Pengertian, Rumus dan Contoh Kalimat 16 Tenses

Bahasa Inggris
Kalimat Negatif

Pengertian Tenses

S + (am/is/are) + not + Noun/Adjective/Adverb

Tenses adalah bentuk kata kerja dalam bahasa Inggris untuk

menunjukkan waktu (sekarang, masa depan, atau masa lalu)
terjadinya suatu perbuatan atau peristiwa. Di Indonesia
dikenal 16 macam tenses bahasa Inggris.

Contoh : She
S
They
S

isnt

beautiful

to be + not

adjective

arent

Children

to be + not

(Dia tidak cantik)

(Mereka bukan anak-anak)

noun

Macam-Macam, Penggunaan, Rumus dan Contoh Kalimat Tenses

I
1.

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

am not

in the home

to be + not

(Saya tidak ada dirumah )

adverb

Simple present tense digunakan untuk menyatakan fakta, kebiasaan, dan kejadian yang terjadi pada
saat sekarang ini.

(Kalimat Pertanyaan/Interrogative

A. Kalimat Nominal (Kalimat yang tidak menggunakan kata kerja)

Rumus :

(am/is/are) + S + Noun/Adjective/Adverb?
Contoh : Is

Kalimat Positif

to be

She

beautiful? (Apakah dia cantik?)

adjective

S + (am/is/are) + Noun/Adjective/Adverb
Contoh : She
S

is

beautiful

to be

adjective

They

are

to be

am

to be

(Dia cantik)

Children (Mereka adalah anak-anak)

noun
in the home

everyday

noun

adverb

(Saya ada dirumah setiap hari)

Are

They

Children?

to be

Am

in the home?

to be

adverb

noun

Catatan :

B. Kalimat Verbal (Kalimat yang menggunakan kata kerja)

Subject

To be

am

Rumus :
He

is

She

is

You

are

It

is

We

are

Nama benda,orang

is

They

are

binatang tunggal/singular

Nama benda,orang,

are

binatang jamak/plural

Kalimat Positif
S + V1 + s/es +O
Contoh : She

goes

to school

everyday

VI+es

object

adverb

They go to school

everyday

V1

object

adverb

Kalimat Negatif
Exercise 1:
Fill in the blanks of the following sentences correctly!
1.
2.
3.

My grandfather .............. at the garden.

The Women ............. beautiful

children ............. happy

4.

.......... the birds on the sky?

5.

The Men ................. handsome

6.

That book .......... not thick

7.

My teeth ............ big

8.
9.

Rini and Rara ......... in the library

.......... the cat cute?

10. I and Rita ............ at the paark

S + do/does + not + V1 + O
Contoh : She doesnt go
S

to school everyday

V1

They dont go
S

V1

object

adverb

to school

everyday

object

adverb

Kalimat Pertanyaan/Interrogative
Do/Does + S + V1 + O?
Contoh : Does She

go

to school

V1

object

Do They go

to school

object

V1

everyday?
adverb

everyday?
adverb

(Apakah mereka pergi kesekolah setiap hari?)

(Mereka tidak pergi kesekolah)

(Mereka tidak pergi kesekolah)

Pray menjadi prays

-

Jika sebuah kata kerja berakhiran huruf selain huruf diatas maka kata kerja tersebut ditambah s

Catatan :

saja.

Subject

Contoh : Write menjadi writes

do

He

does

Visit menjadi visits

You

do

She

does

Kata keterangan yang digunakan dalam kalimat simple present tense adalah:

We

do

It

does

morning, always, usually, rarely, sometimes,

They

do

Nama benda,orang,

Nama benda,orang,

do

binatang jamak/plural

does

binatang jamak/plural

everyday, this

often, ever, never, at seven oclock, in the afternoon, in the

morning, etc.
Exercise 2:
Complete the following sentences with the suitable verbs of simple present tense!

Untuk membedakan antara kata kerja+s dan kata kerja+es berikut penjelasannya:
-Jika sebuah kata kerja berakhiran huruf O, X, S, CH, SH maka kata kerja tersebut ditambah es
Contoh : Go menjadi goes
Mix menjadi mixes
Miss menjadi misses

1.

