No Tenses Usability Formula Example

1 Present Simple Sesuatu yg terjadi terus- (+) S +V1 (s/es) + O + C Jini plays piano
Present menerus, biasa terjadi, everyday
Tense atau sering terjadi
(-) S + don’t/doesn’t + V1(bare)+ O + C Jini doesn’t play piano
everyday
(?) Do/does + S+ V1(bare) + O + C ? Does Jini play piano
everyday?
Present Sesuatu yang sedang (+) S + (am/is/are) + (V+ing)+… I am playing guitar
Continuous terjadi sekarang right now
(-) S + (am/is/are) + not + (V+ing)+… I am not playing guitar
right now
(?) (am/is/are) + S + (V+ing)+…? Am I playing guitar
right now?
Present Sesuatu yang telah terjadi (+) S + has/have/ + V3 +….. We have seen the
Perfect di masa lampau attraction last month
Tense
(-) S + has/have + not + V3 +….. We haven’t seen the
attraction last month
(?) Has/have + S + V3 +….. Have we seen the
attraction last month?
Present Sesuatu yang telah terjadi (+) S + has/have + been + (V+ing)+….. Sandra has been living
Perfect di masa lampau tetapi here for 3 months
Continuous masih berlangsung sampai
sekarang
(+) S + has/have + not + been + (V+ing) Sandra hasn’t been
 +…. living here for 3 months
(+) has/have + S + been + (V+ing)+…? Has Sandra been living
here for 3 months?
2. Past Simple Past Sesuatu yang terjadi di (+) S + V2 + ….. I went to Spain last year
Tense waktu yang spesifik di
masa lampau
(+) S + didn’t + V1 (bare)+…… I didn’t go to Spain last
year
(?) Did + S + V1(bare)+….? Did I go to Spain last
year?
Past Sesuatu yang sedang (+) S + was/were+ (V+ing) +….. They were watching
Continuous berlangsung di masa television this morning
lampau
(-) S + was/were+ not + (V+ing) +….. They weren’t watching
television this morning
(?) was/were+ S + (V+ing) +….. Were they watching
television this morning?

3. Future Simple Sesuatu yang akan terjadi (+) S + will + V1(bare) + ….. Rika will go to
Future Or Singkawang next week.
(+) S + is/am/are + going to + V1(bare)+ Or
….. Rika is going to go to
Singkawang next week
(-) S + will + not + V1(bare)+ ….. Rika will not go to
Or Singkawang next week.
 (-) S + is/am/are + not + going to + Or
V1(bare)+….. Rika isn’t going to go
to Singkawang next
week
(-) will + S + V1(bare)+ ….. Will rita go to
Or Singkawang next week?
(-) is/am/are + S+ going to + V1(bare)+ Or
….. Is Rita going to
Singkawang next week?

Text 01

Deri saved his money and spent two months traveling around the world. He (1)……. his journey in his diary.
I spent a week in New York and then flew to London and enjoyed several weeks in Europe.
When I had seen the sights in Europe, I (2)…….. a train to Istanbul and (3)……. many places in Asia.
First, I flew from his home in Mexico City to New York City. After through Asia, I (4)…… to South America and finally back home to Indonesia.
Deri felt tired but he was very (5)……. and wanted to travel again.

1. a. write b. writes c. written d. wrote

2. a. took b. take c. takes d. taken
 3. a. visit b. visited c. visits d. visitation
4. a. go b. went c. goes d. gone
5. a. shy b. depressed c. excited d. sad

Text 02

My Lovely Cat

I have a stray cat as my pet.  He is really playful, He loves to play with me and the new things that he found. He (1)………orange and white fur,
his fur is so soft and I like to rub it for him. He has a long tail. He (2)….. to play with it. He also always (3)…….. to catch his tail sometimes. I
also like to hold him in my (4)……, when i hold him like that he will (5)…….. asleep.

1. a. have b. has c. had d. having

2. a. like b. likes c. liked d. liking
3. a. tries b. try c. tried d. trying
4. a. head b. hand c. feet d. knees
5. a. fall b. falls c. falling d. fallen