TUGAS BAHASA INGGRIS

TENSES

Tenses is a form of verb in grammar that indicate time of situation or event and step of arrangement. Tenses are very important in a sentence, because there’s tenses we can understand when something happen. i’ll tell you some tenses here.

1.       Present Tense is a grammatical tense that used to talk about present time. Present tense is indicate something happen in daily activity. It have some characteristic like every day, every Sunday, today, now, right now etc.

Nominal form : i/you/we/they + to be (am/are) he /she/it + to be (is) verbal form: i/you/they/we + verb 1 he/she/it + verb 1(s/es) 2.       Past tense is a grammatical used to talk about past. Past tense is indicate something happen in past time(it’s simple) and nothing to do with the present. Characteristic of past tense is tagged with : last week, yesterday, last years etc. Nominal form : You/they/we + to be (were) i/he/she + to be (was) verbal form : I/you/we/they/he/she/it + verb 2 3.       Future tense is a grammatical used to talk about the future. Future tense is indicate something happen in future time. characteristic of future tense is tagged with : tommorow,next week,next month etc. Nominal form : i/we + shall + be they/you/he/she/it + will + be verbal form : i/we + shall + verb 1 they/you/he/she/it + will + verb 1 4.       Present perfect tense is a grammatical used to talk about past time and completed to do. Present perfect tense is indicate something happen in past time. Past time like just now, yesterday, a week ago etc. present perfect tense is tagged with : since, three times, two times etc.   Nominal form : i/we/you/they/ + have + been he/she/it + has + been verbal form : i/we/you/they/ + have + verb 3 he/she/it + has + verb 3

EXERCISES 

Change the verbs in these sentences (a) to the past tense (b) to the future tense (c) to the present perfect tense.

1.       I spend my mo                             1.  I spend my money → a. I spent my money

    b. I will spend my money

    c. I have spent my money

2.       They use that                              2.  they use that one    →     a. They used that one

        b. They will use that one

        c. They have used that one

3.       We study En                               3. We study English together  →  a. We studied English together

     b. We will study English together

     c. we have studied English together

4.       They di                                       4. They discuss their work    →     a. They discussed their work

     b. They will discuss their work

     c. They have discussed their work

5.       They have                                   5. They have enough time  →     a. They had enough time

  b. They will have enough time

  c. They have had enough time

6.       I do all of                                   6. I do all of the lessons   →     a. I did all of the lessons

           b. I will do all of the lessons

           c. I have done all of the lessons

7.       He sits                                       7. He sits in the row        →     a. He sat in that row

          b. He will sit in that row

          c. He has sat in that row

8.       I drive my car                              8. I drive my car            →     a. I drove my car

         b. I will drive my car

         c. I have driven my car

9.       She hides                                     9. She hides her money  →     a. She hid her money

          b. She will hide her money

          c. She has hidden her money

10.   We go to school                          10. We go to the school   →      a. We went to school

b. We will go to school

c. We have gone to school

11.   He takes much ti                        11. He takes much time     →     a. He took much time

                                                 b. He will take much time

 c. He has taken much time

12.   Does he eat there                        12. Does he eat there ?      →     a. Did he eat there ?

 b. Will he eat there ?

 c. Has he eaten there ?

13.   Do you enjoy that                        13. Do you enjoy that work ?     →     a. Did you enjoy that work ?

        b. Will you enjoy that work ?

        c. Have you enjoyed that work ?

14.   Does he write ma                        14. Does he write many letters ?   →     a. Did he write many letters ?

b. Will he write many letters ?

c. Has he written many letters ?

15.   Do you send many                     15. Do you send many letters ?       →     a. Did you send many letters ?

b. Will you send many letters ?

c. Have you sent many letters ?

16.   Do they explain                         16. Do they explain everything ?   →       a. Did they explain everything ?

b. Will they explain everything ?

c. Have they explained everything ?

17.   Does she attend th                      17. Does she attend that class ?     →     a. Did she attend that class ?

b. Will she attend that class ?

c. Has she attended that class ?

