This document discusses various English verb tenses including:
- Simple present, past, and future tenses with examples of how to form positive, negative, and interrogative sentences.
- Present, past, and future continuous tenses with examples of how to form sentences.
- Present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect tenses with examples.
- Past perfect continuous and future perfect continuous tenses with examples.
- Present perfect continuous tense with an example.
The document concludes with an exercise testing understanding of different verb tenses through sentence completion.
3. Simple Present Tense
? Present Tense is used to talk about
something in general. And it is also
used to talk about something which is
happened repeatedly or habituallly
activities.
Rumusnya:
Positif: S + V1 (s/es)
Negatif: S + DO/DOES + NOT + V1
Tanya: DO/DOES + S + V1
Example :
+ } Sisca Reads book everyday
- } Sisca does not Read book
everyday
? } does Sisca Read book
everyday
4. Simple Past Tense
We use the past simple to talk about actions or
situations in the past.
The adverbs of time used in this tense are
Yesterday, last¡.., a week ago, this morning ,
last night, yesterday morning, yesterweek,
yestermonth, yesteryear, etc.
Rumus Past Tense:
Positif: S + V2
Negatif: S + did not + V1
Tanya: Did + S + V1
Example :
+} We were at school yesterday
-} We were not at school yesterday
?} Were we at school yesterday ?
5. Simple Future Tense
Example :
(+) President shall at Nederland the day
after tomorrow.
(-) President shall not at Nederland the
day after tomorrow.
(?) Shall President at Nederland the day
after tomorrow?
Rumus Future Tense
Positif: S + will + V1
Negatif: S + will + not + V1
Tanya: Will + S + V1
6. Present Continuous Tense
? We use The Present Continuous Tense when we talk about something which
is happening at the time of speaking
? We also use The Present Continuous Tense when we talk about something
which is happening around the time of speaking, but not necessarily exactly
at the time of speaking.
We often use the Present Continuous when we talk about a period around
the present.
We use the present continuous when we talk about the changing situation.
Example Sentence :
(+) He is playing badminton now
(-) He isn¡¯t playing badminton now.
(?) Is he playing badminton now
Rumusnya:
Positif: S + Tobe + Ving
Negatif: S + Tobe+ Not+ Ving
Tanya: Tobe + S + Ving
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7. Past Continuous Tense
? We use past continuous Tense to say that
someone was in the middle of doing
something at a certain time. The action or
situation had already started before this time
but hadn¡¯t finished
Rumus Past Continuous Tense
Positif: S + was/were + Ving
Negatif: S + was/were + NOT +
Ving
Tanya: Was/Were + S + Ving
? Example :
? (+) They were talking about
sport when I met him.
? (-) They weren¡¯t talking about
sport when I met him.
? (?) Were they talking about
sport when I met him.
8. Future Continuous Tense
Rumus Future Continuous Tense
Positif: S + will + be + Ving
Negatif: S + will not + be + Ving
Tanya: Will + S + be + Ving
? Example :
? (+) I will be writing a comic.
? (-) I will not writing a comic.
? (?) Will I be writing a comic
?
An activity that will be in progress
at a time in the future
9. Present Perfect Tense
? We often use the present perfect Tense to give new information or to announce recent
happening
? We can use the Present Perfect Tense with already to say that something has happened
sooner than expected
? We can use the Present Perfect Tense with just (= a short time ago)
? We talk about a period of time that continuous up to the present, we use the present
perfect.
? We often use ever and never with the present perfect
? We have to use present perfect Tense with This is the first time¡, It the first time¡
? We often use the present perfect with yet. Yet shows that the speaker is expecting something
to happen. Use yet only in questions and negative sentences
Example :
(+) you have eaten mine.
(-) she has not been to Rome.
(?) have you finished?
Formula :
subject+auxiliary verb+main
verb
10. Past Perfect Tense
? We use the Past perfect to say that something
had already happened before this time
Example :
(+) When my brother arrived , I had painted my motor cycle
(-) When my brother arrived , I hadn¡¯t painted my motor cycle
(?) Had I my motor cycle , when my brother arrived ?
Rumus Past Perfect Tense
Positif: S + had + V3
Negatif: S + had + not + V3
Tanya: Had + S + V3
11. Future Perfect Tense
? An action that will be completed before
another event or a certain time in the future
Example :
(+) You will have forgotten me by
then.
(-) We will not have left.
(?) Will they have received it?
Rumus Future Perfect Tense
Positif: S + will + have + V3
Negatif: S + will + not + have + V3
Tanya: Will + S + have + V3
12. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
A longer action that had happened and continued
up to the time in the past and ended or stopped
just before something else in the past
An activity is in progress in the past
? Formula:
? Positif: S + had + been + Ving
? Negatif: S + had + not + been + Ving
? Tanya: Had + S + been + Ving
Example :
(+) When they washed my drees , your father had been playing badminton
(-) When they washed my dress , your father hadn¡¯t been playing badminton
(?) When they washed my dress , had your father been playing badminton ?
13. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
An action that will be in progress before
another time or event in the future
An action that emphasizes the continuity of a
future achievement
Example :
(+) I will have been reading a news paper.
(-) I will haven¡¯t been reading a news
paper.
(?) Will I have been riding a news paper ?
Formula:
Positif: S + will + have + been + Ving
Negatif: S + will + not + have + been +
Ving
Tanya: Will + S + have + been + Ving
14. Present Perfect Continuous Tense
? Is a sentence that shows the events that have
been done and is still in progress at the
current time.
Example :
(+) She has been going to Malang since
evening.
(-) She hasn¡¯t been going to Malang
since evening.
(?) Has she been going to Malang ?
Rumus Present Perfect Continuous
Tense
Positif: S + have/has + been + Ving
Negatif: S + have/has + not + been +
Ving
Tanya: Have/has + S + been + Ving
15. EXERCISE
1. John ¡ a crocodile in the river yesterday.
a. see
b. saw
c. seen
d. have see
e.had saw
16. ? 2. The students ¡ ¡ singing since this morning
a.had
b.have been
c.will
d.will have
e.have
17. 3.She has been .... For two hours
a.talk
b.talked
c.was talk
d.talking
e.told
18. 4.When I had ... The book,i put it down
a.finished
b.been finished
c.finish
d.been finishing
e.to finish
19. 5. At eleven o`clock Ani will have ...... For two
hours
a.write
b.writed
c.writing
d.been writed
e.been writing