T E N S E S

I. PRESENT

1. Simple Present Tense

POLA:

Subject + Verb 1 + ….

They / We

I / You

Subject + Verb s-es + ….

He / She

It

FUNGSI:

a. Untuk menyatakan suatu kebiasaan (habitual action) atau kegiatan yang terjadi

berulang – ulang dan terus menerus.

Contoh :

The students go to school everyday.

She studies English twice a week.

I go to church on Sundays

We celebrate our independence day once in a year.

b. Untuk menyatakan kebenaran umum (general truth).

Contoh:

The sun rises in the east and sets down in the west.

The earth revolves round the sun.

The pineapple never grows up on a tree.

c. Digunakan dalam bahasa drama, komentar radio dan sejenisnya.

When the curtain rises, Juliet is writing on her desk. Suddenly the window opens and a

masked man enters.

KETERANGAN WAKTU:

a. Every morning/day/week/month/year

b. Once, twice, three times, four times, …

c. Adverb of frequency : always, usually, sometimes, often, never, seldom.

2. Present Continuous Tense

POLA :

Subyek + to be (is, am, are) + V-

ing

FUNGSI;

a. Untuk menyatakan suatu kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung pada waktu

diucapkan.

Contoh:

They are still playing at the moment.

She is reading a novel now.

b. Untuk menyatakan kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung tetapi belum tentu sedang

berlangsung ketika pernyataan diucapkan.

Contoh:

I am learning French this year.

Mr. Brown is teaching English.

KETERANGAN WAKTU: Now, at the moment, this afternoon, this evening, right now, today.

Note : Ketika ada kata kerja seperti: Look!, Listen!, Watch!, Notice! ( Imperative),

maka tenses

nya Present Continuous.

Contoh: * Look! The man is climbing.

* Listen! The girls next door are singing my favourite song.

3. Present Perfect Tense

POLA:

Subject + Have + Verb 3 +

….

Has

FUNGSI :

a. Untuk menyatakan suatu perbuatan yang terjadi pada waktu lampau dan waktunya

tidak tertentu.

Contoh :

William Shakespeare has written many short stories.

I have swept the floor. It looks clean now.

b. Untuk menyatakan peristiwa yang pernah dilakukan dan mungkin dilakukan lagi di

waktu yang akan datang.

Contoh:

My friends and I have gone to Bali.

Shinta has visited her grand parents many times.

KETERANGAN WAKTU: Since, for, just (baru saja), already, yet, so far.

4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense

POLA :

Subject + Have + Been + Verb-ing

Has

FUNGSI :

Untuk menyatakan suatu kegiatan yang mulai dilakukan pada waktu lampau dan

sampai sekarang masih berlangsung.

Contoh:

My sister has been studying English for three months.

The students have been doing the test since 11 o’clock.

KETERANGAN WAKTU: For, since.

5. Simple Past Tense

POLA:

Subject + Verb 2 + Object +

….

FUNGSI:

Untuk menyatakan kegiatan yang terjadi pada waktu tertentu di masa lampau.

Contoh:

I met my music teacher yesterday.

My mother bought a new carpet last Sunday.

Rendy closed the window five minutes ago.

The students presented their project work this morning.

KETERANGAN WAKTU:

- Last …. - …ago - This afternoon

- Just now - This morning - Yesterday

6. Past Continuous Tense

POLA:

Subject + was + Verb- ing

were

FUNGSI:

a. Untuk menggambarkan peristiwa yang sedang terjadi pada masa lampau.

Contoh:

I was studying at my friend’s house.

My parents were chatting in the living room.

b. Untuk menggambarkan suatu peristiwa yang sedang berlangsung pada waktu

lampau, dimana peristiwa lain juga terjadi .

Contoh:

When I was studying, someone knocked the door.

When I was walking to school, I met Dian sastro.

7. Past Perfect tense

POLA:

Subject + Had + Verb

3

FUNGSI:

Untuk menyatakan kegiatan yang terjadi sebelum kegiatan lain di waktu lampau

muncul.

Contoh:

The teachers went home after they had finished teaching.

When I arrived Kridosono, my favourite artist had performed.

KETERANGAN WAKTU: when, after, before.

8. Future Tense

POLA:

Subject + shall + Verb 1 +

…

will

FUNGSI:

a. Untuk menggambarkan suatu peristiwa yang akan terjadi.

Contoh:

Bobby will come here tomorrow.

I shall call my parents when I get home.

b. Untuk menyatakan sesuatu yang terjadi di masa mendatang yangbukan

merupakan keinginan atau kehendak.

Contoh:

Tomy will be fourteen years old next year.

