Uraian Materi 1

Anda pasti sudah belajar tentang Simple Past Tense dan Present Perfect Tense
bersama Bapak atau Ibu Guru Bahasa Inggris SMP. Masih ingatkan Anda akan fungsi,
pola kalimat dan keteranga waktu yang dipakai pada Simple Past dan Present Perfect
Tense?
Mari kita mereview kembali.

We use Simple Past Tense to talk:

a) An action that began and ended at a particular time in the past.
e.g. She cooked fried rice yesterday evening.
b) An action that occurred over a peiod of time but was completed in the past.
e.g. She taught English for ten years. ( She doesn’t teach English at present )
c) An activity that took place regularly in the past.
e.g. When I was ten years old, I took an English course there.

The sentence patterns are:

A. Using auxiliary “did”
a) Positive
Subject + Verb-2 + Complement
e.g. The teacher began the meeting an hour ago
She wanted to go the beach last week
b) Negative
Subject + Didn’t + Verb-1 + Complement
e.g. She didn’t join the class this morning
He didn’t want to study match yesterday.
c) Interrogative
Did all the students do the assignment yesterday?
Did you go to Jakarta yesterday?

B. Using to be “was and were”

a) Positive
Subject + was / were + non verb
e.g. She was angry yesterday
My parents were able to come here?
b) Negative
 Subject + was / were + not + non-Verb
e.g. He was not happy because you were late
The bed was not confortable for me.
c) Interrogative
was / were + not + Subject + non-Verb
e.g Was the girl lazy so she went to bed early?
Was your mother at home when your father called?

Anda tentu masih ingat apa yang dimaksud dengan Verb-2 kan? Bahwa ada dua jenis
Verb-2 yaitu Regular dan Irregular Verbs. Silakan anda buka dan pelajari lagi catatan
anda tentang Regular dan Irregular Verbs pada saat anda di SMP.
a) Regular verbs
Verb 1 Verb 2
Accept Accepted
Approve Approved
Cry Cried
Jog Jogged

b) Irregular verbs
Begin Began
Cost Cost
Have Had
Sing Sang
Be Was / Were

Adverb of time that is usually used in the Past Tense are :

a) Just now
b) Yesterday
c) Last … ( ex. Last week, last month, last year, etc
d) … ago ( ex. A week ago, a month ago, a year ago, etc)

We use Present Perfect Tense to talk about:

a) An action that happened at an unspecified time
e.g. Mother has never met her beloved father.
I have bought a new motorcycle.
b) An action that has recently occurred
e.g. She has just been to Bali
 My sister has started to do her homework.
c) An action that began in the past and continues up to the present
e.g. I have live in Bandung for fifteen years.
She has been to Singapore
d) An action that happened repeatedly before now
e.g. She has always phoned me at 8 pm.
I have read that book for several times.

The sentence patterns are:

a) Positive
Subject + has / have + Verb-3 + Complement
e.g. She has finished her test before.
The students have finished their examination
b) Negative
Subject + hasn’t / haven’t + Verb-3 + Complement

e.g. They haven’t come here yet

I have’nt visited my parents to see their condition

c) Interrogative
Has / Have + Subject + Verb-3 + Complement
e.g Has the plane taken off when you come?
Have you cleaned your room?

Anda juga pasti masih ingat, apa Verb-3 itu, kan? Atau kadang juga disebut sebagai Past
Participle.
Seperti Verb-2, Past Participle juga terbagi atas bentuk regular dan irregular verbs.
a) Regular Verbs
Play Played Played
Walk Walked Walked
Book Booked Booked
Open Opened Opened
b) Irregular Verbs
Eat Ate Eaten
Go Went Gone
Write Wrote Written
Sleep Slept Slept
 Be Was / Were Been

Adverbial words used for Present Perfect Tense are:

a) Already
b) Just
c) Yet
d) Ever
e) Never
f) For
g) Since

C. Rangkuman
According to the Oxford Dictionary, “past tense” is defined as “A tense expressing an
action that has happened or a state that previously existed.”
In other words, we use the past tense to talk about something that happened in the
past.
When we talk about a period of time that continues from the past until now, we use the
Present Perfect Tense.

D. Penugasan Mandiri

Task 1: Think of yesterday. What did you do? What didn’t you do?
Things you did yesterday Things you didn’t do yesterday
I went to the my uncle’s house I didn’t go to my grandpa’s house

( Taken from Bahasa Inggris X Depdikbud 2017)

Task 2: Think of yesterday. What did you do? What didn’t you do?
Things you did yesterday Things you didn’t do yesterday
They were very excited to meet the They were not very excited to meet
artists. the artists
Task 3: Think of yesterday. What have you done? What haven’t you done?
E. Latihan Soal

Task 1: Rewrite the following sentences by using Simple Past Tense.

