TENSE

Siti Romelah
Nip. 196709282008012005
 Simple Present Tense
PATTERN : Be
HE, SHE, IT + is + Adjective Noun Adverb
THEY, WE, YOU + are + A N A
I + am + ANA

PATTERN : Verb
HE, SHE, IT + Vs (does = (-), (?))
THEY, WE, I, YOU +V (do= (-),(?))

NOTE :
* Every day, every week, every year, every month,
seldom, rarely, always, usually, sometimes, often,
generally
 SIMPLE PRESENT
1. They … (visit) me every day
2. Tuty always … (study) very hard
3. The sun …(rise) in the east and … (set) in the
west
4. The planes … (fly) in the sky.
5. You and I … ( be) friends
6. They … (be) students of SMK N 1 Surabaya
7. Indonesia … (have) 33 provinces
8. Susan and Santi … (be) twins
9. … she (have) a new motorcycle?
10.… (be) you and I in the same class?
 Present Continous Tense
PATTERN:
S + TOBE + V ing
he, she ,it + is + eating
They, we, you + are + eating
I + am + eating
NOTE:
want, like, need, understand, try, know, love, taste,
have, see, hear, forget, belong, believe, prefer,
hate, think, feel
TIMESIGNAL :
Now, rightnow, at the moment, at the present,
today
 PRESENT CONTINOUS
1. The door bell … (ring), someone must be
there.
2. Look ! He … (jump)
3. Now I … (understand) what you … (talk)
about
4. Mirna … (learn) English at the moment
5. She … (want) to eat fried rice right now
 SIMPLE PAST TENSE V2
Pattern : Time Signal
(+) S + V2 this morning
(-) S + did not + V1 last month
(?) Did + S + V1 ? yesterday
I liked icecream last year last year, etc
She ate banana yesterday
A. Verb
1. Regular : d/ ed/ ied
example :
like - liked
want - wanted
study – studied
2. Irregular : see dictionary ( 143 words)
B. Be
S + Be + Adjective, noun adverb
he, she, it, I + was + clever
They, we, you + were + in class this morning
 Choose the correct word in the
parentheses
1. The student ( raised., rose ) his hand in class
2. Hot air ( raises, rises.)
3. Ann (set, sat. ) in a chair because she was tired
4. I ( set., sat) your dictionary on the table a few minutes
ago
5. Hens ( lay., lie) eggs
6. Ali is ( laying, lying.) on the grass in the park right now
7. Jan (laid., lay) the comb on top of the dresser a few
minutes ago
8. We (hanged, hung.) the picture on the wall
 TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH
1. Jane tidak mengerjakan PR kemarin malam
2. Rita mengunjungi nenek liburan yang lalu
3. Cintya memerlukan pensil tadi pagi
4. Presiden kita datang ke surabaya minggu lalu
5. Kemarin, pamanku memberiku uang
6. Aku tidak tidur kemarin malam
7. Pencuri memasuki rumahnya dua hari yang lalu (lk)
8. Susan sangat lelah tadi pagi
9. Ayahku adalah seorang polisi 5 tahun yang lalu
10. Udara sangat dingin kemarin malam
 Past Continous Tense
Pattern :
S + TOBE + V ING WAS : he, she, it, I, singular
WERE : they, we, you, plural
She + was + crying + yesterday at nine
They + were + studying + when the teacher came

Time signal:
When
While
Fixed time in the past
 exercise
1. I am sitting in class right now. I… (sit) in class at
this exact same time yesterday
2. I don’t want to go to the zoo today because it is
raining. The same thing happened yesterday. I …
(want, not) to go to the zoo because it … (rain)
3. I … ( call) Roger at nine last night, but he … (be,
not) at home. He … (study) at the library.
4. I … (hear, not) the thunder during the storm last
night because I …( sleep)
5. Stanley … (climb) the stairs when he… (trip) and
… (fall). Luckily, he … (hurt, not) himself
 Use
Past tense or Present Perfect Tense
1. I… (attend, not) any parties since I came here
2. Ali … ( go) to a party at Sally’s apartment last
Saturday night
3. Bill … (arrive) here three days ago
4. Bill … (be) here since the 22nd
5. Try not to be absent from class again for the rest
of the term. You … (miss, already) too many
classes
6. So far this week, I … (have) two tests and a quiz
 Present Perfect Tense
Pattern :
S + HAS/ HAVE + V 3
He, she, it + has + eaten bananas
They, we, I, you + have + lived in surabaya
HAS : he, she, it, singular
HAVE : they, we, i, you, plural
Time Signal :
Since, yet already
For lately recently
Give the correct form of verb after for
and since
1. Today is the 14th of June. I (buy)... This book
two weeks ago. I (have) ... this book since.... I
(have) ...this book for ...
2. Today is December 1st. I (come) ... here on
September 1st. I (be) ...here for ..., I (be)
...here since ...
3. I (meet) ... John in 1992. I (know)... him for
..., I (know) ... since ...
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINOUS TENSE
PATTERN :
S + HAS/ HAVE + BEEN + V ING
TIME SIGNAL :
* since, for
* All morning, all week, all day
 Fill in the blank with the correct verb
1. Right now I am sitting at my desk. I (sit) ... here
since seven o’clock
2. The baby (cry)... Right now, she (cry) ... for
almost ten minutes,
3. It is 10 PM. I (study)... for two hours and
probably won’t finish until midnight
4. The telephone (ring) ... four times in the last
hour.
5. The telephone (ring) ... For almost a minute,
why doesn’t someone answer it?
 Past Perfect Tense
Pattern :
S + HAD + V3
I + had + finished + my task before I slept
Time Signal :
* before, after, when
 Use simple past or past perfect
1. He (be)... a newspaper reporter before he
(become) ... a businessman
2. I (feel) ... a little better after I (take) ... the
medicine.
3. I was late. The teacher (give, already) ...a quiz
when I (get)...to class.
4. The anthropologist (leave) ...the village when
she (collect) ...enought data
5. It was raining hard, but by the time class (be)
...over, the rain (stop) ...
 PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS TENSE
PATTERN :
S + HAD + BEEN + V ING
TIME SIGNAL :
Emphazes the duration of an activity
 Use present perfect continous or past
perfect continous
1. It is midnight. I (study) ...for five hours, no
wonder I am getting tired.
2. It was midnight. I (study) ...for five hours, no
wonder I was getting tired.
3. Jack suddenlyrealized that the teacher was
asking him a question. He couldn’t