tenses

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

We often use the present perfect Tense to give new information or to announce

recent happening:

e.g. Do you know about Mary ? She’s gone to Jakarta.

We can use the Present Perfect Tense withalready to say that something has

happened sooner than expected :

e.g. Don’t forget to post this letter, will you? I’vealready posted it.

We can use the Present Perfect Tense withjust (= a short time ago)

e.g. Would you like something to eat? ‘No, thanks. I’vejust had lunch’.

We talk about a period of time that continuous up to the present, we use the

present perfect.

e.g. Dave: Have you travelled a lot, Nora?

Nora: Yes, I have been to 47 different countries.

We often useever andnever with the present perfect:

e.g. have youeve r eaten caviar?

We havenever had a car.

We have to use present perfect Tense with This is the first time…, It the first

time…

e.g. This is the first time he has driven a car. (not drives)

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: e.g. Has it

stopped raining yet ? (not ‘did it stop’).

The pattern:
S + have/has + verb 3……………………….etc
S + haven’t/hasn’t + Verb 3…………….….etc
Have/has + S + verb 3………………….. ….etc?
QW + have/has + S + verb 3………………..etc

PAST PERFECT TENSE

We use the Past perfect to say that something had already happened before this

time :

Example :

- When I arrived at the party, Tom had already gone home

- When I got home, I found that someone had broken into my flat and had

stolen my fur coat.

- George didn’t want to come to the cinema with us because he had already

seen the film twice.

- It was my first time in an aeroplane. I was very nervous because I hadn’t

flown before.

The pattern:
S + had + verb 3…………when/before S + V2
S + hadn’t + Verb 3……… when/before S + V2
Had + S + verb 3………… when/before S + V2 ?
QW + had + S + verb 3……… when/before S + V2 ?

Translate these sentences into English !

1. Rumah itu sangat sunyi ketika saya tiba. Semua orang sudah pergi tidur.
2. Saya merasa sangat lelah ketika saya pulang, jadi saya langsung pergi tidur
3. Saya tidak lapar, saya baru saja makan siang.
4. To tidak bearada di rumah ketika saya tiba. Dia baru saja keluar

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

S + have/has + been + verb 4…………etc S + haven’t/hasn’t + been + verb 4……etc Have/has + S + been + verb 4……….etc ? QW + have/has + S + been + verb 4…etc ?

Example :

-Pelajar pelajartengah menyanyi sejak pagi ini

+ The students have been singing since this morning
- The students haven’t been singing since this morning
? Have the students been singing since this morning ?

Translate these sentences into English !

1. Hari sudah hujan selama dua jam
2. Berapa lama kamu sudah belajar bahasa inggris ?
3. Saya sudah menonton acara TV tersebut sejak dua jam
4. Dia (pr) sudah bermain tenis sejak dia berumur 8 tahun
5. Berapa lama kamu suah merokok ?
6. Mereka sudah bermain PS selama tiga jam

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

S + had been + verb 4…………when S + V2
S + hadn’t been + Verb 4……… when S + V2
Had + S + been + verb 4………… when S + V2 ?
QW + had + S + been + verb 4……… when S + V2 ?

Example :

-Merekatengah mengerjakan PR ketika saya datang kemarin

+ They had been doing the homework when I came yesterday
- They hadn’t been doing the homework when I came yesterday
? Had they been doing the homework when I came yesterday ?

Translate these sentences into English !

1. Mereka sudah bermain bola selama satu jam ketika ada petir yang

menakutkan

2. Ken sudah merokok selama 30 tahun ketika akhirnya dia berhenti

3. Orkestra itu sudah bermain selama sepuluh menit ketika seorang laki laki

berteriak
4. Saya sudah mengetik selama tiga puluh menit ketika listrik itu padam
5. Mereka sudah tidur selama 6 jam ketika kebakaran itu terjadi

PRESENT FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE

S + will be + Verb 4 + O + at…………..o’clock
S + won’t be + Verb 4 + O + at………..o’clock
Will + S + be + Verb 4 + O + at……….o’clock ?
QW + will + S + be +Verb 4…………o’clock ?

Example :

-Kamu sedang akan pergi ke sekolah pukul 7 besok pagi

+ You will be going to school at seven o’clock tomorrow morning
- You won’t be going to school at seven o’clock tomorrow morning
? Will you be going to school at seven o’clock tomorrow morning ?

Translate these sentences into English !

1. George sedang akan meninggalkan Indonesia pada pukul 9 besok pagi
2. Saya sedang akan menyelesaikan PR itu sore nanti
3. Dia (pr) sedang akan menonton acara di stadion tersebut nanti malam
4. Mereka sedang akan makan malam di restauran itu nanti malam
5. Para karyawan sedang akan menyelesaikan pekerjaan itu pukul 9 nanti malam

PRESENT FUTURE PERFECT TENSE

S + will have + verb 3 + ……….by the end……
S + won’t have + Verb 3 + ………..by the end….
Will + S + have + Verb 3 + ………by the end…. ?
QW + will + S + have +Verb 3 +…………by the end… ?