Sinta always ............ (drink) tea every morning.

2.

The farmers usually ............. (plant) the rice in the yard.

3.

My sisters ................ (not do) the homework.

4.

Mila and Rudy ........... (start) their job well.

5.

The crocodile ...... (not eat) the vegetables.

Watch menjadi watch

Wash menjadi washes

2.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

Present continuous tense digunakan untuk membicarakan aksi/kegiatan yang sedang

-Jika sebuah kata kerja berakhiran huruf Y didahului huruf konsonan maka huruf Y berubah menjadi i
dan ditambah es
Contoh : Cry menjadi cries
Fly menjadi flies
-

Jika sebuah kata kerja berakhiran huruf Y didahului huruf vokal (a,i,u,e,o) maka kata kerja
tersebut ditambah s saja.
Contoh : Play menjadi plays

berlangsung sekarang.
A. Kalimat Nominal
Rumus :
S + (am/is/are) + adjective/adverb/noun
Contoh : I am in the home now (Saya sedang berada dirumah sekarang)
She is in the home now

They are in the home now

B. Kalimat Verbal

Exercise 3 :
Complete the following sentences with the suitable verbs of present continuous tense!

Rumus :
S + (am/is/are) + V ing + O
Contoh :

I am writing novel right now

(+)

(Saya sedang menulis surat sekarang)

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Nana and Dara ............. (discuss) the lesson today

The Firefighter ........... (do) his work now.
My mother ............(not cook) now.
The Rabbit .................. (eat) the grass.
They ..........(not watch) movie this time.

3.

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

Present perfect tense digunakan untuk menyatakan perbuatan yang telah terjadi

I am not writing novel right now (-)

atau perbuatan yang sudah terjadi pada waktu lampau tetapi masih ada
hubungannya dengan waktu sekarang.
A. Kalimat Verbal
Rumus :

(Saya sedang tidak menulis surat sekarang)

Am I writing novel right now?

(?)

(Apakah saya sedang menulis surat sekarang?)

S + Have/Has + V3 +O

She is writing novel right now

(+)
Contoh :

She isnt writing novel right now (-)

Is She writing novel right now?

(?)

They are writing novel right now

(+)

They arent writing novel right now (-)

Are They writing novel right now?

(?)

Catatan :
Kata keterangan yang digunakan dalam kalimat present continuous tense

Ive read this book.

(Saya sudah membaca buku ini.)
I have lived in Cilegon for 3 years
(Saya telah tinggal di Cilegon selama 3 tahun)
She has written this book
(+) Dia telah membaca buku ini
She hasnt written this book yet (-) Dia belum membaca buku ini
Has she written this book?
(?) Sudahkah dia membaca buku ini?
B. Kalimat Nominal
Rumus :
S + Have/Has + been + adjective/adverb/noun

adalah : now, right now, this time, today.

Contoh:
We have been here already

(+) Kami sudah berada disini

The toddlers havent been playing a ball for an hour.

(-)
(Balita-balita itu sudah tidak bermain bola selama satu jam.)

We havent been here already (-) Kami sudah tidak berada disii
Have we been here already
(?) Sudahkah kami berada disini ?
Catatan :
Subject : I, You, We, They, Nama orang/benda/binatang jamak
menggunakan Have
He, She, It, Nama orang/benda/binatang tunggal
menggunakan Has

Have the toddlers been playing a ball for an hour?

(Sudahkah balita-balita itu bermain bola selama satu jam.)
B. Kalimat Nominal

Kata keterangan untuk kalimat present perfect tense adalah : already(sudah), yet (belum), so far
(hingga sekarang), just (baru saja), lately (akhir-akhir ini).

Rumus :
S + Have/Has been + noun/adjective/adverb

Exercise 4 :

Contoh :

Complete the following sentences with the suitable verbs of present perfect tense!
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Rachel .............. (read) the newspaper already.

They ............ (not begin) to study for the test yet.
Gabriel already ........ (drink) all of these biscuits.
They ...........( be, not) here.
The children .............. (be) at the park so far.

4.

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

(?)

