Tips Menguasai 16 Tenses Rumus

Subject + am/is/are + Verb -ing (continuous form)

Bahasa Inggris Kata Sinyal
at the moment, just now, now, right now, Listen!,
Look!
Simple Present Tense Kalimat Positif
Simple present tense adalah bentuk tense yang Look! He is talking with his classmates.
paling umum digunakan. Kalimat Negatif
Kegunaan He is not playing computer games now.
- Menunjukan fakta, kebiasaan, dan kejadian Kalimat Tanya
yang terjadi pada saat ini. Is he playing computer games at the moment?
- Menunjukkan kejadian yang dilakukan secara Yes, he is. / No, he is not.
berulang-ulang atau rutinitas. Contoh soal Present Continuous Tense:
- Menunjukkan suatu fakta yang sudah tidak
perlu dibuktikan kebenarannya. 1. Positive: Mom is chopping vegetables in the
kitchen.
Rumus Interrogative:
Subject + Verb 1 (present form)
Kata Sinyal
always, every, never, normally, often, sometimes, Which one is the correct answer?
usually, seldom, at night, on Sunday, twice a
week, every week, here, there a. Is Mom chopping vegetables in the
Kalimat Positif kitchen?
He always works very hard in the company. b. Are Mom chopping vegetables in the
Kalimat Negatif kitchen?
He does not work very hard in the company. c. Does Mom chopping vegetables in the
Kalimat Tanya kitchen?
Does he work very hard in the company? d. Do Mom chopping vegetables in the
Yes, he does. / No, he does not. kitchen?
2. Negative: I'm not angry with him.
Contoh soal Simple Present Tense: Interrogative:

1. Positive: Tifa has a very good record at Which one is the correct answer?
boxing.
Negative: Tifa ..... a very good record at a. Do I angry with him?
boxing. b. Are you angry with him?
c. Do you angry with him?
Which one is the correct answer? d. Have you angry with him?
a. doesn't has
b. hasn't Present Perfect Tense
c. haven't
d. doesn't have Present perfect tense menekankan pada hasil.
Tense ini menunjukkan aksi yang masih sedang
2. Interrogative: Do you think he can do it all berlangsung atau baru saja selesai.
alone? Rumus
Negative: Subject + has/have+ Verb III (past participle form)
Kata Sinyal
Which one is the correct answer? already, ever, just, never, not yet, so far, till now,
a. He don't think you can do it all alone. up to now
b. He doesn't think you can do it all alone. Kalimat Positif
c. I don't think he can do it all alone. He has already finished his homework.
d. Don't you think he can do it all alone. Kalimat Negatif
He has not been to Australia so far.
Present Continuous Tense Kalimat Tanya
Has he completed the arrangement for the coming
Kegunaan : event up to now?
- Menunjukkan kejadian yang sedang berlaku di Yes, he has. / No, he has not.
masa sekarang. Contoh soal Present Perfect Tense:
Menunjukkan kegiatan yang akan berlangsung
pada saat beberapa saat setelah 1. Positive: I have worked on this task for the
diucapkan.untuk membicarakan atau rencana last 3 hours.
di masa depan. Interrogative:

Kata signal : Tomorrow, to night, to day, at Which one is the correct answer?
prensent (pada saat ini), now, this evening, this
afternoon, at this moment(sekarang ini)
 a. Have you working on this task for the last minutes ago?
3 hours? d. Have she asked the same questions since
b. Are you working on this task for the last 3 10 minutes ago?
hours? Simple Past Tense
c. Have you been worked this task for the
last 3 hours?
d. Have you worked on this task for the last 3 Simple past tense digunakan untuk
hours? mengungkapkan suatu kejadian yang terjadi di
2. Negative: She hasn't visited her mother this masa lampau.
month. Rumus
Interrogative: Subject + Verb II (past form)
Which one is the correct answer? Kata Sinyal
a. Does she have visited her mother this yesterday, 2 minutes ago, in 1996, last Thursday,
month? this morning
b. Has she visited her mother this month? Kalimat Positif
c. Have she visited her mother this month? Last year, he always worked until night.
d. Is she visiting her mother this month? Kalimat Negatif
He did not go to school this morning.
Kalimat Tanya
Present Perfect Continuous Did he pay the bill yesterday?
Tense Yes, he did. / No, he did not.
Contoh soal Simple Past Tense:
Present perfect continuous tense digunakan untuk
1. Positive: He realized that he had to do better.
mengungkapkan aksi yang telah selesai pada
Interrogative:
suatu titik dimasa lampau atau aksi telah
dimulai di masa lalu dan terus berlanjut
sampai sekarang. Biasanya aksi tersebut ada Which one is the correct answer?
durasi waktu tertentu dan ada relevansinya dengan
kondisi sekarang. a. Did he realize that he had to do better?
Rumus b. Does he realize that he had to do better?
Subject + HAS/HAVE + BEEN + Verb -ing c. Had he realize that he had to do better?
(continuous form) d. Did he realized that he had to do better?
Kata Sinyal 2. Negative: I didn't know him that well before.
for the past 5 years, how long …?, the whole Interrogative:
week, since xxxx
Kalimat Positif Which one is the correct answer?
He has been working here since 1996.
Kalimat Negatif a. Did you know him that well before?
He has not been speaking for the last 3 hours. b. Do you know him that well before?
Kalimat Tanya c. Are you know him that well before?
Has he been playing the computer game all day? d. Did you knew him that well before?
Yes, he has. / No, he has not.
Contoh soal Present Perfect Continuous Tense:
Past Continuous Tense
1. Interrogative: Have you been doing the
same business for 3 years? Past continuous tense digunakan untuk
mengungkapkan bahwa suatu aksi sedang terjadi
Positive: pada waktu tertentu di masa lampau. Biasanya
Which one is the correct answer? ada dua kejadian di masa lampau dan satu
a. I have been doing the same business for 3 kejadian menginterupsi kejadian yang lain.
years. Kejadian yang sedang diinterupsi tersebut yang
b. I had been done the same business for 3 menggunakan past continuous tense.
years. Rumus
c. I am doing the same business for 3 years. Subject + WAS/WERE + Verb -ing (continuous
d. I have doing the same business for 3 years. form)
Kata Sinyal
2. Negative: She has been asking the same when, while, as long as, at this time yesterday
questions since 10 minutes ago. Kalimat Positif
Interrogative: He was speaking when I entered in room.
Kalimat Negatif
Which one is the correct answer? He was not doing his homework at this time
a. Has she been asking the same questions yesterday.
since 10 minutes ago? Kalimat Tanya
b. Does she have asked the same questions Was he writing the letter to his parents when I was
since 10 minutes ago? out last Tuesday?
c. Does she ask the same questions since 10 Yes, he was. / No, he was not.
Contoh soal Past Continuous Tense: c. Did we work together before one of us got
married?
1. Interrogative: Was I listening to the music d. Did we worked together before one of us
when Mom came to my room? got married?
2. Negative: I hadn't finished the homework
Negative: when you called me the night before.
Which one is the correct answer? Positive:
a. I wasn't listening to the music when Mom
came to my room. Which one is the correct answer?
b. I didn't listening to the music when Mom
comes to my room. a. I had finish the homework when you
c. I was listening to the music when Mom called me the night before.
was coming to my room. b. I had finished the homework when you
d. I was listened to the music when Mom called me the night before.
was coming to my room. c. I finished the homework when you had
called me the night before.
2. Positive: You were playing football at 5 PM d. I had been finishing the homework when
the day before. you called me the night before.
Interrogative:

Which one is the correct answer?

Past Perfect Continuous Tense
a. Were you played football at 5 PM the day Past perfect continuous tense hampir serupa
before? dengan past perfect tense. Digunakan untuk
b. Were you playing football at 5 PM the day mengungkapkan suatu aksi yang terjadi di masa
before? lalu dan telah selesai pada suatu titik waktu
c. Were you play football at 5 PM the day tertentu di masa lalu, tapi tense ini menekankan
before? pada durasi kejadiannya.
d. Were you being played football at 5PM Rumus
the day before? Subject + HAD + BEEN + Verb -ing (continuous
form)
Kata Sinyal
Past Perfect Tense for, since, the whole day, all day
Kalimat Positif
Past perfect tense digunakan untuk He said that he had been working here for ten
menunjukkan sebuah kejadian yang terjadi years.
sebelum waktu tertentu di masa Kalimat Negatif
lampau dan lebih menekankan pada fakta He was told that his teacher had been waiting for
daripada durasi. him since 2 p.m yesterday.
Rumus Kalimat Tanya
Subject + HAD + Verb III (past participle form) Had he been speaking for the whole class before I
Kata Sinyal entered?
before yesterday, till three days ago, already, until Yes, he had. / No, he had not.
that day Contoh soal Past Perfect Continuous Tense:
Kalimat Positif
He had finished his designs before he went to 1. Positive: My friend said he had been
work yesterday. exploring the country in his twenties.
Kalimat Negatif Interrogative:
He had not been a high school student until last
year. Which one is the correct answer?
Kalimat Tanya
Had he entered the company before he achieved
his master degree in 1990? a. Did your friend explore the country in his
Yes, he had. / No, he had not. twenties?
Contoh soal Past Perfect Tense: b. Had he exploring the country in his
twenties?
1. Positive: We had worked together before one c. Had your friend been exploring the
of us got married. country in his twenties?
Interrogative: d. Did your friend explored the country in his
twenties?
2. Negative: My coworker was told that he
Which one is the correct answer? hadn't been doing a great job.
Interrogative:
a. Had we work together before one of us got
married? Which one is the correct answer?
b. Had we worked together before one of us
got married a. Did you been doing a great job?
 b. Had he been doing a great job? He will not have finished the given task by
c. Did your coworker do a great job? tomorrow evening.
d. Had your coworker do a great hob? Kalimat Tanya
Will he have finished the task in a week?
Simple Future Tense Yes, he will./ No, he will not.