Example :

-Kita sudah akan tiba di Jakarta besok sore.

+ We will have arrived in Jakarta tomorrow afternoon
- We won’t have arrived in Jakarta tomorrow afternoon
? Will we have arrived in Jakarta tomorrow afternoon ?

Translate these sentences into English !

1. John sudah akan selesai mengerjakan pekerjaanya menjelang akhir minggu ini
2. Menjelang minggu depan saya akan selesai membaca buku ini
3. Menjelang bulan depan dia akan membayar hutangnya
4. Kami sudah akan mendapat rumah baru menjelang akhir tahun ini

PRESENT FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

S + will have been + verb 4………since……….
S + won’t have been + verb 4…….since……….
Will + S + have been + verb 4……since……….?
QW + will + S + have been + verb 4….since…..?

Example :

-Mereka tengah akan belajarsejak pagi besok

+ They will have been studying since this morning
- They won’t have been studying since this morning
? Will they have been studying since this morning ?

Translate these sentences into English !

1. Menjelang akhir tahun ini kami akan sudah mempelajari bahasa inggris

selama tiga tahun
2. Menjelang hari natal saya akan sudah bekerja di kantor ini selama lima tahun
3. Menjelang liburan sekolah ini saya sudah mengikuti tes selama 5 kali
4. Menjelang hari raya idul fitri saya sudah akan dua kali pulang ke desa

PAST FUTURE TENSE

S + would + V1…IF + S + verb 2………….etc
S + wouldn’t + verb 1….+ object…………..etc
Would + S + verb 1 ….+ object ……….…..etc ?

Example :

1. Saya akan datang ANDAIKATA kamu mengundang saya

I would come if you invited me

2. Tom akan melakukan perjalanan JIKAdia punya uang

Tom would travel if he had more money

Exercise : Translate these sentences into English!

1. Jika saya jadi kamu, saya tidak akan membeli rumah itu
2. Saya akan keluar jika hari tidak hujan
3. Jika saya kaya, saya akan membeli sebuah villa
4. Jika saya dapat berbicara bahasa inggris, saya akan pergi keluar negeri
5. Saya tidak akan keberatan tinggal di Amerika jika cuacanya bagus

PAST FUTURE CINTINUOUS TENSE

S + would be + Verb 4……when S + verb 2……….etc
S + wouldn’t + be + verb 4….when S + verb 2………etc
Would + S + be + verb 4 ….. when S + verb 2……etc ?

Example :

-Sedianyamer eka sedang akan pulang KETIKA kami datang

+ They would be going home when we came
- They wouldn’t be going home when we came
? Would they be going home when we came ?

Translate these sentences into English !

1. Saya akan sedang menempuh ujian hari berikutnya pada waktu itu

2. Kami akan sedang membangun rumah itu pada waktu itu

3. Mereka sedang akan bermain babak kedua pada pertandingan sepakbola

waktu itu

PAST FUTURE PERFECT TENSE

S + would have + verb 3…..IF + S + had + verb 3…….
S + wouldn’t have + verb 3 ……object………..etc
Would + S + have + verb 3 …….object………..etc ?

Example :

-Ia sudah akan menjadi presiden ANDAIKATA partainya menang dalam

pemilihan umum.

- He would have become a presiden if his party had won in general election

Exercise : Translate these sentences into English!

1. Jika saya telah mengetahui bahwa kamu sakit, saya akan menemuimu

2. Tom tidak akan mengikuti ujian itu jika dia mengetahui bahwa soalnya akan

begitu sulit.
3. Jika saya berjumpa dengan mu, saya akan mengatakan hello
4. Jika saya telah mengumpulakan uang, saya akan menikahi mu
5. Saya akan mengirim surat ini jika kamu telah selesai membuatmya

PAST FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

S + would have + been + verb 4…..IF + S + had + verb 3…….
S + wouldn’t have been + verb 4…….object…………etc
Would + S + have been + verb 4.. …….object………..etc ?

Example :

-Sedianyarapat tengah akan dimulai sejak pagi ANDAIKATA walikota

sudah datang tepat pada waktunya

- The meeting would have been starting since this morning if Mayor had come

on time.

Exercise : Translate these sentences into English!

1. Sedianya concert itu tengah akan dimulai andaikata artis artis itu datang pada

waktunya.

2. Sedianya saya tengah akan tidur andaikata mereka belum datang

3. Andaikata ayah saya telah selesai berbelanja, ibu saya akan memasak

makanan itu