They have been at the garden for eight oclock

(+)

They havent been at the garden for eight oclock (-)

Have they been at the garden for eight oclock?

(?)

Catatan :
Kata keterangan untuk kalimat present perfect continuous tense adalah : for (selama), since
(sejak), how long (berapa lama), long (lamanya).

Present perfect continuous tense digunakan untuk menyatakan perbuatan yang telah

dimulai di masa lalu dan terus berlanjut sampai sekarang. Biasanya aksi
tersebut ada durasi waktu tertentu dan ada relevansinya dengan kondisi
sekarang.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

A. Kalimat Verbal
Rumus :
S + Have/Has been + V ing +O
Contoh :

The toddlers have been playing a ball for an hour.

(Balita-balita itu sudah bermain bola selama satu jam.)

Exercise 5 :
Complete the following sentences with the suitable verbs of present perfect ontinuous tense!

(+)

The students .......... (study) English for three years.

Rita .................. (work) in this office since 2010.
They ............ (be, not) at the park since ten oclock.
My father ............ (write) the report for an hour.
The cats .............. (eat) the fish for 30 minutes.

5.

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Catatan :

Simple past tense digunakan untuk menyatakan kegiatan diwaktu lampau.

Subject

A.

Kalimat Verbal

did

He

did

Rumus :

You

did

She

did

Kalimat Positif

We

did

It

did

They

did

Nama benda,orang,

did

yesterday

Nama benda,orang,

did

binatang jamak/plural

adverb

binatang jamak/plural

S + V2 + O
Contoh : She
S

went

to school

VI

object

They went to school

S

V1

object

Irregular Verb (Kata KerjaTidak Beraturan)

yesterday

Verb 1

adverb

Verb 2

Verb 3

Kalimat Negatif

Write

Wrote

Written

S + did + not + V1 + O

Speak

Spoke

Spoken

Drink

Drank

Drunk

Eat

Ate

Eaten

Read

Read

Read

Contoh : She didnt go

S

to school yesterday

V1

object

They didnt go

to school

yesterday

object

adverb

V1

(Mereka tidak pergi kesekolah kemarin)

adverb
(Mereka tidak pergi kesekolah kemarin)

Kalimat Pertanyaan/Interrogative

Regular Verb (Kata Kerja Beraturan)

Did + S + V1 + O?

Verb 1

Contoh : Did She go

S

V1

to school

yesterday?

object

adverb

Did They go

to school

yesterday?

object

V1

adverb

(Apakah mereka pergi kesekolah

kemarin?)

Verb 2

Verb 3

Study

Studied

Studied

Visit

Visited

Visited

Listen

Listened

Listened

Talk

Talked

Talked

Cry

Cried

Cried

B. Kalimat Nominal
Rumus :
S + (was/were) + Noun/Adjective/Adverb
Contoh :
(+) She was at home yesterday

(Dia ada dirumah kemarin)

(-) She wasnt at home yesterday

(Dia tidak ada dirumah kemarin)

(?) Was she at home yesterday?

(Apakah dia ada dirumah kemarin?)

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

My sister ................ (not finish) her homework yesterday.

Once upon a time an old woman ................. (leave) a jar under a big tree.
Kamal ........... ( not tell) us the beautiful story.
The fire ............. (burn) all of the villages.
The young lady ......... (hide) her gold before her parents came.
The fairy .............. (fly) after she put the flowers in the vase.
The man ................ (be) here ten minutes ago.
My family .......... (be, not) at home last night.
Mila and Nana ........... (be) in the library two hours ago.
The books .................. (be, not) on the table.

6.

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

Past continuous tense digunakan untuk :

Rumus :

Catatan :
Subject

To be

was

S + was/were + V ing + O
He

was

She

was

You

were

It

was

We

were

Nama benda,orang

was

They

were

binatang tunggal/singular

Nama benda,orang,

Menyatakan kegiatan atau peristiwa yang sedang berlangsung diwaktu lampau.

Contoh : She was watching TV last night.