Simple Future tense mengindikasikan suatu aksi di Future Perfect Continuous

masa yang akan datang dan tidak dapat Tense
dipengaruhi. Dapat juga digunakan untuk
pembuatan keputusan di masa depan yang spontan
Hampir sama dengan semua jenis perfect
atau asumsi yang berhubungan dengan masa yang
continuous tense, future perfect continuous tense
akan datang. “Will” dan “be going to” merupakan
merupakan serangkaian aksi yang terjadi
2 indikator umum pada tenses ini.
sebelum waktu tertentu di masa yang akan
Rumus
datang.
Subject + “WILL/ BE GOING TO” + Verb
Rumus
(present form)
Subject + “WILL HAVE BEEN” + Verb-ing
Kata Sinyal
(continuous form)
in a year, next …, tomorrow, next week, five days
Kata Sinyal
later
for the last couple of hours, all day long
Kalimat Positif
Kalimat Positif
He is going to be journalist after he graduate next
He will have been taking charge of the team for
year.
the next hour.
Kalimat Negatif
Kalimat Negatif
He will not play computer games anymore because
He will not have been doing the task for the last
he understand how harmful they are.
couple of hours.
Kalimat Tanya
Kalimat Tanya
Will he go to the cinema tomorrow with us?
Will he have been doing the research all day long?
Yes, he will. / No, he will not.
Yes, he will./ No, he will not.

Future Continuous Tense Past Future Tense

Future continuous tense menunjukkan aksi yang
Past future tense pada dasarnya digunakan
terjadi pada waktu tertentu di masa yang akan
dalam kalimat yang tidak langsung, dimana
datang dan aksi yang pasti akan terjadi dalam
terdapat perubahan bentuk untuk menyesuaikan
waktu dekat.
dengan rangkaian peristiwa yang ada.
Rumus
Rumus
Subject + “WILL/BE GOING TO” + “BE” + Verb
Subject + WOULD + Verb (present form)
(continuous form)
Subject + WAS/WERE + GOING TO + Verb
Kata Sinyal
(Present Form)
tomorrow morning, in one year
Kata Sinyal
Kalimat Positif
Kalimat Positif
He will be delivering the speech to undergraduates
He said that he would leave in three days.
at 3 p.m tomorrow afternoon.
Kalimat Negatif
Kalimat Negatif
He did not promise that he would buy you a new
He will not be doing the task in the office this
computer.
afternoon because he is sick.
Kalimat Tanya
Kalimat Tanya
Did you tell him when I would arrive?
Will he be playing football next morning in the
Yes, I did. / No, I did not.
playground?
Yes, he will./ No, he will not.
Past Future Continuous Tense
Future Perfect Tense
Past future continuous tense menekankan
pada serangkaian atau durasi sebuah aksi
Future perfect tense menekankan pada aksi yang
terjadi. Sebagai tambahan, ini juga biasanya
sudah berakhir pada waktu tertentu di masa
digunakan pada kalimat tidak langsung.
yang akan datang.
Rumus
Rumus
Subject + “SHOULD/WOULD BE” + Verb-ing
Subject + “WILL HAVE” + Verb III (past
(continuous form)
participle form)
Kata Sinyal
Kata Sinyal
Kalimat Positif
by next Monday, in a week
I made a promise that I would be doing my
Kalimat Positif
homework all day long tomorrow.
He will have finished the task by next Monday.
Kalimat Negatif
Kalimat Negatif
I did not tell anyone that I would be giving a Rumus :
speech to undergraduates for the next whole Kalimat positif: Subject + Have / Has + Verb 3
morning.
Kalimat Tanya (Past Participle)
Did you say that you would be working hard in the Kalimat negatif: Subject + Have / Has + Not +Verb
next week?
3 (Past Participle)
Yes, I did / No, I did not.
Kalimat tanya: Have / Has + Subject + Verb 3
Past Future Perfect Tense (Past Participle)?

