. She (just) ……… ; she will speak to you in a minute. (come)
6. I ……… to Radio City. (be)
7. I think the director ……… the town. (leave)
8. I ……… my office. (paint)
9. We ……… her since she arrived to our city. (know)
10. I ……… your name. (forget)
11. He …….. the door. (close)
12. He ……. it since we left him. (do)
13. I …….. him my last penny. (give)
14. This order ……. to many misunderstandings. (lead)
15. He his name on my book. (write)
16. She a new umbrella. (buy)
17. He my exercise over and over. (look)
18. I those books very cheaply. (buy)
19. He for two months. (work)
20. She a new job. (find)
21. He …… very well. (speak)
22. The children …….. the whole pudding. (eat)
23. You …….. many detective stories. (read)
24. Our team …….. the first prize. (win)
25. My little daughter …….. her finger with a
knife. (cut)
1. They have left London this month. (leave) misunderstandings. (lead)
2. He has brought a lot of English papers. (bring) 15. He has written his name on my book. (write)
3. She has told me about it. (tell) 16. She has bought a new umbrella. (buy)
4. I have got a long letter from father this week. 17. He has looked my exercise over and over.
(get) (look)
5. She (just) has come; she will speak to you in a 18. I have bought those books very cheaply.
minute. (come) (buy)
6. I have been to Radio City. (be) 19. He has worked for two months. (work)
7. I think the director has left the town. (leave) 20. She has found a new job. (find)
8. I have painted my office. (paint) 21. He has spoken very well. (speak)
9. We have known her since she arrived to our 22. The children have eaten the whole pudding.
city. (know) (eat)
10. I have forgotten your name. (forget) 23. You have read many detective stories. (read)
11. He has closed the door. (close) 24. Our team has won the first prize. (win)
12. He has done it since we left him. (do) 25. My little daughter has cut her finger with a
13. I have given him my last penny. (give) knife. (cut)
14. This order has led to many

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