TENSES

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Simple Present Tense & Simple Past Tense
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Ade Irma Nurlaela (50219114)
Bella Y. H. Hutajulu (50219857)
Fadilah Hannum (52219130)
Nabila Aulia Putri (54219557)
Sintya Novita sari (56219083)

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TENSES

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WHAT IS TENSES?
TENSES is a concept that describes the time when a

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statement occurs. Basically tenses can be divided into 3,
namely Present, Past & Future. But we will only discuss
2 tenses, namely Present and Past.

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 TENSES

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SIMPLE PAST
01 SIMPLE PRESENT
TENSE 02 TENSE

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03 CONVERSATION

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SIMPLE PRESENT

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TENSE
Simple Present Tense is a type of tense used to talk
about an action or event that is repeated or
permanent, a statement or something that is always

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true
FUNCTION

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Expressing Habitual
Action
Fact & General Truth
Ex : Selena eats with right hand

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Ex : The sun rises from the east every
morning

Indicates a permanent situation

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Ex : I live in Bandung
 PATTERN
NOMINAL SIMPLE PRESENT
(+) S + to be (am/is/are) + adjective/adverb

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(-) Subject + to be (am/is/are) + not + adverb
(?) To be (am/is/are) + S + adjective/adverb?

I Am
He

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She Is
It
You
They Are

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We
PATTERN
Verbal Simple Present
● (+) S + verb 1 + O

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● (-) S + do/doesn’t + V 1 + O
● (?) Does/Do+ S + V 1 + O?

Adverb of frecuency simple present tense :

 Always

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 Usually
 Often
 Sometimes
 Seldom

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 Rarely
 Never
 Everyday
 EXAMPLE

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Nominal Word Verbal Word

(+) She goes to school every morning.

(+) My father is busy now. (-) She doesn’t go to school every morning.
(-) My father is not busy now.

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(?) Does she go to school every morning?
(?) Is your father busy now? Yes, she does
Yes, he is No, she does not (doesn’t)
No, he is not (isn’t)

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SIMPLE PAST

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TENSE
Simple Past Tense is a type of
tense used to talk about a
completed action in a time before

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now
 FUNCTION

Events that occured in the past and Events that have been done and have
the time it occured been completed in the past
Ex: I met a beautiful woman last night Ex: We went to the city fair
yesterday

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Events that have become a habit in the
past

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Ex: I often visited my grandparent
house
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Events that if only could happen
Ex: If you had much money, what
would you buy?
Events that occurred in the past
and are expressed through
questions of time
Ex:When did you buy that cell
phone?
Were not they here yesterday?

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A habit that was done before but is no
longer practiced

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Ex: My father used to smoke when
he was young
NOMINAL SIMPLE PAST
(+) S +Verb 2 + Object/ Adverb
(-) S + Did + Not + Verb 1 + Object/ Adverb
(?) Did + S + Verb 1 + Object/ Adverb + ?
Subject Was/Were Complement
I
She Was Object
It Adjective

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He Adverb
Etc
You
They Were
We

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PATTERN
VERBAL SIMPLE PAST
(+) S + Verb2 + O/C
(-) S +Did + Not + Verb1 + O/C
(?) Did + S + Verb1 + O/C + ?

Adverb of time for Simple Past Tense:

 yesterday
 Last night

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 Last week
 Last month
 Ago
 Long long ago

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Simple Past tense Verbal

Regular Verb
Play – Played – Played
V1 - V2 - V3

Irregular Verb
Eat – Ate – Eaten

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V1 - V2 - V3

Ex :
I played Football

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She ate an apple
Example

Nominal Word Verbal word

(+) I was in the school last week (+) Fery went to Pandangan
(-) I was not in the school last yesterday
week (-) Fery didn’t go to Pandangan
(?) Were you in the school last yesterday

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week? (?) Did Fery go to Pandangan
yesterday?

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CONVERSATION

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CONVERSATION
Elsa : Hi Rina, what are you doing?
Rina : Hi Elsa, I'm arranging a vacation schedule.
Elsa : Do you go on vacation with your family ( Verbal simple present - introgative)
Rina : yes, I do.
Elsa : Wow... It's very fun, of course.
Rina : Of course. Then how about you Elsa?
Elsa : My father was not here from yesterday. ( function simple past tense - events that occurred in the past and the
time it occurred )
Rina : Is your father busy now? ( Nominal word simple present tense - introgative)
Elsa : Yes he is.
Rina : Unfortunately, long vacations only come once a year. ( Function simple present tense - Fact & \General Truth )
Elsa : Thats right but its okey. Oh yea, by the way. Are you going to visit bandung?
Rina : You're wrong, I often go to Bandung to visit my grandmother's house, (Function Simple Past Tense - events that
have become a habit in the past) this time I'm going to visit Borobudur temple in Yogyakarta.
Elsa : Wow, its very interesting. Unfortunately, I didn't go there. ( Simple past tense - Negative ).
Rina : Indeed, if your father is not busy where do you want to go on vacation? ( Function simple past tense - events that if
only could happen )
Elsa : Just like you, Yogyakarta.

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Rina : I hope you and your family can have a vacation next time.
Elsa : I hope so.
THANKS!
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