Terdapat 3 waktu dalam past future perfect yang 1. Sebutkan beberapa fungsi kata have,
terjadi di masa lalu. Menunjuk pada waktu yang has, dan had pada bahasa Inggris!
akan datang, waktu tertentu di masa lalu,
tetapi aksi yang terjadi harus sudah selesai Have, has, dan had memiliki beberapa arti dengan
sebelum waktu yang akan datang. Dan biasanya fungsi atau penggunaan yang berbeda-beda di setiap
digunakan pada kalimat tidak langsung. kalimat.
Rumus
Arti dan fungsi yang pertama adalah menunjukkan
Subject + SHOULD/WOULD HAVE + Verb III
kepemilikan dari sesuatu, kata have, has, dan had bisa
(past participle form)
berarti 'mempunyai'.
Kata Sinyal
Kalimat Positif Kedua, kata have, has, dan had dapat digunakan untuk
He told the students that they should have finished menunjukkan sesuatu yang sudah dilakukan.
the homework this morning.
Kalimat Negatif Arti ketiga adalah untuk menunjukkan kegiatan atau
He said that he would not have made such a aktivitas yang harus dilakukan, yang memiliki makna
mistake if he had taken my advice. sama dengan kata 'must' atau harus.
Kalimat Tanya
Did you say that you would have been a doctor in Untuk menggunakan kata have, has, atau had, maka
three years? harus ditambahkan dengan kata to.
Yes, I did / No, I did not. Keempat, kata have, has, dan had bisa digunakan
untuk menunjukkan kegiatan yang sedang dilakukan.
Past Future Perfect Continuous 2. Mengapa kata have dapat berubah bentuk
Tense menjadi has dan had?

Kata had dan has ini berasal dari kata have.

Past future perfect continuous tense merupakan
bentuk tense yang cukup sulit. Namun, kamu dapat Nah, hal yang membuat kata have berubah bentuk
mempelajarinya dari past future perfect tense. menjadi has dan had ini adalah pada
Bedanya, past future perfect tense menekankan bentuk verb dari have, subjek yang memakainya, juga
pada durasi waktu yang sudah berlalu dan waktu terjadinya suatu peristiwa.
hasil.
Rumus Has digunakan pada kalimat
Subject + WOULD HAVE BEEN + Verb -ing dengan subject tunggal, yaitu he, she, dan it.
(continuous form)
Sedangkan had adalah bentuk verb 2 dan verb
Kata Sinyal
3 dari have, yang digunakan pada kalimat
Kalimat Positif
dengan tenses berupa past tense dan past participle
I heard that you should have been teaching here
tense.
for ten years by this July.
Kalimat Negatif O iya, kata had ini digunakan pada kalimat dengan
I did not know that he would have been working semua subject, yaitu tunggal maupun jamak.
for the past three hours by that time.
Kalimat Tanya 3. Apa yang membedakan penggunaan have,
Would he have been explaining to the workers if has, dan had pada kalimat bahasa Inggris?
he had made the information clear?
Ada beberapa hal yang membedakan penggunaan
Yes, he would / No, he would not.
kata have, has, dan had dalam kalimat bahasa Inggris,
yaitu:

- Have hanya digunakan pada subjek berupa they, we,

you, dan I. Sedangkan has digunakan pada kalimat
dengan subject berupa he, she, it. Kata had digunakan
untuk semua subject, namun untuk menunjukkan
aktivitas yang sudah selesai dilakukan.
- Have dan has digunakan pada waktu yang sama, c. Forgotten
yaitu present tense. Sedangkan had digunakan untuk d. Forgeted
menunjukkan aktivitas yang sudah selesai dilakukan.
7. My brother and Linda ___ round the park many
4. Tuliskan rumus penggunaan kata have, times but they've never seen the lamp.
has, dan had dalam kalimat!
a. Has walked
Rumus dasar dari penggunaan ketiga kata ini adalah: b. Have walked
c. Has walking
- Subject + have/has + verb 3 untuk
d. Are walking
jenis tenses berupa present.
8. Rendy ___ some application letters to the company
- Subject + had + verb 3 untuk
but they never call her.
jenis tenses berupa past atau lampau.
a. Has send
5. Tuliskan masing-masing satu contoh kalimat
b. Has sent
menggunakan kata have, has, dan had!
c. Have sent
- Have: You have to take the medicine as the doctor d. Have send
said. (Kamu harus minum obat sesuai dengan anjuran
9. The police __ us many times about the area since
dokter.)
somebody fell from the cliff.
- Has: My brother's knee is hurt because he has tripped
a. Has told
over. (Lutut adik laki-lakiku terluka karena ia
b. Has tell
tersandung.)
c. Have telling
- Had: I had a new backpack from my father. (Aku d. Are told
punya tas punggung baru dari ayah.)
10. Rolly's been a vegetarian ___ five years.
TEST 1
a. Since
1. My brother and Dika ___ round the park many times b. For
but they've never seen the lamp. c. After.
d. Before
a. has walked
b. have walked 11. Tika ___ not been to France.
c. has walking
a. Has
d. are walking
b. Is
2. Anita ___ some application letters to the company c. Have
but they never call her. d. Had

