TENSES

1. Present Tense
To be: am,are,is
S +to be/V1+....
Auxiliary verbs: do,does,will,shall,must,may
I wake up at 7 AM
a to tell present habits
The sun rised from the east
b to tell general truths
Jokowi is the president of
c to tell present existence/ situations Indonesia

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a present habits

b general truth

c existing things/ situations

2. Present Continuous Tense
Subject + to be ( am/are/is) + V (ing) + .....
I am teaching English now
a to tell progressive actions Why are you always coming
late?
I am getting married next year
b to tell planned future/future plan In two months, we are going
“going to...” to Jogja
With always
c to tell disappointment/ dis-likeness/
disagreement
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a progressive actions

b planned future

c disappointment/ dislikeness/
diasagreement
 3. Past Tense
To be: was,were
Auxiliary Verbs: did, might,could,would
a to tell a past event
b to tell a past habit
(used to + V1/to be)
c to tell a past existence
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a To tell past habits

b To tell past events

c To tell past existences

4. Past Continuous Tense

To be: was, were + Verb (ing)
S + was/were + V (ing)
to tell two series of actions that take
place at two different times (one in
past tense, the other one is
progressive)
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5. Present Perfect Tense

Auxiliary verbs: has, have + Verb 3

S + has/have + V3 + ...
a) to tell a completed action/finished
action
b) to tell an incompleted /unfinished
action
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a to tell a completed action/finished
action
b to tell an incompleted /unfinished
action

6. Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Auxiliary verbs: has, have + Verb (ing)

S + has been/have been + V (ing)
to tell an incomplete/unfinished
actions
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7. Past Perfect Tense

Auxiliary verbs: had + Verb 3

S + had + V3
a to tell an action that has completely
done in a certain time in the past

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a to tell an action that has completely
done in a certain time in the past

8. Future Perfect Tense

Patterns:
S + will have/may have/must have/should have + V (3) + ...
to tell an action that will have been
completely done in the mentioned
time of future

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a
Exercises
Translate the following Indonesian sentences into English
No Indonesian English
1 Kakek dulu adalah seorang pemain Grandpa used to be a good
sepakbola yang handal. football player
2 Minggu yang lalu, Selly menikah. Last week, Selly was
Minggu yang lalu, Selly menikahi married to his boyfriend
pacarnya.
3 Beruang kutub hidup di Kutub Utara. Polar bear lives in north
pollar
4 Boss sedang mengerjakan proyek Boss is doing new project in
baru di Medan. medan
5 Besuk pagi sekitar pkl 5, kita At 5 next morning, we we
mungkin sudah sampai Jakarta. may have arrived in Jakarta
6 Pukul 10 pagi tadi, saya sedang At 10 AM in this morning, I
minum kopi di kantin. was drink coffe in canteen
7 Beth adalah seorang dokter gigi. Beth is a dentis
8 Di tahun 2017, Bill Gates masih In 2017, Bil gates still be the
menjadi orang terkaya di dunia. most ritchest people in this
world
9 Pembicara utama sudah datang. The main speaker is coming
10 Di SMA, aku merokok. In senior high school, I used
to smoke
11 Kami mengenakan seragam pada We wear uniform in Monday
hari Senin dan Selasa. and tuesday
12 Biasanya, aku tidak makan pagi. Usually, I don’t having
breakvast
13 Pagi ini, Ben datang terlambat lagi. This morning, ben is coming
late again
14 Ikan paus bernapas dengan paru- A Whale is breathing with
paru. lungs
15 Rina sedang mencuci sepeda Rina was washing her
motornya ketika kami datang. motorcycle whe we came
16 Sudahkah kalian menyerahkan Have you submitted your
pekerjaan kalian? work?
17 Di kampus, kami berbicara Bahasa In campus, we speak Bahasa
Inggris dan Bahasa Indonesia. and English
18 Tahun 80an, kota ini sangat dingin. In 80s, this city was very
cold
19 Mrs. Brown mengajar matematika di Mrs. Brown teaching
semester ini. mathematics in this
semester
20 Biasanya, boss datang sebelum pukul Usually boss come before 7
7.
21 Ibu sedang menyiapkan makan Mom is preparing dinner
malam dengan Linda. with Linda
22 Malam nanti, kami akan menonton Tonight, we’re going to
Furiuous Seven di Cinema 21. watch Furious Seven at
Cinema 21
23 Ben selalu datang terlambat. Ben is always coming late
24 Ayah sudah bekerja di perusahaan Daddy has been work in this
ini selama 15 tahun. company for 15 years
25 Jeff tidak bekerja di perusahaan ini. Jeff is not work in this
company
26 Anak perempuan yang sedang A girl who read a book
membaca buku di samping Betty itu behind Betty is our new
adalah teman baru kita dari Adelaide. friend from Adelaide
27 Kata Ben kita sudah harus Ben said we should have
menyerahkan pekerjaan kita submitted our work before
sebelum pukul 1 hari ini. 1 PM
28 Di SMP, aku diantar ayah ke sekolah. In junior high school, my
father was pick me up
29 Herry tidak masuk kemarin.
30 Kami tidak bisa mengerjakan nomer
34 dan 40.
31 Kami memerlukan waktu 3 bulan We need 3 month to finished
untuk menyelesaikan skripsi kami. our skripsi
32 Ketika pesawat mendarat, kami When the plane landed, we
sedang makan siang. was having lunch