S

to be

adverb

Menyatakan kegiatan atau peristiwa yang sedang berlangsung ketika kegiatan lain terjadi diwaktu

Rumus :
S1 + was/were + V ing + When/While + S2 + V2

binatang jamak/plural

Contoh : She was watching TV when her friend came last night.
S1 to be

year, this morning, last time, two days ago, ten minutes ago, etc.

lampau.

were

Kata keterangan yang digunakan dalam kalimat simple past tense adalah : yesterday, last night, last

Ving

Ving

S2

V2

adverb

Menyatakan kegiatan atau peristiwa yang sedang terjadi secara bersamaan diwaktu lampau.
Rumus :
S1 + was/were + V ing + When/While + S2 + was/were + V ing

Exercise 6 :
Complete the following sentences with the suitable verbs of simple past tense!

Contoh : She was

S1 to be

watching TV when her sister was

Ving

S2

to be

sleeping last night.

Ving

adverb

Exercise 8 :
Complete the following sentences with the suitable verbs of past perfect tense!

Catatan :
Kata keterangan yang digunakan dalam kalimat past continuous tense adalah : While
(ketika/sementara), When (ketika/sementara), as (ketika/sementara), at 5 oclock yesterday, etc.
Exercise 7 :
Complete the following sentences with the suitable verbs of past continuous tense!
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

When the widow (cook) .............., her daughter disturbed her.

The mouse (hide) ......... his cheese when his friend was knocking the door.
My father (cut) ......... the grass in the garden while my mother (sweep) ....... floor yesterday.
When the tigers (sleep) .................. under the big tree, the old man came.
While the teachers (meet) ............, the students (play) .......... in the classroom.

7.

PAST PERFECT TENSE

lampau sebelum/sesudah kegiatan lain terjadi diwaktu lampau.

He had fallen before I

V3

S2

helped him
V2

(Dia sudah jatuh sebelum saya membantunya)

Susan (turn on) ........ the radio as soon as she (wash) ........ the dishes.

4.

After he (arrive), the match already (start) ............

5.

Before he (sing) ........ a song, he (play) ........ the guitar.

8.

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

waktu tertentu) yang telah selesai pada suatu titik waktu tertentu dimasa
lalu atau menunjukkan perbuatan yang berlangsung terus pada waktu

Contoh : When I arrived,

Simple past tense

Rama had been waiting for two hours.

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

(Ketika saya tiba, Rama sudah menunggu selama dua jam)

She told me her name after/as soon as/until/by the end I had asked her twice
V2

3.

S + had been + V ing + O

Contoh :

S1

Jill (phone) ........ dad at work before she (leave) ....... for her trip.

Rumus :

S + had + V3 +O

2.

lampau.

Rumus :

S1

After Fres (spend) ........ his holiday in Italy, he (want) ........ to learn Italian.

Past perfect continuous tense digunakan untuk menyatakan kegiatan/peristiwa (dengan durasi

Past perfect tense digunakan untuk menyatakan kegiatan/peristiwa yang sudah selesai diwaktu

1.

S2

V3

Catatan :
Kata keterangan yang digunakan dalam kalimat past perfect tense adalah : before , after, as
soon as (secepatnya/segera), until (hingga/sampai), by the end of (menjelang akhir dari), etc.

Catatan : Kata keterangan yang digunakan dalam kalimat past perfect continuous tense adalah :
When.

(-) They wont be at canteen later

Exercise 9:
Use the present perfect continuous tense or the past perfect continuous tense!
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

9.

It is midnight. I (study) ............ for five straight hours.

It was midnight. I (study) .........for five straight hours.
Jack suddenly realized that the teacher was asking him a question. He couldnt answer because he
(daydream) ............. for the last ten minutes.
Wake up! You (sleep) ............. long enough. Its time to get up.
At least two hundred people were waiting in the line to buy tickets to the game. Sme of them
(stand) ....... in line for more than four hours.

(?) Will they be at canteen later?

Kata keterangan yang digunakan dalam kalimat simple future tense adalah : Next week, next month,
next year, tomorrow, later, tomorrow morning, next time, etc.
10. FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE
Future continuous tense digunakan untuk menyatakan kegiatan yang akan sedang terjadi /kegiatan
yang sedang berlangsung diwaktu yang akan datang.
Rumus :

SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE

S + Will be + Ving + O

Simple future tense digunakan untuk menyatakan kegiatan/peristiwa yang terjadi dimasa depan.