12. ___ you been to China?

a. has send
b. has sent a. Is
c. have sent b. Have
d. have send c. Has
d. Were
3. The police __ us many times about the area since
somebody fell from the cliff. 13. ___ you finished your homework?

a. has told a. Have

b. has tell b. Has
c. have telling c. Is
d. are told d. Were

4. Dini's been a vegetarian ___ five years. 14. They _ gone to a rock concert.

a. since a. 'S
b. for b. 'Es
c. after c. 'Ve
d. Is
5. We ___ never eaten Indonesian food.
15. My brother and Dika ... round the park many times
a. Have
but they've never seen the lamp.
b. Has
c. Are A. has walked
d. Will B. have walked
C. has walking
6. Farah has ___ her hat.
D. are walking
a. Forget
16. Sita ... meatball today
b. Forgetting
A. eat C. have sent
B. ate D. have send
C. eaten
D. eating 2. Rolly's been a vegetarian ... five years.
A. since
17. They went to your house, but you … at home B. for
C. after
A. have not been
D. before
B. have been
C. has not been 3. Tika ... not been to France.
D. has been A. has
B. is
18. They ... played football
C. have
A. have D. had
B. has
C. have not 4. My brother and Dika ... round the park many times
D. has not but they've never seen the lamp.
A. has walked
19. Anya and Farin have ... Sinta's big secret B. have walked
C. has walking
A. knew D. are walking
B. know
C. played 5. ... you finished your homework?
A. have
20. I have ... a letter for 2 hours
B. has
A. write C. is
B. wrote D. were
C. written
6. I … him since his last birthday.
D. writing
A. didn't see
21. We … cooked this delicious food special for you B. haven't saw
C. haven't seen
A. had D. haven't see
B. have 7. I haven't spoken with Yuli ....... she moved.
C. has A. while
D. having B. unless
C. although
22. Danu has ... fish in the river D. since
A. caught
8. Farah has ... her hat.
B. catch
A. forget
C. drunk
B. forgetting
D. drank C. forgotten
23. Lucas ... delivered the pizza for six years D. forgeted

A. have 9. I saw Dyah in May and I ... her since.

B. is A. haven't seen
C. are B. didn't seen
D. has C. didn't saw
D. haven't saw
24. Rara and Riri ... read books in library
10. She ... durian before.
A. have
A. has never ate
B. is B. didn't never eat
C. are C. did never eat
D. has D. has never eaten
25. She ... not gone to school
11. I ... here since 2010.
A. has A. did live
B. have B. have lived
C. are C. live
D. is D. lived

TEST 2 12. It is the most interesting book I ... read.

