Review on tense

Past
• I had breakfast
• I was having breakfast
• I had had breakfast
 past
• When Tom came, we had our dinner
• When Tom came, we were having our dinner
• When Tom came, we had had our dinner
• While Tom was having dinner, we were playing
cards
 present
• I have my breakfast
• I have had my breakfast
• (I had my breakfast)
 Simple or continuous
• I am reading a novel
• I read a novel

• I will watch TV tonight

• I will be watching TV tonight

• I have painted the wall

• I have been painting the wall.
 perfect
• I have lived in Semarang for 20 years
• I had lived in Semarang for 20 years before I
moved to Jakarta
• I will have lived in Semarang for 20 years by
next month
 Part of speech
• Noun
• Verb
• Adjective
• adverb
Noun Verb Adjective adverb

Describe

Danger

Comfortable

inclusively

Power

Strong

Emphasize
• I usually take a bath before I ……..(go) to bed
• Last night when the storm ……….(hit), I
…………(sleep) soundly
• Few people have the opportunity to…………..(
witness) such exchanges.
• One cold morning on December last year, a
small blue car………(stop) on a bridge, and two
men ………(be) out.
• Pumas are large, cat-like animals which
……………..(be) found in America
• Reports came into London zoo that people ………..(spot)
wild puma at their neighborhood

• The big clock ……..(be) damaged during the war in 1945

and …………(be) silent ever since

• “what are you doing up there Bill? the priest

…………(ask) in surprise “I ………….(try) to repair the bell.
I …………(come) up here night after night for weeks to
repair it.

• These days people who do manual work often receive

far more money than clerks who …………..(work) in
offices.
• When he………..(get) married 2 years ago, Alf ………….(be) too
embarrassed to ……….(say) anything to his wife about his job.

• When the article arrived, the editor………( read) the first

sentence and then……….( refuse) to publish it.

• The owner of the jewelry admired the diamond in the display

after his assistants …..(finish) placing it in the display.

• The famous monastery of St. Bernard which ……….(be)

founded in eleventh century,………..(be) still the people’s
wonder of today

• For hundreds of years, St. Bernard dogs …………..(save) the

lives of travelers who cross the dangerous pass.
• Titanic ……………(sail) across the icy waters of the North Atlantic,
when a look-out spotted a huge iceberg.

• After the person…………..(ring) the alarm, the great ship turned

sharply to avoid a direct collision.

• We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a short of paradise

where the sun always …….(shine).

• After her husband …………..(go)to work, Mrs. Richards sent her

children to school and ………….(go) upstair to her bedroom.

• Rastus usually takes a walk in the evenings and ………(be) always

home by 7 o’ clock.

• While everyone ………….(listen) to the lecture carefully, and the

teacher was lecturing, someone sneezed very loudly.