Contoh : - I will be working at nine oclock tomorrow morning

A. Kalimat Verbal

( Saya akan sedang bekerja pada pukul 9 besok pagi)

Rumus :

- I will be at home at nine oclock tomorrow morning

S + Will + V1 + O
Contoh :

( Saya akan berada dirumah pada pukul 9 besok pagi)

(+) She will go to America last week

(-) She will not/wont go to America last week
(?) Will she go to America last week?

Catatan : Kata keterangan yang digunakan dalam kalimat future continuous tense adalah : at this time
tomorrow pada waktu ini besok), at the same time tomorrow (pada waktu yang sama
besok), etc.

S + am/is/are + going to + V1 + O
Contoh : (+) She is going to eat Pizza tomorrow
(-) She isnt going to eat Pizza tomorrow
(?) Is she going to eat Pizza tomorrow?
B. Kalimat Nominal
Rumus :
S + Will be + adjective/adverb/noun
Contoh : (+) They will be at canteen later

Exercise 10 :
Complete the following sentences with the suitable verbs of future continuous tense!
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Tomorrow at this time, I (attend) ........... class.

Look at those dark clouds. When class (be) .....over, it rains.
Next year at this ime, I (do) ..............exactly what I am doing now.
Dont get impatient. She (come) ........soon.
I (study) ......... when you come.

11. FUTURE PERFECT TENSE

(Menjelang Natal saya akan sudah bekerja dikantor ini selama sepuluh tahun) = mungkin masi
akan terus bekerja.

Future perfect tense digunakan untuk menyatakan kegiatan/peristiwa yang akan sudah

selesai di masa depan atau kegiatan yang sudah dimulai diwaktu lampau

Catatan : Kata keterangan yang digunakan dalam kalimat future perfect continuous tense adalah :

dan segera selesai dimasa depan.

by the end of (menjelang akhir dari), by the time (pada waktu ini), at this rate (dengan cara

Rumus :

yang demikian) etc.

S + Will Have + V3 + O
Contoh :

Kadang-kadang Future perfect tense dan Future perfect continuous tense memberikan
makna yang sama.

At this time next month, Ill have finished my English course.

(Pada waktu yang sama bulan depan, saya akan telah menyelesaikan
kursus bahasa Inggris.)
-

Contoh : - When Professor Jones retires next month, he will have taught for 45 years.
(Future perfect tense)
-

At this time next month, Ill have been in the office

When Professor Jones retires next month. He will have been teaching for 45
years (Future perfect continuous tense)- ada durasi kegiatan yang akan sedang

(Pada waktu yang sama bulan depan, saya akan sudah berada dikantor itu)

berlangsung
Catatan :
Kata keterangan yang digunakan dalam kalimat future perfect tense adalah : By the end of (menjelang
akhir dari), by next (selambatnya), by now (pada waktu ini), etc.
12. FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
Future perfect continuous tense digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu

Exercise 12:
Complete the following sentences with the suitable verbs of future perfect tense or future perfect
continuous tense!
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

By the time we get to the airport, Bobs plane (arrive, already) ..................
Do you realize that by the time we arrive in Singapore, we (drive) ......... for twenty straight hours?
By the year 2000, Margaret (live) .............. on this earth for 50 years.
By the time you (get) ............. back, we (take) ......... care of everything.
What? He got married again? At this rate, he (have) .........a dozen wives by the time he (die) ........

kegiatan/peristiwa yang akan sudah berlangsung sekian lama pada

waktu tertentu di masa depan atau ada kemungkinan dilnjutkan dimasa

13. SIMPLE PAST FUTURE TENSE

depan.

Simple past future tense digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu perbuatan yang akan dilakukan,

Rumus :

membuat prediksi, dan membuat janji di masa depan pada saat berada dimasa lalu.

S + Will + Have been + Ving + O

Contoh :
- The cat will have been sleeping long when you get home.
(Kucing itu telah lama tidur ketika kamu pulang.)= mungkin masih akan terus tidur.
- By Christmas I will have been working in this office for ten years.