1. Rendy ... some application letters to the company A. did ever read
but they never call him. B. have read ever
A. has send C. ever read
B. has sent D. have ever read
 c. looking / will rain
13. The police ... us many times about the area since d. looks / rains
somebody fell from the cliff.
A. has told 8. The baby ____________ in his crib right now.
B. has tell a. sleeps
C. have telling b. is sleeping
D. are told c. sleep
14. He ... for that company since 2010. d. sleeping
A. works
B. working 9. He ____________ to the store every day, but
C. has worked today he ____________ at home.
D. worked a. goes / stays
b. go / stay
15. The train ... on time. c. goes / is staying
A. arrives d. go / is staying
B. arrive
C. is arriving 10. What ____________ you ____________ when
D. has arrived the earthquake ____________?
a. do / do / happens
TEST 3 b. are / doing / happens
c. did / do / happened
1. We usually ____________ TV in the evening, but
d. does / do / happened
tonight we ____________ to a concert.
a. watch / go 11. They usually ____________ to school by bus, but
b. watching / going today they ____________ by car.
c. watch / are going a. go / go
d. are watching / go b. goes / goes
c. go / are going
2. Why ____________ you ____________ so late
d. goes / are going
last night?
a. do / work 12. While I ____________ on the phone, my cat
b. are / working ____________ my dinner.
c. did / work a. talk / eats
d. does / working b. am talking / eats
c. am talking / is eating
3. I ____________ my keys everywhere, but I still
d. talking / is eating
____________ them.
a. look / not find 13. The children ____________ quietly. Please don't
b. am looking / don't find disturb them.
c. looking / don't find a. play
d. looks / not finding b. playing
c. plays
4. He usually ____________ to the gym after work,
d. are playing
but today he ____________ at home.
a. goes / is relaxing 14. He ____________ his car at the moment.
b. go / relax a. repairs
c. goes / relaxes b. is repairing
d. go / is relaxing c. repair
d. repairing
5. What ____________ you ____________ in the
garden yesterday? 15. Every morning, she ____________ up early and
a. do / plant ____________ yoga.
b. are / planting a. wakes / does
c. did / plant b. waking / doing
d. does / planting c. wake / do
d. wakes / is doing
6. She ____________ her homework when her
friend ____________ her. 16. We usually ____________ our lunch at 12:30, but
a. is doing / is calling today we ____________ until 1:00.
b. does / call a. eat / wait
c. doing / calls b. are eating / wait
d. does / is calling c. eat / are waiting
d. eating / are waiting
7. Look at those clouds! It ____________ like it
____________ soon. 17. I ____________ the book that you ____________.
a. looks / will rain a. am reading / recommended
b. look / rains b. read / recommend
 c. am reading / recommend 28. It ____________ very hard right now.
d. read / recommended a. rains
b. is raining
18. The sun ____________ in the east.
c. rain
a. rises
d. raining
b. is rising
c. rise 29. While they ____________ a movie, the neighbors
d. rising ____________ loudly.
a. watch / sing
19. They ____________ the new movie tonight.
b. are watching / are singing
a. are watching
c. watches / sings
b. watch
d. watch / are singing
c. watching
d. is watching 30. The cat ____________ on the windowsill right
now.
20. While she ____________ for the bus, it
a. sits
____________ to rain.
b. is sitting
a. waits / starts
c. sit
b. is waiting / starts
d. sitting
c. wait / is starting
d. waits / is starting 31. She usually ____________ to music while she
____________ her homework.
21. I ____________ my keys. Can you help me find
a. listens / does
them?
b. is listening / does
a. lost
c. listens / is doing
b. lose
d. listen / is doing
c. am losing
d. loses 32. My parents ____________ a new car next month.
a. buy
22. My parents ____________ for a walk in the park
b. are buying
every Sunday.
c. buys
a. go
d. is buying
b. goes
c. are going 33. We ____________ a meeting at the moment. Can
d. going we talk later?
a. have
23. She ____________ her homework right now.
b. are having
a. finishes
c. has
b. finish
d. is having
c. is finishing
d. finishing 34. While I ____________ the dishes, my brother
____________ on the phone.
24. He usually ____________ his guitar in the
a. wash / talks
evenings, but tonight he ____________ TV.
b. am washing / talks
a. plays / watches
c. wash / is talking
b. playing / is watching
d. am washing / is talking
c. plays / is watching
d. play / watches 35. What ____________ you ____________ this
weekend?
25. The train ____________ at platform 3.
a. do / do
a. arrives
b. are / doing
b. is arriving
c. does / do
c. arrive
d. is / doing
d. arriving
36. He ____________ to school by bike, but today he
26. What ____________ you ____________ when
____________ by bus.
the power went out?
a. goes / goes
a. do / do
b. go / go
b. are / doing
c. goes / is going
c. did / do
d. go / is going
d. does / doing
37. My friends and I ____________ a picnic in the
27. My sister ____________ her room right now.
park tomorrow.
a. cleans
a. have
b. is cleaning
b. has
c. clean
c. are having
d. cleaning
d. is having
38. While she ____________ a book, her brother 48. It ____________ since yesterday afternoon.
____________ video games. a. rains
a. reads / plays b. is raining
b. is reading / plays c. rain
c. reads / is playing d. has been raining
d. is reading / is playing
49. I ____________ the movie already, so I don't want
39. The children ____________ in the pool right now. to watch it again.
a. swim a. see
b. swims b. sees
c. is swimming c. am seeing
d. are swimming d. have seen

