TENSES (MAGIC BOX)

Term mean Articles / verb signal To be

signal
present now Do / does Verb 1 Always Am / is /
Seldom are
Rarely etc.
past last did Verb 2 Last night Was /
yesterday were
Future / next Will / Verb 1 Tomorrow be
modal shall Next year
To be
going to

perfect already Has / Verb 3 Since, been

have for
had
continuous being To be Verb + ing being
 Tenses (Magic box)
Term mean Articles / verb signal To be
signal
present now Do / does Verb 1 Always Am / is /
Seldom are
Rarely etc.
past last did Verb 2 Last night Was /
yesterday were
Future / next Will / Verb 1 Tomorrow be
modal shall Next year
To be
going to

perfect already Has / Verb 3 Since, been

have for
had
continuous being To be Verb + ing being
 Pronoun
Subject object Possessive Possessive Reflexive
adjective pronoun pronoun
I Me My book It is mine
You You Your car The car is your
We Us Our class The class is ours
They Them Their future The magic is their
He Him His opinion The bus is his
She Her Her hair The book is hers
It It It’s tail The tail is it’s
DIRECT TO DECIDE VERB –
DECIDE BEFORE TENSES

 Present tense verb ...to be ..

 Present future tense verb.... To be...
 Present perfect tense verb.... To be...
 Present continuous tense verb.... To be...
 Past tense verb.... To be...
 Past future tense verb.... To be...
 Past future perfect tense verb... To be ..
 Past future continuous tense verb... To
be ..
PAY ATTENTION !
No examples tenses ?

1 You go You are sick

2 You went We were happy
3 You will go You will be success
4 He will write the letters He will be a good boy
5 You must go You must be disciplin
6 You have gone You have been rich man
7 You had gone You had been success
8 He is writing He is being sick
9 They are studying They are being in jombang
10 We are learning We are being happy
HOW TO DETERMINE OF TENSE?

Care about its below!

 Verb
 To be
 Auxiliary ( shall, will, can, may, ,must,

have to
 Has / have / had
exercises
• I will went/go/gone
1 2 3
• I write/wrote/writen
1 2 3
• He has/have/had study/studied
1 2 3 4 5
• He is / was / are / were / writing / writes now
1 2 3 4 5 6
Exercise 2
• He is / was / be / been / a success student
1 2 3 4
• You is/are / was / were in Jakarta
1 2 3 4
• We are / was/ be/ been/ helped
1 2 3 4
• Tono will be/ has been/ must been/ is /called
1 2 3 4
• The car will been/will be/ has been/has be/ sold
1 2 3 4
• The laptop has be/ has been/ will be/ is / repaired
1 2 3 4
Remember !!!
Subject To be present To be past auxiliary
I am Was Have Had
You Are Were Have Had
We
They
He Is Was Has Had
She
It
Sugar is Was Has Had
Information
News
Politics
Meat
water
Don’t forget To be
Present Past Future/ Perfect continuous
modal
Am Was Be Been Being
Is Were
Are
Will Have
Shall Has
To be going to
To be

 To be Will appear at
 Nominal sentence
He is very good boy
you are too beatiful for me
 Continuous sentence ( verbal sentence )
i am learning math
He is waiting for me
 Passive voice sentence ( passive sentence )
The pool will be repaired
The floor has been cleaned
Exercises
 Saya akan senang bila kamu datang
 Saya akan menghubungimu, bila aku sehat
 Dia tidak pergi kemana-mana tadi malam
 Ayahku sedang beristirahat
 Ibuku telah membuka usaha baru
 Tetanggaku belum menikah karena dia pemalu
 Perawat itu memberiku obat yang salah kemarin karena
dia agak ceroboh
 Saya akan dibantu
 Pasien itu akan disuntik insulin
 Obat itu harus diminum supaya dia sehat
THE COUPLE OF TENSES

