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Understanding Present Tenses in English

This document discusses various tenses in English including the simple present, present continuous, present perfect, and present future tenses. It provides rules and formulas for forming sentences in each tense along with examples of verbs and examples of how each tense expresses time. For the simple present tense, it lists 5 functions including general truths, habitual actions, professions/status, imperatives, and timeless sentences. Overall, the document serves as a reference for understanding and using different present tenses in English.

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Understanding Present Tenses in English

This document discusses various tenses in English including the simple present, present continuous, present perfect, and present future tenses. It provides rules and formulas for forming sentences in each tense along with examples of verbs and examples of how each tense expresses time. For the simple present tense, it lists 5 functions including general truths, habitual actions, professions/status, imperatives, and timeless sentences. Overall, the document serves as a reference for understanding and using different present tenses in English.

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Present Tenses

Dosen
Dr. Ali Mustadi, M.Pd
NIP. 19780710 200801 1 012
Materi Diskusi

1. Pengertian dan Fungsi Tenses


2. Jenis-Jenis dan Rumus Tenses
3. Contoh (Nomina dan Verba)
Ruang lingkup materi

• Simple present tense


• Present continuous tense
• Present perfect tense
• Present future tense
Tenses
Past Present Future

V2 V1 will + V1

Tobe2+ving V ing tobe1 + going + to + V1

Have+V3
Had+V3
PRESENT TENSE

R u m u s Ket Waktu

1. Simple S + is/am/are + Adj/Adv/N every …., on Sundays,


Biasa S + V1 s/es + O always, often, usually,
S + do/does+not+V1+O sometimes, seldom, never

2. Continuous S + is/am/are + V ing + O now, right now, at present,


Sedang Look!, watch!, Listen!

3. Future S + will/shall + V1 + O tomorrow, next …...,


Akan S + will/shall + be + Adj/Adv/N

4. Perfect S + has/have + V3 + O since, for,


Telah S + has/have + been + Adj/Adv/N just, already, recently, up to now, lately,
so far
5 Functions of Simple present tense
1. General truth
The sun rises in the east
2. Habitual activities
She always gets up at 05.00 o'clock every morning
3. Profession/status
My husband is a policeman
We are married people
4. Imperative sentence
Close the door, please!
5. Timeless sentences
I love you
• 1. Simple present tense:
S + V1 (s/es) + O / C
Cth. Mrs. Endang writes a letter
S + Tobe 1 + C
Cth. Mr. Sartono is a teacher
• 2. Simple past tense:
S + V2 + O /C
Cth. Mr. Sigit wrote a letter yesterday
• 3. Simple Future tense:
S + will + V1
Cth. Mr. Agus will write a letter tomorrow
• 4. Present continuous tense:
S + tobe1 + Ving + O/C
Cth. Mrs Nining is writing a letter now.
Past Time Present Time Future Time
Simple Past Simple Present (Simple) Future Tense
She wrote several novels last She writes novels. She will write some novels.
year. She is rich now She will be very rich.
She was miserable

Past Continuous Present Continuous Future Continuous


She was writing a new novel She is writing a new novel now She will be writing more
then. novels

Past Perfect Present Perfect Future Perfect.


She had written a few novels She will have written more
before the accident. She has written many novels. novels by then.

Past Perfect Continuous Present Perfect continuous Future Perfect Continuous


She had been writing several She has been writing many She will have been writing
novels. novels more novels
Present Perfect Future

Fungsi : Menyatakan tentang sebuah tindakan yang akan selesai


Dilakukan pada waktu tertentu dimasa datang.

Rumus : S + will/shall + have + V3 + O + Adv

Contoh : By next June, he will have written his second novel.

Keterangan waktu yang digunakan, misalnya:


By the end of this year.
By next July
By six o’clock
Before …….
When …..
Tenses exercises
Complete the following words in the brackets with appropriate ones.

She ( go ) to school every day.


We ( learn ) English now.
The sun always ( shine ) in Egypt.
It ( rain ) in winter, It ( rain ) now.
Mother ( cook ) some food in the kitchen now.
The baby ( cry ) because he is hungry now.
John ( travel ) to England tomorrow.
I ( live ) here since 1990
He ( work ) in this factory for ten years.
I ( not see ) you for a long time.
My brother ( not write ) to me for months.
She ( walk ) to school every week-end.
SEKIAN

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