Simple Tenses

Simple Present Tenses

Rumus : S + V (jika subjek jamak/ I, YOU, THEY, WE)
S + V + S/ES ( Jika subjek tunggal / He, SHE, IT)

Kegunaan:

Simple present tense adalah kalimat yang digunakan untuk menujukan :
1. kegiatan ( action) ;Hobby, daily activity, daily event, schedule event.
contoh : I go to school every day.
I play tennis.
The train leaves every morning at 8 AM.
He never forgets his wallet.

2. Menunjukan kebenaran yang tetap / tidak ber ubah - ubah
contoh : Sun rises in the east
A mount is 30 days
A years is twelve months

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Present Continuous

Rumus : S + be + V + ing

Be : am/ is/ are

Digunakan untuk mengungkapkan sesuatu yang sedang terjadi pada saat ini juga

Contoh :

You are learning English now.
You are not swimming now
I am sitting.
he is listening to the music
They are smarting Boys

EXERCICE

Present Perfect

Rumus : [S + has/have + past participle]

We use the Present Perfect to say that an action happened at an unspecified time before now


Contoh

• You have seen that movie many times.
• Have you seen that movie many times?
• You have not seen that movie many times.
• I have seen that movie twenty times.
• I think I have met him once before.
• There have been many earthquakes in California.
• People have traveled to the Moon.
• People have not traveled to Mars.
• Have you read the book yet?
• Nobody has ever climbed that mountain.
• A: Has there ever been a war in the United States?
  B: Yes, there has been a war in the United States.

EXERCISE

Present Perfect Continuous

Rumus : [S + has/have + been + present participle]

Digunakan untuk menunjukan sesuatu kejadian yang telah dimulai di masa lampau tetapi telah berlanjut hingga saat ini.

Examples:

• They have been talking for the last hour.
• She has been working at that company for three years.
• What have you been doing for the last 30 minutes?
• James has been teaching at the university since June.
• We have been waiting here for over two hours!
• Why has Nancy not been taking her medicine for the last three days?

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