18.   Do you have en                          18. Do you have enough time ?     →       a. Did you have enough money ?

b. Will you have enough money ?

c. have you had enough money ?

19.   Do they copy the                         19. Do they copy the sentences ?      →     a. Did they copy the sentences ?

    b. Will thye copy the sentences ?

    c. Have they copy the sentences ?

20.   Does she have                              20. Does she have much trouble ?   →     a. Did she have much trouble ?

   b. Will she have much trouble ?

   c. Has she had much trouble ?

21.   Does she do go                             21. Does she do good work ?       →   a. Did she do good work ?

b. Will she do good work ?

c. Has she done good work ?

22.   Do the students                             22.  Do the students practice ?        →  a. Did the students practice ?

   b. Will the students practice ?

   c. Have the students practiced?

23.   I don’t stay there                          23. I don’t stay there                 →  a. I didn’t stay there

         b. I won’t stay there

         c. I haven’t stayed there

24.   He doesn’t wor                             24. He doesn’t work hard      →     a. He didn’t work hard

          b. He won’t work hard

          c. He hasn’t worked hard

25.   I don’t have any e                       25. I don’t have any energy     →     a. I didn’t  have any energy

         b. I won’t have any energy

         c. I haven’t had any energy

26.   He doesn’t pay th                        26.  He doesn’t pay the bills      →     a. He didn’t pay the bills

           b. He won’t pay the bills

           c. He hasn’t paid the bills

27.   We don’t see that                         27. We don’t see that fellow      →     a. We didn’t see that fellow

         b. We won’t see that fellow

         c. We haven’t seen that fellow

28.   She doesn’t use t                          28. She doesn’t use this one      →     a. She didn’t use this one

         b. She won’t use this one

         c. She hasn’t used this one

29.   They don’t reme                           29. They don’t remember it       →     a. They didn’t remember it

         b. They won’t remember it

         c. They haven’t remembered it

30.   I don’t do much w                        30.  I don’t do much work here  →     a. I didn’t do much work here

          b. I won’t do much work here

          c. I haven’t done much work here

31.   He doesn’t listen c                        31. He doesn’t listen carefully   →    a. He didn’t listen carefully

        b. He won’t listen carefully

        c. He hasn’t listen carefully

EXERCISES USING IRREGULAR VERB 

1.       Mr. Harris taught  English at this school for five years.

2.       I  writen three or four letters to that company.

3.       The students in this class done those two lessons already.

4.       I known professor moore for more than twelve years.

5.       Richard taken three courses in English at this school.

6.       These steps are dangerous. I fallen on them several times.

7.       Mr. Kramer been in the United States for three years.

8.       The janitor already shut the back door.

9.       The students read all the stories in that book.

10.   Marjorie choosen a pretty dress for the party.

11.   I spoken to my boss about the problem several times.

12.   That tree grown at least five feet since last year.

13.   Miss King spent over eighteen hundred dollars since May.

14.   Mr. and Mrs. Smith bought a new house in North Plains.

15.   The real estate agent sold the Smith’s house.

16.   Charless had a bad cold for a whole week.

17.   I’m sorry. I forgotten the name of that book.

18.   We already heard that new song several times.

19.   Mr. Wilson isn’t here. He gone out of town for the weekend.

20.   Mr. Kennedy worn his blue suit to the office only twice.

21.   I sat in this same seat since the first day of classes.

22.   The money isn’t in this drawer. Someone stolen it !

23.   Up to now, I understood every lesson in the book.

24.   We had absolutely no trouble with our car so far.

25.   No one found that girl’s purse and gloves yet.

26.   The weather been very warm ever since last Thursday.

27.   Mr. Anderson and Mr. Brown had lunch already.

28.   I seen the Empire State Building hundreds of time.

29.   We already spoken to thr director and given him the message.

30.   Grandmother never flown in an airplane before.

31.   You torn your shirt ! There’s a hole in the left sleeve.

32.   I already read the customer’s letter and written a reply to him.