Rumus :
S + Would + V1 + O
Contoh : I would go to Malang the next day (Verbal Sentence)
I would be in Malang the next day (Nominal Sentence)

14. PAST FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE

16. PAST FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

Past future continuous tense digunakan untuk menyatakan kegiatan atau situasi imajiner yang

Past future perfect continuous tense digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu perbuatan atau situasi

sedang berlangsung apabila unreal condition-nya terpenuhi (present continuous conditional

imajiner sedang berlangsung pada titik tertentu atau selama periode tertentu di masa lampau

~conditional sentence type 2 dengan continuous tense) atau kegiatan yang akan sedang terjadi

(perfect continuous conditional ~conditional type 3 dengan continuous).

diwaktu lampau.

Rumus :

Rumus :

S + Would Have been + Ving + O

S + Would be + Ving +O

Contoh :

Contoh : I would be attending the conference if I was in Jakarta

If his Visa had been approved, he would have been working abroad for a week.

( Saya akan sedang menghadiri konferensi tersebut jika saya ada di jakarta)

(Jika visa dia telah disetujui, dia akan telah bekerja selama seminggu.)

Fakta : but Im not in Jakarta

Fakta :

(tapi saya tidak ada di Jakarta)

15. PAST FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
Past future perfect tense digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu perbuatan yang tidak terjadi di masa
lalu (conditional sentence type 3).=untuk suatu pengandaian yang tidak mungkin terjadi karena
syaratnya sudah pasti tidak terpenuhi tetapi hanya sebagai bayangan seandainya syaratnya
terpenuhi.
Rumus :
S + Would Have + V3 +O
Contoh : He would have graduated if he had studied hard
(Dia akan sudah lulus jika dia telajar dengan giat)
Faktanya: but he didnt study hard
(tapi dia tidak lulus karena tidak belajar dengan giat)

but his Visa wasnt approved (tapi Visa-nya tidak disetujui)

Choose the correct use of the following tenses for the verbs in the following sentences!
(Simple Preset Tense, Present Progressive Tense, Simple Past Tense, Past
Progressive/Continuous Tense, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Progressive, and Past
Perfect, and Past Perfect Progressive or Continuous)
EXERCISE

1. Henry always __________ (swim) in the evening.

2. He__________ (want) to leave now.
3. Gina __________ (read) the newspaper already.
4. Your cough __________ (sound) bad.
5. Maria __________ (do) her homework last night.
6. We __________ (leave) for the theater at seven oclock.
7. John __________ (eat) dinner now.
8. Johny __________ (work) in Washington for three years.
9. Something __________ (smell) very good.
10. We __________ (not begin) to study for the test yet.
11. Betty __________ (live) in the same house since 1975)
12. Mark __________ (drive) on Main Street when his car __________ (break)
down
13. John __________ (travel) around the world. (We dont know when.)
14. Kamal __________(tell) us yesterday that he __________(visit) Sydney in
2008
15. While Joan was writing the report, Henry __________ (look) for more
information.
16. Jorge __________ (swim) right now.
17. John __________ (go) to the store before he __________ (go) home.
18. John __________ (go) home, after he __________ (go) to the store.
19. Before John __________ (go) home, he __________ (go) to the store.
20. After John __________ (go) to the store, he __________ (go) home.
21. George __________ (see) this movie three times.
22. When the teacher __________ (enter) the room, the students were talking.
23. Jill always __________ (get) up at 6:00 A. M.
24. Jerry __________ (mow) the lawn now.
25. Gabriel already __________ (read) the entire book

