This document discusses various tenses in English including the simple present, present continuous, present perfect, and present future tenses. It provides rules and formulas for forming sentences in each tense along with examples of verbs and examples of how each tense expresses time. For the simple present tense, it lists 5 functions including general truths, habitual actions, professions/status, imperatives, and timeless sentences. Overall, the document serves as a reference for understanding and using different present tenses in English.
This document discusses various tenses in English including the simple present, present continuous, present perfect, and present future tenses. It provides rules and formulas for forming sentences in each tense along with examples of verbs and examples of how each tense expresses time. For the simple present tense, it lists 5 functions including general truths, habitual actions, professions/status, imperatives, and timeless sentences. Overall, the document serves as a reference for understanding and using different present tenses in English.
This document discusses various tenses in English including the simple present, present continuous, present perfect, and present future tenses. It provides rules and formulas for forming sentences in each tense along with examples of verbs and examples of how each tense expresses time. For the simple present tense, it lists 5 functions including general truths, habitual actions, professions/status, imperatives, and timeless sentences. Overall, the document serves as a reference for understanding and using different present tenses in English.
This document discusses various tenses in English including the simple present, present continuous, present perfect, and present future tenses. It provides rules and formulas for forming sentences in each tense along with examples of verbs and examples of how each tense expresses time. For the simple present tense, it lists 5 functions including general truths, habitual actions, professions/status, imperatives, and timeless sentences. Overall, the document serves as a reference for understanding and using different present tenses in English.
1. Simple S + is/am/are + Adj/Adv/N every …., on Sundays,
Biasa S + V1 s/es + O always, often, usually, S + do/does+not+V1+O sometimes, seldom, never
2. Continuous S + is/am/are + V ing + O now, right now, at present,
Sedang Look!, watch!, Listen!
3. Future S + will/shall + V1 + O tomorrow, next …...,
Akan S + will/shall + be + Adj/Adv/N
4. Perfect S + has/have + V3 + O since, for,
Telah S + has/have + been + Adj/Adv/N just, already, recently, up to now, lately, so far 5 Functions of Simple present tense 1. General truth The sun rises in the east 2. Habitual activities She always gets up at 05.00 o'clock every morning 3. Profession/status My husband is a policeman We are married people 4. Imperative sentence Close the door, please! 5. Timeless sentences I love you • 1. Simple present tense: S + V1 (s/es) + O / C Cth. Mrs. Endang writes a letter S + Tobe 1 + C Cth. Mr. Sartono is a teacher • 2. Simple past tense: S + V2 + O /C Cth. Mr. Sigit wrote a letter yesterday • 3. Simple Future tense: S + will + V1 Cth. Mr. Agus will write a letter tomorrow • 4. Present continuous tense: S + tobe1 + Ving + O/C Cth. Mrs Nining is writing a letter now. Past Time Present Time Future Time Simple Past Simple Present (Simple) Future Tense She wrote several novels last She writes novels. She will write some novels. year. She is rich now She will be very rich. She was miserable
Past Continuous Present Continuous Future Continuous
She was writing a new novel She is writing a new novel now She will be writing more then. novels
Past Perfect Present Perfect Future Perfect.
She had written a few novels She will have written more before the accident. She has written many novels. novels by then.
Past Perfect Continuous Present Perfect continuous Future Perfect Continuous
She had been writing several She has been writing many She will have been writing novels. novels more novels Present Perfect Future
Fungsi : Menyatakan tentang sebuah tindakan yang akan selesai
Dilakukan pada waktu tertentu dimasa datang.
Rumus : S + will/shall + have + V3 + O + Adv
Contoh : By next June, he will have written his second novel.
Keterangan waktu yang digunakan, misalnya:
By the end of this year. By next July By six o’clock Before ……. When ….. Tenses exercises Complete the following words in the brackets with appropriate ones.
She ( go ) to school every day.
We ( learn ) English now. The sun always ( shine ) in Egypt. It ( rain ) in winter, It ( rain ) now. Mother ( cook ) some food in the kitchen now. The baby ( cry ) because he is hungry now. John ( travel ) to England tomorrow. I ( live ) here since 1990 He ( work ) in this factory for ten years. I ( not see ) you for a long time. My brother ( not write ) to me for months. She ( walk ) to school every week-end. SEKIAN