40. It ____________ very hot in here. Can we open 50. While they ____________ the game, I
the windows? ____________ my favorite book.
a. is feeling a. watch / read
b. feels b. are watching / am reading
c. feel c. watches / read
d. feeling d. watch / am reading

41. While he ____________ a cake, she TEST 4

____________ the decorations for the party.
1. While she ________ her homework, her sister
a. bakes / is making
________ on the phone.
b. is baking / makes
a. does / talks
c. bakes / makes
b. was doing / was talking
d. is baking / is making
c. did / talked
42. They ____________ their homework in the library d. do / talk
right now.
2. They ________ to the beach when it started
a. do
raining.
b. does
a. go
c. are doing
b. were going
d. did
c. goes
43. What ____________ you ____________ at the d. went
moment?
3. What ________ you ________ at 10 PM last
a. do / do
night?
b. are / doing
a. do / watch
c. does / do
b. are / watching
d. is / doing
c. were / watching
44. He usually ____________ coffee in the morning, d. is / watch
but today he ____________ tea.
4. At this time yesterday, she ________ a cake for
a. drinks / is drinking
her friend.
b. drinks / drinks
a. bakes
c. drink / drink
b. baked
d. is drinking / drinks
c. baking
45. While I ____________ to the radio, she d. bake
____________ to her favorite podcast.
5. While I ________ the news, my sister
a. listen / listens
________ a book.
b. am listening / listens
a. watch / reads
c. listen / is listening
b. watched / read
d. am listening / is listening
c. am watching / is reading
46. She ____________ on the project for two hours. d. watching / is reading
a. works
6. They ________ a play when I visited the
b. is working
theater.
c. work
a. practice
d. working
b. practicing
47. The baby ____________ in his crib all morning. c. were practicing
a. sleeps d. practiced
b. sleeping
7. What ________ you ________ when the
c. sleep
teacher entered the classroom?
d. is sleeping
a. do / talk
b. are / talking
 c. were / talking 18. He ________ his car when the accident
d. is / talk happened.
a. drive
8. At 8 AM this morning, I ________ breakfast.
b. drives
a. eat
c. drove
b. eating
d. driving
c. ate
d. eats 19. At this time last week, I ________ in the
mountains.
9. While he ________ for the train, it ________.
a. am hiking
a. waits / rains
b. hike
b. waited / was raining
c. was hiking
c. wait / is raining
d. hiked
d. waiting / rains
20. What ________ you ________ when I saw you
10. They ________ a new language when I met
in the park?
them.
a. do / read
a. learn
b. are / reading
b. learning
c. were / reading
c. learns
d. is / read
d. were learning
21. They ________ basketball when it started
11. What ________ you ________ when your
raining.
friend called you?
a. play
a. do / do
b. playing
b. are / doing
c. were playing
c. were / doing
d. plays
d. is / do
22. While I ________ my room, my friends
12. At this time last night, he ________ his car in
________ a surprise party for me.
the garage.
a. clean / organize
a. park
b. cleaned / organized
b. parks
c. am cleaning / organizing
c. parked
d. cleans / organizes
d. parking
23. At this time yesterday, he ________ a novel.
13. While they ________ the game, the lights
a. reads
________.
b. is reading
a. play / went out
c. was reading
b. playing / go out
d. read
c. played / goes out
d. were playing / went out 24. What ________ you ________ when the
phone suddenly rang?
14. She ________ a book when the doorbell rang.
a. do / talk
a. reads
b. are / talking
b. reading
c. were / talking
c. read
d. is / talk
d. is reading
25. She ________ her homework all afternoon.
15. What ________ you ________ at this time
a. does
yesterday?
b. is doing
a. do / study
c. did
b. are / studying
d. was doing
c. were / studying
d. is / study 26. They ________ lunch when I visited them.
a. have
16. What ________ you ________ when the
b. having
phone rang?
c. had
a. do / talk
d. have been having
b. are / talking
c. were / talking 27. While I ________ in the garden, it ________.
d. is / talk a. am sitting / is raining
b. was sitting / was raining
17. While they ________ for the bus, it ________.
c. sit / rains
a. wait / rains
d. sits / is raining
b. waited / was raining
c. waits / is raining 28. What ________ you ________ when the
d. wait / is raining accident occurred?
 a. do / see 38. While she ________ her presentation, the
b. are / seeing computer ________.
c. were / seeing a. prepares / crashes
d. is / see b. preparing / crashed
c. prepared / crashes
29. At this time last week, they ________ a new
d. was preparing / crashed
recipe.
Jawaban: d
a. try
b. tries 39. What ________ you ________ at this time last
c. tried Saturday?
d. trying a. do / study
