Do You Remember

These?
Review On Present and Past Tenses
By: Claudya Gita
 Simple Tense
Simple tense is a category of verb tense used to express facts or
habitual activities. It covers the simple present tense, the simple
past tense, and the simple future tense.
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Simple
Present
Tense
The Timeline of Simple Present Tense

She works = Working is her routine.

 Simple Present Nominal
Talking about things, personalities, and situations in the present time.
(Without action)

Subject + To-Be (is/am/are) + Adjective/Noun/Adverb of Place/Time

Positive: Negative:
1. She is a very kind person. 1. That cat isn’t wild.
2. We are students at Yosuka High School. 2. I am not an English teacher.

I want to be 2 No! I’m as nice

1 as the sun could
friends with you.
But, are you a bad be:)
guy? 3 I’m a very kind sun, so
you can already tell that
he’s a very nice tiger.

Can you make a question with Simple Present

Nominal?
1. Willie Ayub ganteng = Willie Ayub / he is handsome.
2. Yonathan dan Youbel pinter = Yonathan and Youbel / they are smart.
3. Apakah kamu baik-baik saja, Virya? = Are you okay, Virya?
Yes, I am. No, I am not.
4. Naulia marah, tapi Upasanti dan Pebryanti tidak marah = Naulia is
angry, but Upasanti and Pebryanti / they are not angry.
5. Kami miskin tetapi mereka kaya = We are poor but they are rich.

I = am
He / She / It = is
You / They / We = are
 Present Continuous Tense
Kejadian yang sedang berlangsung ketika dia sedang
berbicara.
To-Be (am/is/are) + Verb-ing

1. Apa yang sedang kamu lakukan, Antoni? Saya sedang belajar

bahasa Inggris. = What are you doing, Antoni? I am studying
English.

2. Kami sedang belajar bahasa sunda = We are studying Sundanese.

3. Bu Sulis sedang mengajar Sosiologi = Bu Sulis is teaching

Sociology.
 Simple Present Verbal
Talking about habits, routines, timetable and permanent situations.
(With action)

Subject (I / You / They / We) + Verb-1

Examples:
1. They walk to school every morning.
2. I don’t work every night. You’re right! I
do set in the
west!
Subject (He / She / It) + Verb-1 + S
Examples:
1. The sun sets in the west.
2. He doesn’t practice piano at five p.m..

P.s. If there’s already does/doesn’t in the sentence, Verb-1 + S is no longer needed. Vice versa.
Can you make a question with Simple Present
Verbal?
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Simple Past
Tense
The Timeline of Simple Past Tense

He was happy = He isn’t happy anymore.

 Simple Past Nominal
Talking about things, personalities, and situations in the past time.
(Without action)

Subject + To-Be (was/were) + Adjective/Noun/Adverb of Place/Time

Positive: Negative:
1. He was so happy yesterday. 1. This doll wasn’t dirty not a while
2. They were the dancers for the event last ago.
week. 2. I wasn’t the waiter for that table.
You weren’t The sun shines
1 2
this happy brightly today. It
yesterday. makes me want to I’m glad I can
scream >.< 3
What’s up? make someone
wants to
scream!

Can you make a question with Simple Past

Nominal?
1. Dulunya, Serena adalah seorang murid SMP, tapi sekarang dia adalah
seorang murid SMA. = Serena was a junior student, but now she is a
high school student.
2. (Tadinya) Friska marah tapi sekarang dia tidak marah lagi. = Friska
was angry but now she is not angry anymore.
3. Apakah kemarin Fanuel marah? = Was Fanuel / he angry yesterday?
Yes, he was. No, he was not.

I = was/were He / she / it = was You / they /we = were

 Simple Past Verbal
Talking about past actions.
(With action)

Subject + Verb-2
Positive: Negative:
1. She spoke to me the day before 1. You didn’t call me back yesterday.
yesterday. 2. I didn’t write such things.
2. We went to a gym an hour ago.
Sist, even if mom allowed us, we don’t have 3 What do you mean? I don’t
2
the ability to eat that human head-sized- want to be eaten by you
watermelon. guys, I just want to swim.
Is that a watermelon? Did mom How rude.
1
allow us to eat that? Please say
yes.

P.s. If there’s already did/didn’t in the sentence, Verb-2 is no longer needed. Vice versa.

