Perfect Tense

The present perfect simple tense is used when we want to talk about (1) an action or condition that happened at an unspecified time in the past, (2) happened in the past and is still happening now, (3) if something just happened.

(1) Aksi yang berlaku pada seketika masa dahulu yang tidak dinyatakan, (2) aksi yang berterusan dari dahulu sehingga masa kini, atau untuk (3) aksi yang baru sahaja berlaku.

• It consists of the helping verbs has or have and the past participle.

• Example 1: I have visited this museum.

• Example 2: Lily has just left the building.

• Example 3: Have they gone home?

The present perfect continuous tense is used for actions that
have started in the past and are still happening now, or have recently happened.

Aksi yang berterusan sejak dulu sehingga sekarang, atau untuk aksi yang baru sahaja dibuat.

• It consists of the helping verbs has or have, followed by been, and the present participle (verb + ing)

• Example 1: I have been learning from home since the pandemic started.

• Example 2: It has been raining a lot lately.

• Example 3: How have you been doing?