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No.
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S
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Has/Have
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Been
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C
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1
2
3
4
5
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She
Toni
They
She
That
building
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has
has
have
has
has
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been
ever been
been
been
been
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here
to Bali
twice
in
Jakarta for three years
in this
class for an hours
there
sincce last year
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The pattern is also called Present Perfect Tense (Nominal) and used to express past events
and till now (3, 4, 5). Could be to declare a state of the past that lasted more then once (2)
or existing conditions/occurs without a description of time (1). Adverbs are often added :
ever, for, since, before. Positive sentences and questions have meaning "already"
and negative sentences have meaning "not yet".
SHORT CONVERSATIONS:
A : Have our teachers been in class?
B : Not yet.
A : How long have you been in Yogya, Sir?
B : I’ve been here for three weeks.
A : Has the evacuation process been complete?
B : Yes, it has.
A : I have been here waiting for you since an hour ago.
B : Sorry for my being late. The traffic is very crowded today.
A : Where is Susy?
B : She is in the library.
A : How long has she been there?
B : For about half an hour.
A NEW STUDENT
Rita : Hi. My name’s Rita.
Susy : How do you do? My name is Susy.
Rita : Are you a new student in this course?
Susy : Yes, I am.
Rita : How long have you been here?
Susy : I’ve been here for about fifteen minutes.
Rita : Do you enjoy staying in Yogya?
Susy : Of course. Yogya is a student city.
Rita : Have you ever been to Yogya before?
Susy : No, I haven’t. But I have ever been to Bali.
Rita : You’re lucky. I have never been to Bali. By the way, why did you move to Yogya?
Susy : Because my father was transferred to Yogya.
Rita : How long has he been in Yogya?
Susy : Since three months ago. How about you?
Rita : I have been here for twenty years.
Susy : Are you Yogyanese?
Rita : Yes, I am.
Susy : I see.
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