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1. Will
- We use will/won’t for a decision made at the moment of speaking. Keputusan diambil saat
terjadi pembicaraan
A: There isn’t any milk left.
B: Oh, isn’t there? I will get some in town. I am going there later on.
- Will is also used for promises and offers. Will juga dipakai untu janji dan tawaran
I will call you this evening (janji)
Here, I will carry that for you (tawaran)
- Use will after Used after verbs like: assume, believe, doubt, expect, hope, reckon,
suppose, think, and be sure/afraid and with adverbs like perhaps, possibly,
probably, definitely
I expect they will be here soon.
Do you think she will bring her boyfriend?
Remember:
Don’t use will after If, when, before, after, in case, as long as, as soon as, once,
unless, etc. Use the present simple instead.
2. Going to
We use going to to express present intentions for the future. The action may be distant
or in the near future.
I am never going to get married
Remember!
- The use of going to and the Present continuous is very similar. You can always use
going to instead of the present continuous to talk about the future.
I am going to meet Henry for lunch on Friday.
- The use of the Present continuous is more limited. you only use it to talk about definite
arrangements.
I’m going to get married before I’m 30. (=general intention)
I’m getting married in June. (=this has been arranged)
- When the main verb is go, the present continuous is often preferred to the going to
form.
We are going (to go) to Greece for our holiday.
4. Present simple
When an action in the future is part of a regular timetable or has been officially fixed, the
present simple I used. Jika peristiwa di masa depan berdasarkan jadwal yang tetap, Present Simple
digunakan
The show begins at eight o’clock
5. Future Continuous
- To describe an activity that will be in progress at a point in the future: untuk kegiatan yang
sedang terjadi di titik waktu di masa depan
This time tomorrow we will be sitting on the plane.
I will be studying math at nine next week
Predictions (ramalan)
- When the prediction is based on our own beliefs and expectations rather than present
evidence, we use will. Jika ramalan berdasarkan kepercayaan daripada bukti, will dipakai
A: I wonder where Anna is.
B: Don’t worry. I am sure she will get here soon.
- In many cases, there is no important difference in meaning. Dalam banyak hal, will dan
going to tidak mempunyai perbedaan yang bverarti
Who do you think is going to/will win the Champions league?
- to express a simple fact about the future, we use will. menyatakan fakta tentang mas depan,
pakai will
My birthday will be on Tuesday this year.
Present Perfect Tense and Simple Past Tense
Present Perfect Tense
Time signals : already, yet, just, ever, never, for, since, before, how
long, today, recently, lately, this week/month/year, all my life, so far,
The present perfect tense shows action in the indefinite past/unknown time. The
present perfect
tense is also used to show action begun in the past and continuing into the
present.
We have lived in this house for five years. (= and we still live there)
Your plane has already landed. (= and it’s still on the ground)
She has dirtied her new shoes. (= she made them dirty and they’re still dirty)
The teacher has pinned a notice on the board. (= and the notice is still there)
You don’t need your key. I’ve already opened the door. (= and it’s still open)
Simple Past
Time signals :
- yesterday, two days/weeks/months ago, last week/month/year, in 1991, in
the end, at that moment, suddenly, then, when.
We use the past simple for actions completed at a particular time in the past, a
sequence of completed actions, past habits or regular events, situations or states
in the past
I have been busy this morning (It’s still the morning now)
I was busy this morning (This morning is now finished past)
She has starred in a lot of major films (She is still alive and acting).
she starred in a lot of major films (Her acting career is finished or she is dead)
He has been in the army for fifteen years (And he is still in the army now).
He was in the army for fifteen years (But he is no longer in the army. The time
period of fifteen years finished in the past)
Conclusion: Past simple has nothing to do with the present, but present perfect
does. (Past Tense tidak ada hubungan dengan saat ini, tindakan/peristiwa/situasi
telah selesai di masa lalu. Sementara present perfect berhubungan dengan saat
ini.
I have taught for thirty years ( sampai saat ini. sekarang masih mengajar).
I taught for thirty years (sekarang tidak lagi)
VERBS
Negatives
BE: isn’t am not aren’t wasn’t weren’t
HAVE: haven’t hasn’t hadn’t
DO: don’t doesn’t didn’t
MODALS: can’t couldn’t shan’t shouldn’t won’t wouldn’t may not mightn’t mustn’t
needn’t
Ordinary Verbs
Penjelasan:
1. Kolom Infinitive be, go, eat, sing, write, make dan seterusnya hanya bisa dipakai
oleh can, could, may, might, must, should, will, would, need…
Contoh:
can go, could go, should go, may go, might go, must go, will go, would go.
2. Kata kerja present mempunyai dua bentuk: Bentuk jamak dan bentuk tunggal.
Bentuk tunggal hanya bisa dipakai oleh He, she, it; bentuk jamak oleh I, we, you, they.
Contoh:
He goes, she goes, it goes; I go, you go, they go
3. Kolom Past dipakai oleh semua pokok kalimat (I, we, you, they, he, she, it).
Contoh:
He went, she went, it went, I went, you went, they went..
4. Kolom Past Participle hanya bisa dipakai oleh kata kerja pembantu have atau be
Contoh:
Have gone, has gone, had gone, be gone, is gone, are gone, been gone, being gone
5. Kolom Present Participle hanya bisa dipakai oleh salah satu bentuk be (is, am,
are, was, were, be, been).
