TENSE
PREPARED BY :
I eat
He / She
The man
eats
It
The men
You / We eat
They
Example :-
1.Rozi likes to drink tea.
2.What does ali do for a living?
3.My brother drives a lorry.
4.He seldom washes his dishes.
5.They always do their homework.
6.Do you watch Sesame Street every
Saturday?
7.She does not know how to drive a
car.
Question :-
1.Everywhere she_____ (go) I _____ (go)
too.
2.He _______(drink) coffee every
morning.
3.________ you ________(know) my aunt
who lives in Desa Pandan.
4.Owls ________(not, sleep) at night.
5.A copywriter _________(write) the
words for advertisements.
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
The rule:
• Construction:
have/has + past participle
• Passive sentences:
have/has + been + past participle
Used in Used to report a situation
explanation of the that began in the past
present situation and is ongoing in the present
Affect present situation
Past situation
Example 2
I’ll pay,
Affect present situation
Past situation
2. Used the present perfect for
ongoing situation that began in
the past and still continue.
• Example 1
Present Accompanies
perfect the present perfect
Example 2 :-
• when
• after
• as soon as
• until
• if
Example 1:-
When I’ve finished (or when I finish) my
project I’ll be able to take a short rest.
conjuntion
Example 2 :-
conjunction
Questions
1.Sally _____ (be) in my employment for
fove years and is completely
trustworthy.
2.‘Do I know you?’ ‘No, we ____never
____ (meet) before.
3.Many tourists ______ visited that
castle.
4.I ________ (be) to the Mexico last
year.
5.The army _______ (attack) the city five
times.
ANSWER
1.Sally has been in my employment for
fove years and is completely
trustworthy.
2.‘Do I know you?’ ‘No, we ‘ve never
met before.
3.Many tourists have visited that castle.
4.I have been to the Mexico last year.
5.The army has attacked the city five
times.
6.
7.
8.
THE
PRESENT
CONTINUOU
S
1 3
2
The Present Continuous
Tense
• For an action happening at the
moment of speaking
6.
For an action currently in progress
Example :
1.We are learning Ilmu Pendidikan this
semester.
2.Faisal is majoring in Physics.
3.My friends are staying in Taman Suria.
Plan for the future
Example :
1.The Prime Minister is visiting Japan next
year.
2.Next year, we are introducing several new
products.
3.Hamit is going to Taiping next month.
4.I am going tomorrow.
Structure
Positive
Verb "be" + verb + - ing.
verb + -ing
•
• What -> are you -> doing this
afternoon?
• What -> is he -> doing this
afternoon?
• What -> is she -> doing this
afternoon?
• What -> is it -> doing this afternoon?
EXERCISE :
1.Right now, she ________ (sleep).
2.Those men _________ (try) to rob the
bank.
3.It ________ (start) to rain.
4.Mrs. Lam _______ (feed) her cats.
5.Hafiz and Asyraf __________ (argue)
again.
1.Right now, she is
sleeping.
•
2.Those men are trying to
rob the bank
3.It is starting to rain.
4.Mrs. Lam is feeding her
cats.
•
5.Hafiz and Asyraf are
arguing again.
•
PRESENT
PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
TENSE
The structure of the present perfect continuous
tense is :
Example :
I HAVE BEEN SINGING
!!!
Recent Result now.
action.
EXAMPLE :
Action Action is
started in continuing
past. now.
•I have been reading for 2 hours. [I am still reading now.]
•We've been studying since 9 o'clock. [We're still studying now.]
•How long have you been learning English? [You are still learning now.]
•We have not been smoking. [And we are not smoking now.]
For and Since with Present Perfect Continuous Tense
We often use for and since with the present perfect tense.
•We use for to talk about a period of time - 5 minutes, 2 weeks, 6 years.
•We use since to talk about a point in past time - 9 o'clock, 1st January, Monday.
FOR SINCE
a period of time a point in past time
x
20 minutes 6.15pm
three days Monday
6 months January
4 years 1994
2 centuries 1800
a long time I left school
ever the beginning of time
etc etc
Here are some examples:
•I have been studying for 3 hours.
•I have been watching TV since 7pm.
•Tara hasn't been feeling well for 2 weeks.
•Tara hasn't been visiting us since March.
•He has been playing football for a long time.
•He has been living in Bangkok since he left school.
The present perfect continuous implies that
process is incomplete, while the present perfect
means that it has been completed: