The document provides an overview of tenses in English that students will learn, including present, past and future tenses. It defines the simple, continuous and perfect forms of the present, past and future tenses and provides examples of usage. Students will practice using tenses to talk about daily activities, ongoing events and completed experiences through assignments describing their routines, memories and plans.

1. ENGLISH I
(Bahasa Inggris Teknik)
Goals
General Instructional Objective:
Students are able to communicate their ideas or opinions by
using simple principles of English sentences in their daily live
activities communicatively
Specific Instructional Objectives:
-Students are able to understand the simple principles of
English sentences
-Students are able to produce or apply the formulas on
expressing their ideas or opinions
-Students are able to create more creative sentences based on
the formulas
-Students are able to share communicative sentences to one
another correctly and communicatively

2. TENSES
There are eight Tenses that we are going to learn for
talking about science and technology cases;
and they are divided into three major tenses:
1. Present Tenses
2. Past Tenses
3. Future Tenses

3. Present Tenses
• Simple Present
Subject + Verb 1 (+es/s) +
(Object/Adverbs/Adjective)
Examples: You eat an apple everyday
She goes to school
Subject + do/does + not + Verb 1 +
(Object/Adverbs)
Examples: You do not eat an apple everyday
She does not go to school
Do/Does + Subject + Verb 1 + (Object/Adverbs)?
Examples: Do you eat an apple everyday?
Does she go to school?

4. Present Tenses
• Present Continuous
Subject + is, am, are + Verb-ing + (Obj/Adv/Adj)
Examples: Siti is studying English now
I am playing in the yard
They are writing a poem
Subject + is, am, are + not + Verb-ing + (Obj/Adv/Adj)
Examples: Siti is not studying English now
I am not playing in the yard
They are not writing a poem
Is, Am, Are + Subject + Verb-ing + (Obj/Adv/Adj)?
Examples: Is Siti studying English now?
Am I playing in the yard?
Are they writing a poem?

5. Present Tenses
• Present Perfect
Subject + have/has + Verb 3 + (Obj/Adv/Adj)
Examples: We have done the homework for 2 hours
He has played cards since 9 P. M
Subject + have/has + not + Verb 3 + (Obj/Adv/Adj)
Examples: We have not done the homework for 2 hours
He has not played cards since 9 P. M
Have/Has + Subject + Verb 3 + (Obj/Adv/Adj)?
Examples: Have we done the homework for 2 hours?
Has he played cards since 9 P. M?

6. Usage
• Simple Present
It is used for expressing daily activities or habitual actions; or
general truths
Examples: I take a bath at 6 in the morning
The sun rises at the east
• Present Continuous
It is used for expressing the action that is happening now, at this
time or at present.
Example: We are studying English
• Present Perfect
It is used for expressing an action that has happened in the past
but still happening now.
Examples: You and I have eaten for half an hour

7. Assignment
Telling about:
• Daily activities (in a day)
• Something is going on today
• Things I have done for my
future

8. Past Tenses
• Simple Past
Subject + Verb 2 + (Object/Adverbs/Adjective)
Examples: You ate an apple yesterday
She went to school
Subject + did + not + Verb 1 + (Object/Adverbs)
Examples: You did not eat an apple yesterday
She did not go to school
Did + Subject + Verb 1 + (Object/Adverbs)?
Examples: Did you eat an apple everyday?
Did she go to school?

9. Past Tenses
• Past Continuous
Subject + was/were + Verb-ing + (Obj/Adv/Adj)
Examples: Siti was studying when he came
I was playing cards at this time yesterday
They were writing while she was sleeping
Subject + was/were + not + Verb-ing + (Obj/Adv/Adj)
Examples: Siti was not studying when he came
I was not playing at this time yesterday
They were not writing while she was
sleeping
Was/Were + Subject + Verb-ing + (Obj/Adv/Adj)?
Examples: Was Siti studying when he came?
Were they writing while she was sleeping?

10. Past Tenses
• Past Perfect
Subject + had + Verb 3 + (Obj/Adv/Adj)
Examples: Siti had studied English last year
I had played cards before went to school
Subject + had + not + Verb 3 + (Obj/Adv/Adj)
Examples: Siti had not studied English
I had not played yesterday
Had + Subject + Verb 3 + (Obj/Adv/Adj)?
Examples: Had Siti studied English before went
abroad?
Had they written a letter last night?

11. Usage
• Simple Past
It is used for expressing an action that happened in the past
Example: I did my homework last night
• Past Continuous
1. It is used for expressing an action that was happening in the
past
Example: I was doing my homework when he came
2. It is used for expressing an action that was happening on a
specific point of time in the past
Example: We were singing at 10 o’clock yesterday

12. Usage
• Past Continuous
3. It is used for expressing two actions that were happening at the
same time in the past
Example: He was reading while she was sleeping
• Past Perfect
It is used for expressing an action that had happened and
completely done in the past
Example: I had done my homework last night

13. Assignment
Writing about:
• Past time experiences
• My sweetest memory
• My nightmare

14. Future Tenses
• Simple Future
Subject + will/shall + Verb 1 + (Obj/Adv/Adj)
Examples: They will go to the market tomorrow
She shall go to the doctor next week
• Future of Intention
Subject + to be + going to + Verb 1 + (Obj/Adv/Adj)
Examples: We are going to do our homework tonight
John is going to fix the radio later

15. Usage
• Simple Future
It is used for expressing an action that will happen in the future, but
it is not really going to be happened according to the meaning of:
Dina has lots of money. She will buy a new house. She will buy some new
clothes. She will buy a new car. She will go to Bali, etc.
I will fly to Australia two months later
Sapto has a very bad stomached. His friend says that he shall go to the
doctor, or he shall take some medicines
Will shows: telling plan and something that has been scheduled.
Shall shows: giving advice or suggestion.

16. Usage
• Future of Intention
It is used for showing our intention on
doing something, or
Example: What ever will be,
I am going to do my homework tonight.
Showing certainty of something that is
going to be happened and no one can
prevent it.
Examples: He is going to sneeze
Those cars are going to crash!

17. Assignment
• Make a group of three members
• Each member should give a problem,
and they should give a kind of
suggestion to solve the problem; or
• Each member should express his/her
plan on doing some things,
• Finally, they will retell what the
member will/shall do to each other.

18. References
• Basic Grammar
• Grammar and Composition
• Grammar in Action