Which sentence illustrates the present perfect tense?

Which sentence illustrates the present perfect tense?

• A. The cat has gone home.
• B. The cat goes home.
• C. The cat went home.
• D. The cat will go home.

Answer: (A)

The present perfect tense uses have or has plus the past participle to connect a past action to the present. The sentence The cat has gone home uses has with the past participle gone, indicating the action happened at some time before now and its result is relevant now—the cat is home. This distinguishes it from the other options: go es home is simple present and would indicate a habit or general truth; went home is simple past, a completed action at a definite past time; will go home is future. So this form best expresses that the cat completed the action of going home and the current state is that it’s home.