26. Gene __________ (eat) dinner when his friend called.

27. The student __________ (read) while the professor (speak).
28. The professor __________ (review) the material before he __________
(give) the test.
29. Kamal __________ (be) to Melbourne, Australia twice.
30. Mr. Johnson __________ (write) his report last night
31. John __________ (live) in the same house for twenty years.
32. Bob __________ (buy) a new bicycle yesterday.
33. The president __________ (not decide) what to do yet.
34. We __________ (drive) to the grocery store this afternoon
35. George __________ (cook) dinner for his family Saturday night
36. They __________ (be) at home all day.
37. When Mark __________ (come) home, Martha __________ (watch) Television
38. Harry __________ (watch) television when George __________ (come)
home
39. Joan __________ (see) the movie before.
40. Martha __________ (watch) television while John __________ (read) a book.
41. After Henry __________ (visit) Denpasar, he __________ (go) to Negara.
42. Rose Marry __________ (work) in Washington for three years.
43. While Liana __________ (read) novel, Sophia __________ (watch) TV.
44. John George __________ (work) in Washington for three years.
45. John George __________ (work) in Washington for three years. (not yet
completed)
46. George __________ (work) at the university for forty-five year before he
__________ (retire)
47. George __________ (work) at the university for forty-five year before he
__________ (retire)
48. Sophia George __________ (live) in New York for ten years before she
George __________ (move) to California.
49. After the committee members __________ (consider) the consequences,
they __________ (vote) on the proposal.
50. The doctor George __________ (examine) the patient thoroughly before he
George __________ (prescribe) the medication.

KEY ANSWER OF THE EXERCISE

Choose the correct use of the following tenses for the verbs in the following sentences!
(Simple Preset Tense, Present Progressive Tense, Simple Past Tense, Past
Progressive/Continuous Tense, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Progressive, and Past
Perfect, and Past Perfect Progressive or Continuous)
EXERCISE

1. Henry always _swims_ in the evening.

2. He _wants_ to leave now.
3. Guillermo _has read_ the newspaper already.
4. Your cough _sounds_ bad.
5. Maria _did_ her homework last night.
6. We _are leaving_ for the theater at seven oclock.
7. John _is eating_ dinner now.
8. John George _has worked_ in Washington for three years.
9. Something _smells_ very good.
10. We _have not begun_ to study for the test yet.
11. Betty _has lived_ in the same house since 1975)
12. Mark _was driving_ on Main Street when his car _broke_ down
13. John _has traveled_ around the world. (We dont know when.)
14. Kamal _told_ us yesterday that he _had visited_ Sydney in 2008
15. While Joan was writing the report, Henry _was looking_ for more
information.
16. Jorge _is swimming_ right now.
17. John _had gone_ to the store before he _went_ home.
18. John _went_ home, after he _had gone_ to the store.
19. Before John _went_ home, he _had gone_ to the store.
20. After John _had gone_ to the store, he _went_ home.
21. George _has seen_ this movie three times.
22. When the teacher _entered_ the room, the students were talking.

23. Jill always _gets_ up at 6:00 A. M.

24. Jerry _is mowing_ the lawn now.
25. Gabriel already _has read_ the entire book
26. Gene _was eating_ dinner when his friend called.
27. The student _was reading_ while the professor _was speaking_.
28. The professor _had reviewed_ the material before he _gave_ the test.
29. Kamal _has been_ to Melbourne, Australia twice.
30. Mr. Johnson _wrote_ his report last night
31. John _has lived_ in the same house for twenty years.
32. Bob _bought_ a new bicycle yesterday.
33. The president _has not decided_ what to do yet.
34. We _drove_ to the grocery store this afternoon
35. George _cooked_ dinner for his family Saturday night
36. They _have been_ at home all day.
37. When Mark _came_ home, Martha _was watching_ Television
38. Harry _was watching_ television when George _came_ home
39. Joan _have seen_ the movie before.
40. Martha _was watching_ television while John _was reading_ a book.
41. After Henry _had visited_ Denpasar, he _went_ to Negara.
42. Rose Marry _has worked_ in Washington for three years.
43. While Liana _was reading_ novel, Sophia _was watching_ (watch) TV.
44. John George _has worked_ in Washington for three years.
45. John George _has has been working_ in Washington for three years.
(not yet completed)
46. George _had worked_ at the university for forty-five year before he
_retired_
47. George _had been working_ at the university for forty-five year before
he _retired_
48. Sophia George _had lived/had been living_ in New York for ten years
before she George _moved_ to California.
49. After the committee members _had considered_ the consequences,
they _voted_ on the proposal.

50. The doctor George _had examined_ the patient thoroughly before he
George _prescribed_ the medication.