Contoh:
is going, am going, are going, was going, were going, be going, been going
Negatives
Contoh:
1. She will go to school
She WILL NOT go to school.
Questions
Time signals : already, yet, just, ever, never, for, since, before, how long, today, recently, lately,
this week/month/year, all my life, so far,
We use the Present perfect to talk about the relationship between the past and the present. The
past action or situation is connected to the present in various ways.
We have lived in this house for five years. (= and we still live there)
Your plane has already landed. (= and it’s still on the ground)
She has dirtied her new shoes. (= she made them dirty and they’re still dirty)
The teacher has pinned a notice on the board. (= and the notice is still there)
You don’t need your key. I’ve already opened the door. (= and it’s still open)
The Present perfect continuous is like the Present perfect. However, we use the Present perfect
continuous if:
We want to emphasize that the action is long or repeated. (menekankan tindakan
yang lama dan berulang)
She’s been trying to pass her driving test for years.
Notice that we often use for and since with the Present perfect continuous).
Remember!
If we say how often the action happened, we always use the present perfect simple,
because the focus is on the result.
I’ve written ten/lots of emails today NOT I’ve been writing ten emails.
Like other continuous forms, we do not use the Present perfect continuous with ‘state
verbs’.
I’ve known Anne for years. NOT I’ve been knowing Anne for years.
Sentences with for and since answer the question How long?
How long have you been learning to drive?
State Verbs:
love, hate, want, need, have, own, want, belong, see, hear, smell, see, know, believe,
remember, agree, appear, belong, concern, consist, contain, depend, deserve, disagree,
dislike, doubt, feel (=have an opinion), fit,
INTRODUCTION
Subjects:
1. Singular Subjects : He, She, It
2. Plural Subjects : We, you, they, I (walaupun I bentuk tunggal, tetapi I
memakai bentuk kata kerja jamak)
Singular Subjects take singular Verbs. Plural Subjects take Plural Verbs
Contoh: He is, you are, she goes, she eats, she sings, they are, we go, you write, they
make
Subjects he, she, it tidak boleh memakai kata kerja are, eat, sing, write, make dst nya
begitu juga sebaliknya Subjects I. we, you, they tidak boleh memakai kata kerja is,
goes, eats, sings, writes, makes, catches dstnya
Tenses adalah perubahan kata kerja yang disesuaikan dengan time signal/keterangan
waktu dalam sebuah kalimat. Dengan kata lain Keterangan waktu berubah, kata kerja
juga berubah.
Simple Present Tense is used for Routines/habits, permanent situations, facts, future
official fixed arrangements or timetables we cannot change.
Time Signals:
Contoh:
Catatan: The highlighted verbs are all from the column of present simple. (Semua kata
kerja yang bercetak tebal berasal dari kolom Kata Kerja Present)
We do not discuss the negative and questions of the Simple Present Tense. We had
discussed them last week. Kita tidak membahas cara membentuk kalimat negative dan
pertanyaan dalam present tense. Sudah dibahas pada pertemuan 1.
Present Continuous tense is used for (=Present Continuous Tense dipakai untuk):
1. actions/event that are happening at the moment of speaking (Peristiwa atau tindakan
yang sedang terjadi saat ini)
The boys are playing football at the moment.
2. temporary situations (Keadaan yang tidak tetap, sementara)
Dad is travelling a lot this year.
3. future arrangements (masa depan yang sudah diatur)
I am having a party on Saturday. (tersirat Undangan sudah dibagi, tempat pesta
dan makanan sudah diatur)
4. habits with always (often annoying)
They are always arguing about homework. (menunjukkan kekesalan si
pembicara)
5. actions that are happening around now.
I am reading a very good book at the moment.
Pattern:
Subject + is/am/are + verb (ing)/present participle
Time signals:
At the moment, right now, these days, today, this evening, tomorrow, next
summer, on Saturday, always (for an annoying habit), etc
Conclusion:
Simple Present Tense mempunyai kesan berulang-ulang, sementara Present
continuous sedang.
1. Paola is the student who sits at the back of the class. ( Paola selalu duduk di
belakang)
Paola is the student who is sitting at the back of the class. (Saat ini Paola
sedang duduk di belakang kelas, besok belum tentu)
Simple Past
Time signals :
- yesterday, two days/weeks/months ago, last week/month/year, in 1991, in the
end, at that moment, suddenly, then, when.
We use the past simple for actions completed at a particular time in the past, a
sequence of completed actions, past habits or regular events, situations or states in the
past
Time signals : while, as, when, at that time, meanwhile, at 7 o’clock last night
We use past continuous tense for events that were in progress at a particular time in the
past, two actions in progress at the same time in the past.
When a sentence consists of past continuous and Past simple, the rules are as follows:
Used for:
an event that was in progress when another event happened
I was sitting in the caravan when suddenly it started to rain hard.
Saya sedang duduk in caravan Ketika tiba-tiba hujan turun
- the background information (past continuous) and events (Past simple) in a story
The sun was shining and everyone on the beach was enjoying the nice weather
when the accident happened.
Matahari sedang bersinar dan semua orang sedang menikmati cuaca yang
menyenangkan Ketika kecelakaan itu terjadi
Ada dua peristiwa di dalam satu kalimat, satu sedang berlangsung (past
continuous) Ketika peristiwa lain terjadi (Past simple). yang sedang berlangsung
dalam bentuk Past continuous Tense dan peristiwa yg terjadi kemudian dalam
bentuk past simple.