Verbal

S+V-1+O/C

The child drinks much milk.

The nurses inject their patients.

The virus spread very quickly.

Does not: he, she, it

Do not: I, you, they, we

The woman does not drink her drugs regularly.

The nurses do not treat patients well.

2. Present Progressive Tense

S+am/is/are+ V-ing + O/C

The nurse is taking a patient’s body temperature.

The woman is bathing her baby.

The woman is breastfeeding her baby.

The doctors are operating a patient in the hospital.

I am not working today.

The doctor is not giving medicine to patients.

Is the nurse taking your blood pressure?

Are you staying in Penang for medical treatment?

Nominal: S+was/were+ Complement

Verbal: S+V-1+O/C

The virus spread very quickly.

The nurse put a bandage in my wound.

I was not at home last night.

We had 10 patients yesterday.

The doctor did not prescribe drugs to me.

Past Progressive Tense

S+was/were+V-Ing+O/C

The doctor was calling a nurse when he was in ICU.

I was taking a bath at 7 today.

The doctor was diagnosing my illnes when I visited his room.

Future tense

Nominal: S+will+ be+ C

Verbal: S+will+V-1 +O/C

I will be in Jakarta next month.

The nurse will take a traning on management of critical illnesses.

The pregnant woman will deliver a male baby.

Present Perfect Tense

S+has/have+Past Participle+O/C

The nurse has given the patients’ status to the doctor.

The nurses have implemented team care nursing.

Present Perfect Progressive

S+has/have+been+ V-ing + O/C

The nurse has been working in this hospital for 5 years.

I have been studying at UNPRI since 2013

Past Perfect Tense

S+had+ Past Participle +O/C

The nurse had bathed the baby, before we came.

Future Perfect Tense

S+will+have+V-3 (past Participle) +O/C

The doctor will have finished operating my father by 9 tonight.

The nurse will have cleaned the wound in 5 minutes.

Exercise

Write down your sentences in 3 tenses by using these words!

1. the child

2. the doctor

3. the nurse

4. the patient.