EXERCISE FOR VERB AND TENSE

FILL THE GAPS WITH THE CORRECT TENSES.

1. I (learn) ........... English for seven years now.
2. But last year I (not / work) ........ hard enough for English, that's why my marks (not /
be) ....... really that good then.
3. As I (pass / want) ......... my English exam successfully next year, I (study) .........
harder this term.
4. During my last summer holidays, my parents (send) ....... me on a language course to
London.
5. It (be) ........ great and I (think) ....... I (learn) .........a lot.
6. Before I (go) ........ to London, I (not / enjoy) ....... learning English.
7. But while I (do) ........ the language course, I (meet) ........ lots of young people from
all over the world.
8. There I (notice) ........ how important it (be) ....... to speak foreign languages
nowadays.
9. Now I (have) ....... much more fun learning English than I (have) ....... before the
course.
10. At the moment I (revise) ....... English grammar.
11. And I (begin / already) ......... to read the texts in my English textbooks again.
12. I (think) ........ I (do) ........ one unit every week.
13. My exam (be) ........ on 15 May, so there (not / be) ........ any time to be lost.
14. If I (pass) ........ my exams successfully, I (start) ........ an apprenticeship in September.
15. And after my apprenticeship, maybe I (go) ........ back to London to work there for a
while.

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 TIME SIGNAL OF TENSES
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
1. Always =selalu
2. Usually = biasanya
3. Often = sering
4. Sometimes = kadang-kadang
5. Seldom = jarang
6. Rarely = jarang sekali
7. Never = tidak pernah
8. As a rule = biasanya
9. Generally = umumnya
10. Normally = biasanya
11. Now and then = kadang-kadang
12. Occasionally = kadang-kadang
13. On and off = kadang-kadang
14. Regularly = secara tetap
15. Steadly = terus-menerus
16. Everyday = setiap hari
17. Every….. = setiap…..
18. Frequently = seringkali
PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
1. Now = sekarang
2. Right now = sekarang ini, sekarang juga
3. At present = pada waktu ini, sekarang ini
4. At this moment = pada saat ini
5. Today = hari ini
6. This morning = pagi ini
7. This afternoon = sore ini
8. This evening = malam ini
9. Tonight = nanti malam, mala mini
10. Tomorrow = besok
11. Next week = minggu depan
12. Next month = bulan depan
13. Next year = tahun depan
14. Look ! = lihat !
15. Listen ! = dengar !
16. Still = masih
17. Soon = segera
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
1. Yesterday = kemarin
2. Yesterday morning = kemarin pagi
3. Last night = semalam, tadi malam
4. Last week = pekan lalu
5. Last Sunday = minggu lalu
6. Last….. =………lalu
7. An hour ago = sejam yang lalu
8. Two hours ago = 2 jam yang lalu
9. ……………..ago = …………..lalu
10. In 1978 = pada th 1978
11. The day before yesterday= kemarin dulu/
lusa
12. On Sunday morning = pada hari Minggu
PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
1. At 4 o’clock = pada jam 4 tadi malam
2. ……when… = ketika
3. …….while…. = selagi, ketika
4. All day yesterday = sepanjang hari kemarin
PAST PERFECT TENSE
1. Past pefect…..before…….past tense
2. Past tense……after……..past perfect
3. Past tense., past perfect……before
4. Past tense ……until…… past perfect
5. Past tense….. as soon as… past perfect
6. Past perfect…… when……. Past tense
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
1. For…….. when = selama…… ketika
2. By last……. =menjelang…… yang lalu
3. By …… yesterday = menjelang kemarin
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
1. Already = sudah
2. Just = baru saja
3. Ever …,? = pernahkah…?
4. Never = tidak pernah
5. Lately = akhir-akhir ini
6. Recently = baru-baru ini
7. As yet = sampai sekarang
8. So far = hingga skrg, selama ini
9. Finally = akhirnya
10. At last = akhirnya
11. Once = sekali
12. Twice = dua kali
13. Three times = tiga kali
14. Many times = berkali-kali
15. For two hours = selama dua jam
16. Since yesterday = sejak kemarin
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17. Since 1978 = sejak 1978 FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
18. This week = minggu ini TENSE
19. This month = bulan ini By the end of this year = menjelang akhir th
20. Several times = beberapa kali ini
By next week…for….. = mnjelang migngu
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUSdpn.. selama
TENSE By…o’clock..for……. = menjelang jam…..
1. For = selama selama
2. Since.. = sejak By this time tomorrow…for… = menjelang
saat ini besok…….
3. Long… = lamanya
4. How long… = berapa lama…?
5. The whole day = sepanjang hari
6. All morning = sepanjang pagi
7. Since 8 o’clock = sejak jam 8
8. For over 5 year = selama lebih 5 tahun

SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE

1. Tomorrow = besok
2. Next week = minggu depan
3. Next month = bulan depan
4. Next year = tahun depan
5. This morning = pagi ini
6. This evening = mala mini
7. Tonight = mala mini, nanti malam
8. Soon = segera
9. In a few weeks = dalam beberapa minggu
10. If = jika
11. When/ while = ketika
12. Before = sebelum
13. After = sesudah
14. As soon as = segera setelah
15. Till = hingga , sampai
16. Until = hingga, sampai

FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE

1. At the same time = pada saat yang sama
2. At this time tomorrow = pada saat ini besok
3. At 8 o’clock tomorrow = pada jam 8 besok

FUTURE PERFECT TENSE

1. By the end of this week = menjelang akhir
minggu ini
2. By next week = menjelang minggu depan
3. In a week = dalam waktu satu minggu
4. …..when ( ketika )+ present tense
5. …..before ( sebelum) + present tense

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