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d. Shreng was unmarried last year. He is married now.
Shreng has got married.

e. I started living here in February. I am still living here.
I have lived here for four months

The sentences in italics have the following structure: S+has/

have+v3+O.
We use this structure to talk about experience, change and

continuing situation.
This form of tense is called the Present Perfect Tense.

5.2. Change the following sentences into present perfect.

a. Magne Budha sleeps in the cowshed.

b. Luther calls Lucy.

d. We play baseball.

c. Binam swims in Phewa Lake.

e. These nuns wear yellow gowns.

5.3. Change the verb in bracket into has/have+v and
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rewrite the following sentences.

a. The hunters (hunt) a one-horned rhino in Chitwan.
b. They (set up) a new orphanage in Gularia.

c. Shakti (learn) French for four months.

d. Prema (buy) a new car.

e. The Poetry Society (organize) a meeting to discuss on
funds.

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