The document discusses verb phrases and their tenses. It provides examples of common auxiliary verbs and describes the three types of verb phrases: verb phrases in tenses, modal + verb, and passive voice. It focuses on verb phrases in tenses, giving a table that lists the forms, meanings, and time signals associated with different verb tenses like present continuous, present perfect, future, past continuous, and past perfect. The document concludes by providing examples that demonstrate the uses of these various verb tenses.
The document discusses verb phrases and their tenses. It provides examples of common auxiliary verbs and describes the three types of verb phrases: verb phrases in tenses, modal + verb, and passive voice. It focuses on verb phrases in tenses, giving a table that lists the forms, meanings, and time signals associated with different verb tenses like present continuous, present perfect, future, past continuous, and past perfect. The document concludes by providing examples that demonstrate the uses of these various verb tenses.
The document discusses verb phrases and their tenses. It provides examples of common auxiliary verbs and describes the three types of verb phrases: verb phrases in tenses, modal + verb, and passive voice. It focuses on verb phrases in tenses, giving a table that lists the forms, meanings, and time signals associated with different verb tenses like present continuous, present perfect, future, past continuous, and past perfect. The document concludes by providing examples that demonstrate the uses of these various verb tenses.
meaning of verb phrase in tenses, look at the following diagram: FORM MEANING S + is/am/are + Verb ing Saat ini sedang dikerjakan
S + has/have + Verb 3 Saat ini sudah dikerjakan
S + has/have + been + Verb ing Saat ini masih dikerjakan
S + will + Verb 1 Besok akan dikerjakan
S + will be + Verb ing Besok sedang dikerjakan
S + will have + Verb 3 Besok sudah dikerjakan
S + was/were + Verb ing Saat itu seedang dikerjakan
S + had + Verb 3 Saat itu sedah dikerjakan
S + had been + Verb ing Saat itu masih dikerjakan
• Referring to time, the tenses sometimes need adverb of time as shown in following diagram: FORM MEANING S + is/am/are + Verb ing Now, right now, at this moment S + has/have + Verb 3 Since...., for...., all the...., the whole day, already S + has/have + been + Verb ing For...., since.... S + will + Verb 1 Tomorrow, next...., the days after tomorrow S + will be + Verb ing Next, tomorrow at...., this time tomorrow/next S + will have + Verb 3 By the time...., by the end of...., in 3 weeks/years/month, for, after S + was/were + Verb ing When + S + Verb 2, while S + had + Verb 3 For...., when/after/before + S + V2 S + had been + Verb ing For...., after.... + S + Verb 2 Examples: 1. They are discussing the current situation now. 2. She has listened to president’s speech for two hours. 3. He has been joining the organization since last year. 4. Didin will take a part in the organization next week. 5. Susi was singing when i arrived there. 6. They had read the books for three hours before i got there. 7. Nandi will be attending mandarin class tomorrow at 9 am. 8. Ana had been writing a love letter for an hour when i came. • It also Important to explain the past and present tense although both tenses are not in the form of verb phrase. The form, the meaning and the time signals can be seen from the following diagram: FORM MEANING TIME SIGNALS S + Verb 1 Habitual action/ Every, once, twice, kebiasaan three times, sometimes, often, usually, always, never, generally, habitually, seldom.
S + Verb 2 Past action/ Yesterday, .... Ago,
pekerjaan yang previously, last ...., dikerjakan pada the day before waktu lampau atau yesterday, in 1999. sedah terjadi Examples:
1. She never speaks Indonesian. She always
speaks English. 2. They went to the library yesterday. 3. The party leaders often give promises to the people. 4. Zaini taught me some sign language yesterday. 5. He used to sleep late at night. Writing exercise 1 • Write the answer of these questions.
• What are some things you
ALWAYS/OFTEN/SOMETIMES/SELDOM/RARELY/NE VER do ............?
1. when you eat dinner
2. when you met a new person 3. when you are on vacation 4. when you wake up in the morning Reading exercise: Underline the verb phrases of the tenses of the following text:
A Thirsty Ghost
A public house which was recently bought by Mr. Andy is up
for sale. Mr. Andy is going to sell it because it is haunted. He told me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise coming from the kitchen. The next morning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chairs and the furniture had been moved. Thought Mr. Andy had turn the lights off before he went to bed, they were on in the morning. He also said that he had found five empty coke bottles which the ghost must have drunk the night before.