We shall die one day.

KETERANGAN WAKTU: Tomorrow, next week/month/year, the day after tomorrow.

Future Perfect TenseI will have sung

The future perfect tense is quite an easy tense to understand and use. The future perfect tense talks about the past in the future.

How do we make the Future Perfect Tense?

The structure of the future perfect tense is:

Subject

+auxiliary verb

WILL+

auxiliary verb HAVE

+main verb

  invariable

 invariable

  past participle

will have V3

Look at these example sentences in the future perfect tense:

  subject auxiliary verb   auxiliary verb main verb  

+ I will   have finished by 10am.

+ You will   have forgotten me by then.

- She will not have gone to school.

- We will not have left.  

? Will you   have arrived?  

? Will they   have received it?

In speaking with the future perfect tense, we often contract the subject and will. Sometimes, we contract the subject, will and have all together:

I will have I'll have I'll've

you will have you'll have you'll've

he will haveshe will haveit will have

he'll haveshe'll haveit'll have

he'll'veshe'll'veit'll've

we will have we'll have we'll've

they will have they'll have they'll've

 

We sometimes use shall instead of will, especially for I and we.

How do we use the Future Perfect Tense?

The future perfect tense expresses action in the future before another action in the future. This is the past in the future. For example:

The train will leave the station at 9am. You will arrive at the station at 9.15am. When you arrive, the train will have left.

The train will have left when you arrive.

past present future

    Train leaves in future at 9am.

9 9.15       

    You arrive in future at 9.15am.

Look at some more examples:

You can call me at work at 8am. I will have arrived at the office by 8. They will be tired when they arrive. They will not have slept for a long time.

"Mary won't be at home when you arrive.""Really? Where will she have gone?"

You can sometimes think of the future perfect tense like the present perfect tense, but instead of your viewpoint being in the present, it is in the future:

present perfect tense future perfect tense

 

|have |done |

> |        

will |have |done |

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past now future past now future

1. Every night, the guard turns on all the lights and …around the building every half an hour.

a. walksb. is walkingc. walkedd. will walk

2. I … my holiday in Bali every year.a. spentb. spendc. will spendd. am spending

3. My friend … a lot of photographs when she went to Borodudur last month.a. has takenb. will takec. takesd. took

4. Four years ago, I … in Bojonegoro, East Java.a. have livedb. don’t livec. livedd. live

5. The students went to the zoo to learn Bilogy ….

a. every Sunday b. next Sundayc. last Sundayd. on Sundays

6. Don’t make noise, please! The baby ….a. sleptb. sleepsc. has sleptd. is sleeping

7. I met my Elementary School teacher this morning when I ….a. was waitingb. am waitingc. waitedd. wait

8. Bobby was studying Physics when suddenly someone … the door.a. was knockingb. had knockedc. has knockedd. knocked

9. Teacher : Wow! What a clean classroom it is. Katie : Yes ma’am. My friend and I … it

a. sweepb. sweptc. will sweepd. have swept

10. Windi : Look ! The flowers are beautiful. Who … them?

Lola : I did, and I watered them regularly.a. are plantingb. plantedc. plantsd. plant

11. Novi :“Where did you get the CONTACT magazine? Jaka : “ I … it from the library last week. I want to

return it now, I … it.a. borrowed - readb. lent – have readc. read – have borrowedd. borrowed – have read

12. Dita : “What are you going to do after graduating from Junior High School?”

Andi : “ I … my study in vocational school”a. continueb. continuedc. will continued. have continue

13. Lina : You look so pale, Han! Hani : Really? I … a rest yet all day long.

a. will not b. didn’t take c. have takend. haven’t taken

14. Rico : Hey, listen! The girls next door …our favourite song.

a. singb. singsc. will sing

d. are singing

15. ‘I know that one of my students … in a big company since he graduated.’a. worksb. will be workingc. is workingd. has been working

16. Andi : Thom, What were you doing when the earthquake happened? Thom : I … soundly.

a. sleepb. sleptc. was sleepingd. had studied

17. Meta : What’s your plan for the coming holiday? Reza : I … my grandmother in Bandung.

a. visitb. will visitc. am visitingd. will be visited

18. Ihsan : Have you ever been to Bali?Disit : Yes, I haveIhsan : When … ?Didit : Last year.a. will you go thereb. have you go therec. did you go thered. are you going there

Ina : Wow, this floor is so clean. Ria : Thanks. My servant (19) … it Ina : How many times does she (20)… it? Ria : Twice a day.

19. a. sweep b. swept c. will sweep d. has swept20. a. sweep b. sweeps c. sweeping d. has swept

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