tenses conjunction

Past tense and Past perfect Before, after, while

After he had eaten he went out

Before he studied he had watched
tv

Past continuus and past tense While, when, as

When i was studying he called me

While he was watching tv i came

Conditional sentence
EXERCISES.
USE THE SIMPLE PAST OR PAST PROGRESSIVE

 When I lost a pen john ........(walk) to class

 The student ...(read) while the teacher .. (Come)
 Henry ...(eat) a snack when I ..(call) him
 Mark ..(climb) the tree when the plane ...(rush)
 She ...(cook) in the kitchen when I ..(observe) it
 Dian ..(give) a drink when the doctor (visit)
 The nurse ..(bring) the medicine when I (be) sick
 USE PAST TENSE AND PAST PERFECT
 John ......(sleep) last night
 Roy .....( see ) the movie before
 Betty ....(write) the letter last night
 After john ...(wash) his hand he ...(eat)
 Maria (enter) UINJ after she ..(graduat) from SMA.
 The nurse .(observe) the patient before She (give) the drugs
 After he .(be- give) the drugs, he ..(be) fine
 When I .....(arrive) at home, my car ....(lose)
 Before He ...(rob) the bank, the police ....(catch) him
 Toni ...(inject) the patient after the doctor ....(command) him
SUBJECT – VERB AGREEMENT
Subject To be To be Auxiliary Auxiliary verb
past
i Am Was Have Had Go
You Are Were Have Had Go
We
they
He Is Was Has Had Goes
She Writes
it Sleeps
Much is was has had Sings
Money Flies
Anybody Drops
Nobody Drinks
Noone Buys
Nothing Pays
Someone Hits
somebody Hears
Everybody Etc.
SUBJECT – VERB AGREEMENT
 Remember that the subject and verb in sentence
must agree in person and number
 Examples.
 the elevators work / works very well
 The boys are / is / was / were here now
 He is / are / were / was learning English now.
 He always come / comes late
 John has / have writen the notes
 Ira will went/ go / gone to Surabaya
 There is / are many books
 There was / were much trouble
EXERCISES
 John, along with her friends, (is/are)
sitting here
 The pictures (brings/bring) many
memories
 The quality of these recording (is/are)
good
 The effects of cigarette smoking
(have/has) been proven to be
extremelly harmful
WORDS THAT ALWAYS SINGULAR VERB AND PRONOUN

 Any + singular verb

 Anybody someone
 Anyone somebody
 Anythingsomething
 Nobody everybody
 No one every one
 Nothing everything
 something each
COLLECTIVE NOUNS
Congress Majority
Organization Committeeclub
Government Minority
Family Class
Team Crowd
Jury public
Group
army
Examples
The committee has met
The congress is planing to build
new car
Our team is going towin the game
A NUMBER OF / THE NUMBER OF
A number of + plural noun +
plural verb
a number of students are waiting
for me
The number of + plural noun+
singul verb
The number of days in a week is
seven
THERE IS
THERE WAS + SINGULAR SUBJECT
THERE HAS BEEN

There are
 There were + plural
subject
 There have been
 Ex.
 There is a pen
 There was stealer in my house yesterday
 There were too many people
PRONOUN

Subje Object Possessive Possessive Reflexive

ct Adjective Pronoun Pronoun
I Me My book The book is mine My self –
You You Your pen The pen is yours Your self – your
We Us Our house The house is ours selves
They Them Their job The job is theirs - our
He Him His The academic is selves
She Her academic his - them
It It Her boys The boys is hers selves
Its Them/ It’s tail The tail is it’s Him self
Tono Him Their jump The jump is their Her self
Rita Her His friend The friend is his It self - its
Hours Him /her Her smiling sekves
e etc It’s running
etc etc
EXAMPLES
 I am going to the store ( i – subject )
 He walks every day ( .......)
 You write a letter ( .......)
 I call you ( ....... )
 He is waiting for them (.........)
 I do it by my self / my selves
 He finished his job by her self / him selves
 They work hard by their self/their self/them selves
 Toni is climbing the tree by her selves/her selves/
him self.
VERB AS COMPLEMENT
Verb as followed by the infinitive
agree – attempt – claim – decide – demand
desire – fail – forget – hesitate – hope
intent – learn – need – offer – plan – prepare
pretend – refuse – seem – strive – tend – try
want – wish.
Examples
- Mary learned to swim / swimming when he was young
- the president will attempt to reduce / reducing inflating
- the soldier are preparing to attact / attact the village
- cynthia has agreed to act / acting as a hary potter
VERBS FOLLOWED BY THE GERUND
 Admit – appreciate – avoid – can’t stand
 Consider – delay – deny – enjoy – finish – mind

 Miss – postpone – practice – quit – recall –risk

 Regret – report – resent – resist resume – suggest

Examples
John admitted stealing /steal the jewels.
We enjoyed seeing / see the film
Michael was considering buying / buy a new car
Would you mind not smoking / smoke here
I miss meeting / meet with him
VERBS FOLLOWED BY INFINITIVE OR GERUND

 Begin – can’t stand – continue – dread –

hate
 Like – love – prefer – start
 Examples.

He start to study / studying

Jean hates to ride / riding
I love to eat / eating mie sedaap
I continue to write / writing my tesis
ADJECTIVES + PREPOSITION + GERUND
 Accustomed – afraid of – capable of – fond of
 Intent on – interested in – successful in –

 tired of.

Examples
We are interested in seeing / see this film
Graig is fond of dancing / dance
Alvaroba is intent on finishing /finish school this
year
I am afraid of meeting / meet you
He is capable of playing /play this game
NOUNS + PREPOSITION + GERUND
 Choice of – excuse for – intention of –
 method for - possibility of

Examples.
George has no excuse for dropping/drop out
of school
There is is no reason for leaving/leave this
early

.
NOUNS THAT ARE ALWAYS PLURAL
 Scissors shorts pants jeans tongs
trousers glasses tweezers
 Examples
 The pants are in the drawer
 A pair of pants is in the drawer
 the scissors are dull
 The pair of scissors is dull