Soal Simple Past vs. Present Perfect Tense
Simple Past dan Present Perfect Tense
Present perfect tense digunakan untuk membicarakan aksi yang telah dimulai di masa lampau (baru-baru ini atau sudah lama) dan terhubung dengan masa kini (masih berlangsung atau efeknya dapat dirasakan di masa kini).
Lihat juga:
- Simple Present vs. Present Continuous Tense
- Simple Past vs. Past Continuous Tense
- Simple Past vs. Past Perfect Tense
- Past Perfect vs. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Contoh:
simple past tense | My uncle came last week. (Paman saya datang minggu lalu.) |
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present perfect tense | My uncle has come. (Paman saya sudah datang) baru-baru ini; sekarang dia ada disini |
Informasi waktu (time) pada simple past mungkin spesifik, seperti: last night, this morning, dan on Sunday; sedangkan pada present perfect mungkin tidak dengan menggunakan indefinite time expression seperti: already, just, dan recently.
Contoh:
simple past tense | I submitted my resignation letter yesterday. (Saya mengirimkan surat pengunduran diri kemarin.) |
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present perfect tense | I have already submitted my resignation letter. (Saya sudah mengirimkan surat pengunduran diri.) |

For atau since sama-sama dapat ditambahkan pada kedua tense tersebut, dimana pada simple past penambahan preposition tersebut menandakan bahwa aksi telah selesai, sementara pada present perfect berarti aksi belum selesai.
Contoh:
simple past tense | He worked with me for nearly three years. (Dia bekerja dengan saya selama hampir tiga tahun.) dia tidak bekerja disini sekarang |
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present perfect tense | He has worked with me for nearly three years. (Dia telah bekerja dengan saya selama tiga tahun.) dia masih bekerja disini |
Interrogative sentence (kalimat pertanyaan) pada simple past biasanya menggunakan pronoun “when”, sementara pada present perfect menggunakan “how long”.
Contoh:
simple past tense | When did they arrive here? Two days ago. (Kapan mereka tiba disini?) |
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present perfect tense | How long have they been here? They’ve been here for two days. (Berapa lama mereka telah berada disini?) |
Soal Simple Past vs. Present Perfect Tense
Soal Simple Past Tense
Soal Present Perfect Tense
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References:
- Present Perfect and Simple Past. http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/ppvpast.htm. Accessed on June 24, 2016.
- Present Perfect and Past Simple. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1618_gramchallenge33/. Accessed on June 24, 2016.
- Present Perfect and Simple Past Compared. http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/grammar/tense/2.4.xml. Accessed on June 24, 2016.
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