Formula Example

Present Simple S + V1/ s/es I write a letter every week He/She writes a letter
(Sekarang) Do/Does + S + V1 ? Do You write a letter every week ? Does he/she write a letter ?
Continuous S + am/are/is + Ving I am writing a letter now He/She is writing a letter
am/are/is + S + Ving ? Are you writing a letter now ? Is he/she writing a letter ?
Perfect S + have/has + V3 I have already written a letter He/She has already written a letter
have/has + S + V3 ? have you already written a letter ? Has he/she already written a letter ?
Perfect Continuous S + have/has been + Ving I have been writting a letter since two years ago He/She has been writting a letter
have/has + S + been + Ving ? Have you been writting a letter since two years ago ? Has he/she been writting a letter ?

I study for two hours every night I am going to a party tonight I have lived in this town for two years I have been living in this hotel for five days
He usually goes to campus by bus Johan is talking in the phone She has already read this book He has been playing tennis since 3 o’clock
Does dhe take biology this semester? Is she attending the meeting? Have you won any prize do far? Have you been going to the college since 2017?
Do you write a novel this year? Are you talking to me? How many page have you read? How long have you been reading the book?
Exercise:
Put the Verb into the correct form; present simple / continuous / perfect / perfect continuous !
1. Don’t put the dictionary away. I _________________ it. (use)
2. Don’t put the dictionary away. I _________________ it. (need)
3. Who is the man? What _________________ ? (he/want)
4. Who is the man? Why _________________ at me ? (he/look)
5. My hands are dirty now. I _________________ the car since 2 o’clock. (repair)
6. The car is Ok now. I _________________ it. (repair)
7. Are you hungry? Do you _________________ something to eat? (want)
8. George says he is 80 years old but nobody _________________ him. (believe)
9. Julia is very good at language. She _________________ four languages very well. (speak)
10. I _________________ just _________________ my homework. (finish)
11. Hurry up! Everybody _________________ for you. (wait)
12. The river _________________ into the Mediterranean. (flow)
13. Look at the river. It _________________ very fast today, much faster than usual. (flow)
14. She _________________ on this essay since two o'clock. (work)
15. We usually _________________ vegetables in our garden but this year we _________________ fruits. (grow)
16. “How is your English?” “Not bad. It _________________ slowly”. (improve)
17. Jane _________________ with Bob for seven years. (go out)
18. Normally, I _________________ (finish) work at 5.00, but this week I _________________ (work) until 6.00
to earn a bit more money.
19. Sari _________________ (look) for a place to live. She _________________ (stay) with her sister until she
finds somewhere.
20. Are we not there yet? We _________________ for hours. (walk)
21. “Can you drive?”. “I _________________ (learn). My father _________________ (teach) me.
22. Martin _________________ three girls this week. (date)
23. I _________________ football for five years. (play)
24. My team _________________ only _________________ two matches so far. (win)
25. How long _________________ you _________________ for us? (wait)
26. Mary _________________ ten letters today. (write)
27. Mary is still writing letters. She _________________ letters all day. (write)
28. _________________ Melanie _________________ your letter? (answer)
29. Why are the police here? What _________________ ? (happen)
30. Thank you for everything. You _________________ me a lot. (help)