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Who has inspired her to be a musician? A great singer named Whitney Houston has

been her favorite singer. Linda has always listened to Whitney’s songs many times in a day.
She loves the song entitled “I have nothing” by Whitney Houston.

Linda has also learned how to play a guitar for a year. She has made one YouTube
channel since 2017. She has covered many songs and uploaded in her channel. Many

viewers have written positive comments about her covers.

Sometimes Linda has music performances with her friends. Linda and her friends have
just done a music performance this month. They are also great players. They have won five

music competitions this year. They all want to be great musicians.
Taken from: englishcoo.com

Instruction!

Find the use of Present Perfect Tense from the text above as many as you can and fill in

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Who has inspired her to be a musician?

2. Language Features
The present perfect tense refers to an action or states that:

• Occurred (experienced) at an indefinite time in the past
Example: I have told you before about this.

• Began in the past and continued to the present time

Example: I have worked in this company since 2008.
To form this tense, use the formula:

• Positive sentence: Subject + have/has + past participle form

• Negative sentence: Subject + have/has not + past participle form
• Interrogative sentence: Have/has + subject + past participle form + ?

Note 1: The use of have/has depends on subject. See the example of the verb “walked”:

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