Keterangan waktu ( Time Signals ) yang dapat dipakai dalam The Simple Past Tense ialah :

1. Yesterday = kemarin
2. Yesterday morning =kemarin pagi
3. Last night = tadi malam , semalam
4. Last week = minggu yang lalu
5. Last ….. = …… yang lalu
6. An hour ago =satu jam yang lalu
7. A week ago =semimggu yg lalu
8. ….. ago =….yang lalu
9. This morning =tadi pagi
10. Just now = baru saja

Example :

1. The students talked about the first lesson just now

2. Naufal and Alif practiced English together last night
3. Nirmala carried a big bag for her mother this morning
4. I finished my homework a week ago
5 Teguh bought a new t shirt in a shop yesterday

Present Perfect diikuti oleh keterangan waktu : since atau for

Since artinya sejak

Contoh : Since yesterday = sejak kemarin

Since last Sunday =sejak hari Ahad yang lalu
Since seven o’clock =sejak jam tujuh
Since January = sejak bulan Januari
Since 2015 = sejak tahun 2015
Example:
1. He’s left his house since yesterday
2. My mother ‘s gone to the market since 8 o’clok
3. His niece has stayed here since Last Monday
4. I’ve studied here since 2018
For artinya selama

Menunjukkan lamanya jangka waktu hingga sekarang.

For selalu diikuti oleh sejumlah jangka waktu tertentu.

For a week. = selama seminggu

For a month =selama sebulan
For an hour =selama satu jam
For a long time =lama sekali
For more than a week = selama lebih dari satu minggu

Examples

1. I’ve joined in at English club for a month

2. They’ve taught us English for five years
3. They’ve worked in that foreign company for a long time
4. We’ve studied English for more than three years

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Keterangan ( Adverbs) di bawah ini dapat dipakai dlm Present Perfect Tense
Already : sudah
(not yet) ;belum
Just ;baru saja
Ever ;pernah
Never ;tak pernah
Often ;sering
Almost ;hamper
Usually ;biasanya
Occasionally ;sekali sekali
Always ;selalu
Sometimes ;kadang kadang

Kelpmpok adverbs jenis ini terletak sebelum past participle kecuali yet

Before ;lebih dahulu

Lately ;akhir akhir ini
Recently ;baru baru ini
So far ;hingga kini
In the last few ;selama beberapa ….yang terakhir

Already dipakai dlm kalimat ( + ) dan ( ? )

I’ve already posted the letter
Have you had your luch already ?

Yet dipakai dalam kalimat (-) dan( ? )

My father hasn’t gone to his office yet
Have you done your homework yet ?

Just sebelum past participle

Ivan has just arrived
Have you just left teacher’s room.

Ever dan never

Ever ( ? )
Have you ever been in Tokyo ?
Never ( -)
No, I have never been in Tokyo

Has Randy ever been late ?

No, Randy never been late

Often, almost, occasionally, sometimes, always, usually.

They have often shown their picture
I’ve almost finished my task
Our teacher have usually arrived very early
He has sometimes helped me with my homework
We’ve always seen him in the football field

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Before letaknya pada akhir kalimat
I’ve met him before
I haven’t met him before
Have you met him before ?

Lately dan recently pada akhir kalimat

They have played football lately
The students haven’t been to the computer laboratory recently

So far
Nadia has gotten gold medal so far
Amin has been to the dentist once so far this month

In the last few …..

I haven’t seen you in the last few days
Mr Jihad and Mr Rizky have done much business in the last few month