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The present perfect singular of the verb "to place" is "I have placed".
The present perfect tense of place is:I/You/We/They have placed.He/She/It has placed.
Present perfect is formed with -- have/has + past participle.The past participle of place is placed, so present perfect is have placed or has placed.
The statement is grammatically incorrect. The debate team did not place. The correct form is either that it took first place ... and in that case the verb is "to take". Or someone placed the debate team in first place in which case the sentence needs a subject or it has the passive verb. The correct answer depends on which of these is the correct form.
has placed
"Have been" is the present perfect tense, indicating an action that started in the past and continues into the present, while "having been" is the present perfect continuous tense, indicating an action that started in the past, continues into the present, and may still be ongoing.
The six main tenses of verbs are: present, past, future, present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect. Each of these tenses indicates a different time frame in which an action takes place.
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Hilton Chicago
It take place in the present and in New York.
The present perfect tense indicates an action that started in the past and is still relevant in the present. It is formed by using "have" or "has" with the past participle of the main verb. For example, "I have visited Paris" implies that the action of visiting Paris has occurred at some point before now.
present perfect.