1. My Mom ( write ) a letter to Aunt Tina in Japan just now.
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2. Halimah ( give ) me some stationery as my birthday present this morning.
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3. The children ( sing ) together in the choir competition last Sunday.
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4. My dad and I ( climb ) Papandayan Mount together three months ago.
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5. Niken ( fall ) from her bike yesterday evening.
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6. Riana ( not receive ) the announcement last week.
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7. The students ( not read ) the text to discuss yesterday morning.
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8. Mr Joni ( not teach ) Math here last year.
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9. ( he speak ) politely to his elder brother just now?
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10. ( the girls dance ) beautifully on the main stage last night?
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Task 2: Rewrite the following sentences by using Present Perfect Tense

1. I ( sweep ) the floor. Look, it’s clean.

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2. The students ( go ) to Bali before.
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3. She ( arrive ) before the bell rang.
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4. Himawan ( write ) three English books since last year.

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 5. We ( not eat ) apples from Malang, we do want to try.
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6. The applicant ( not submit ) his CV and photos.
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7. The film ( not start ) yet.
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8. ( you be ) to Paris before?
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9. ( the students finish ) their test?
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10. ( mother cook ) for our dinner?
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Uraian Materi 2
Simak teks percakapan dibawah ini. Perhatikan kata atau frase yang bergaris bawah yang
merupakan contoh penggunaan Simple Past dan Present Perfect Tense dalam percakapan.

Interview With The Wright Brothers

In 1905, there was a TV talkshow that interview great inventors at that time.
Below is a script of interview with The Wright brothers
Host: Hello and welcome to our talkshow tonight, Great Inventors! Today we
have very special guests, Orville and Wilbur Wright. We are going to ask
them about their revolutionary inventions.What do you call your
invention?
Orville:
We invented airplane Airplane? What is the tool for?
Host: It’s a tool that will help human being to fly!
Wilbur:
Oohhh, is it like a flying car? How did you get the inspiration? Our dad
Host:
gave us a toy helicopter that flew with the help of rubber bands. We’ve
Orville:
been interested in the idea since then
Orville has always liked to build kites, so, we have experimented with
Wilbur:
making our own helicopters for a while now
:But that was only a toy, what about the actual plane?
Host
Wilbur : Orville made the first flight with our first plane at Kitty Hawk
on December 14, 1903
Host : Why did you choose Kitty Hawk?
Orville : Kitty Hawk had a hill, good breezes, and was sandy. The
condition would help soften the landings in case of a crash. The
first flight lasted 12 seconds and they flew for 120 feet
Wilbur : We have worked and experimented with gliders to perfect the
wing design and controls since then
Host : I see. So you’ve had the newest version of your airplane?
Wilbur : Yes. Recently, I took a newly designed airplane that we called the
Flyer II for the first flight lasting over 5 minutes
Host : How amazing! I think this invention will be a big thing soon
Wilbur : Our father has asked us not to fly together. He said it’s for the safety
reason
Orville : Yes, we will continue making more experiment so that airplane
will be available for everyone soon
Host : Okay, we wish you good luck with the next experiments.
( Taken from Bahasa Inggris X, Depdikbud 2017 )

A. Rangkuman

Simple Past Tense digunakan untuk meminta dan memberikan informasi tentang
peristiwa yang terjadi pada saat tertentu di waktu lampau. Sedangkan Present Perfect
Tense digunakan untuk meminta dan memberikan informasi tentang peristwa yang
terjadi pada waktu lampau dan masih mempunyai dampak sampai saat ini.
Keduanya dapat digunakan untuk meminta memulai percakapan maupun
menanggapi pernyataan.
Anda dapat mempelajari lebih lanjut dengan melihat kata atau frase yang digaris
bawah pada teks diatas.
B. Latihan Soal

A dialogue about vacation between two friends

Tom : Hi, Jim! Where have you been? I went to your house last week
and Susan said that you're in London
Jim : Oh,hi, Tom! Yes, I spent my holiday last week in London with my
mom Tom : How's London now? I haven't visited London since 2014
Jim : It's still lovely, but it's quite hectic in the center of
London Tom : Was it traffic jam?
Jim : It wasn't. It was just crowed and full when I was there
Tom : Was it because you went there in the holiday season?
Jim : Perhaps. The public places were full of people.
Tom : I can imagine that
Jim : Anyway, have you tried the hamburger near the station in London?
Tom : Sure. It's so delicious and cheap
Jim : Cheap? Are you kidding
me? Tom : It was only £1 at that time
Jim : It's £3 now. The size is quite small
Tom : By the way, have you done the "holiday" assignment?
Jim : I have answered some numbers. The rest is still unanswered. I
didn't get it.
Tom : Let's discuss it together
Jim : Great
( Taken from https://brainly.co.id/tugas/26476043 )

Answer the following questions based on the text above.

1. What are they talking about?

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2. Has Tom gone to London?
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3. How was it traffic?
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4. Has Jim tried the hamburger near the station in London?
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5. How much was the hamburger?
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6. Have they finished their task from their teacher?
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7. “I didn't get it” What does the word it in the sentence refer to?
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8. “The public places were full of people”. What is the antonym of the word “public”?
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