Can you make a question with Simple Past

Verbal?
 Perfect Tense
Perfect tense is a category of verb tense used to describe
completed actions. It covers the present perfect tense, the past
perfect tense, and the future perfect tense.
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Present
Perfect
Tense
The Timeline of Present Perfect Tense

I’ve known her for three years = I still know her now.
 Present Perfect
Talking about an action that either happened at an indefinite time in the past or began in the
past and continued to the present time.

Subject (I / You / They / We) + Have + Verb-3

Examples:
1. I have known them for five years.
2. They haven’t seen their parents for a year.
1 Our mom went to her friend’s
I don’t want 3 pond five minutes ago, we
you. haven’t seen her since then.

2 I want that
watermelon.
Subject (He / She / It) + Has + Verb-3
Examples:
1. She has gone to Bandung by car.
2. The system hasn’t run for five
minutes.
Can you make a question with Present Perfect
Tense?
 Have you had your 2 Of course I have. I’ve had
1 fresh meat. It tasted so
breakfast? I’ve had
apples. good, you should try Can you spot the
some. Present Perfect Tenses
in these dialogues?

I’m… I know you

3 vegan. can!

I don’t think we’ve Oh wow! I thought

No, no. I’ve told you 1 2
1 met. I’m Piggy. As you were a snake. Btw,
everything I could. I’m Chick. I don’t like
you can see, I’m a
You can’t eat that KFC.
pig.
thing!

Can’t you 4
see?
3 Why
Okay, but can I at least touch ?
2
it?
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Past Perfect
Tense
 The Timeline of Past Perfect Tense

He passed the exam because he had studied hard = after studying hard, he passed the
exam.
 Past Perfect
Talking about the action we did before we did another action in the past.

Subject + Had + Verb-3

Positive:
1. I had already read that book before she told me to.
2. When I had had breakfast, I brushed my teeth.
3. My dog had just finished eating her food when my sister gave
her treats.

Negative:
4. She hadn’t wanted to do it until I persuaded her.
5. My brother said he hadn’t gotten any idea for his project.
This tense must consist of two events. No matter which event mentioned first, because the tense
will make it clear which one happened first.

Can you make a question with Past Perfect

Tense?
 1 We haven’t seen Mrs.
4 But first we need to Goose in a long time have
wait for her to come we? Can you spot the Past
home… Perfect Tenses in these
Yes we 3
Yes, you’re right. If we had should! dialogues?
known where she was moving
to, we would’ve visited her
many times. We should ask
mom to visit her. 2
I know you
can!

4 He loves apple pies. So,

1 Where’s Eli? I He was, but his as soon as her mom had
2
thought he So mom made an told him, he rushed to her
3
was here ? apple pie. and.. the apple pie.
already?
5 Yeah, he fell Indeed. So, what
twice because 7
are we going to
6 Well, I hadn’t known he was play?
that before. What an excited.
elephant he is.
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Summary
of Today’s
Review
 Summary of Today’s Review

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Nominal (without action) Things, personalities, and situations (both
Simple Tenses

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Verbal (with action) Habits,time)
routines, timetable and permanent situations (present)
Past actions (past)
Nominal Verbal
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-Adjective Verb Just remember these things!
-Noun
(for this material)
-Adverb
of 1. In nominal tenses, to-be is a must.
2. To-be present: is, am, are
____\ Verb 3
time/place

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Have/Has (present)
Perfect Tenses 3. To-be past: was, were

/ \
Had (past)
4. To-be perfect: have been
5. Perfect tense use verb-3
Any subject Must consist of 6. Verb-3 can’t be separated from
uses HAD two events. The have/has
second event
should use Verb-
7. The past form of have/has is had
2
 Addition

She’s gone. The use of apostrophe (‘)

She has gone. ⭕ 1. Plural noun possessive : The kittens’ bed. / The children’s book.
She is gone. ❌ 2. Singular noun possessive : This is Eva’s book.
3. Contractions :
– I + am = I’m
– He + is = He’s
– She + has = She’s
– They + have = They’ve
– They + will = They’ll
So, you don’t need
– Are + not = Aren’t
apostrophe s (‘s) to describe
– Is + not = Isn’t
plural nouns.
– Will + not = won’t
Those are our bags. ⭕
Etc.
Those are our bag’s. ❌
Thank You!