b. are / studying
30. While she ________ for her flight, her friends
c. were / studying
________ her a goodbye party.
d. is / study
a. waits / throws
b. waiting / throw 40. They ________ to a concert when the singer
c. waited / threw forgot the lyrics.
d. wait / throws a. listen
b. listening
31. He ________ a song when I walked into the
c. listens
room.
d. were listening
a. sing
b. singing 41. While I ________ my lunch, the phone
c. sang ________.
d. sings a. eat / ring
b. ate / rang
32. What ________ you ________ when the
c. am eating / is ringing
earthquake struck?
d. eating / rings
a. do / feel
b. are / feeling 42. What ________ you ________ when the
c. were / feeling earthquake occurred?
d. is / feel a. do / feel
b. are / feeling
33. They ________ the marathon when it started
c. were / feeling
raining heavily.
d. is / feel
a. run
b. running 43. At this time yesterday, they ________ a
c. runs documentary on TV.
d. were running a. watch
b. watched
34. While I ________ my car, my neighbor
c. watching
________ me for a chat.
d. watches
a. wash / approaches
b. washed / approached 44. While she ________ her car, the kids ________
c. am washing / approaches in the playground.
d. wash / approached a. washes / playing
b. was washing / played
35. At this time yesterday, she ________ her
c. wash / plays
favorite TV show.
d. washed / play
a. watch
b. watched 45. He ________ his phone when it suddenly
c. watching ________.
d. watches a. checks / rings
b. checked / rang
36. What ________ you ________ when I phoned
c. check / ring
you?
d. checking / is ringing
a. do / do
b. are / doing 46. What ________ you ________ when I called
c. were / doing you yesterday evening?
d. is / do a. do / do
b. are / doing
37. They ________ a road trip when their car
c. were / doing
broke down.
d. is / do
a. plan
b. planned 47. They ________ a picnic in the park when the
c. planning rain ________.
d. plans a. have / starts
 b. having / started 57. What ________ you ________ when the
c. had / starts accident happened?
d. were having / started a. do / see
b. are / seeing
48. While he ________ his favorite song, his sister
c. were / seeing
________ her homework.
d. is / see
a. listens / doing
b. listened / did 58. They ________ their project when the
c. listen / does professor entered the room.
d. was listening / was doing a. complete
b. completes
49. What ________ you ________ at this time last
c. completing
year?
d. were completing
a. do / study
Jawaban: d
b. are / studying
c. were / studying 59. At this time yesterday, I ________ a delicious
d. is / study meal.
a. cook
50. At 6 PM yesterday, she ________ dinner for
b. cooks
her family.
c. cooking
a. cooks
d. cooked
b. cooked
c. cooking 60. While they ________ at the beach, the sun
d. is cooking ________.
a. are swimming / sets
51. While they ________ the play, the audience
b. swimming / set
________.
c. swam / sets
a. watch / applauds
d. were swimming / was setting
b. watched / applauded
c. watches / applaud TEST 5
d. were watching / were applauding
Berikut ini 60 contoh soal pilihan ganda present
Jawaban: d
perfect continuous tense disertai dengan kunci
52. She ________ her book when her friend jawabannya.
________ her a surprise.
1. He ____________ his coding skills for a year.
a. reads / gives
a. enhances
b. reading / gave
b. enhanced
c. read / give
c. enhancing
d. was reading / gave
d. has been enhancing
53. What ________ you ________ when the storm
2. The team ____________ the project for
hit?
months.
a. do / hear
a. works
b. are / hearing
b. worked
c. were / hearing
c. working
d. is / hear
d. has been working
54. They ________ in the garden when it started
3. She ____________ the marathon for hours.
snowing.
a. run
a. play
b. ran
b. playing
c. running
c. played
d. has been running
d. were playing
4. We ____________ on this idea for a very long
55. At this time last week, he ________ his new
time.
bicycle.
a. brainstorm
a. rides
b. brainstormed
b. riding
c. brainstorming
c. rode
d. have been brainstorming
d. ride
5. The scientists ____________ their
56. While she ________ the news, her brother
experiments since last month.
________ music.
a. conduct
a. watch / is playing
b. conducted
b. was watching / played
c. conducting
c. watches / plays
d. have been conducting
d. watched / plays
6. She ____________ her language proficiency c. planning
for years. d. have been planning
a. improves
16. He ____________ on his research paper for a
b. improved
very long time.
c. improving
a. works
d. has been improving
b. worked
7. We ____________ the new software for our c. working
project. d. has been working
a. develop
17. They ____________ their marketing strategy
b. develops
for weeks.
c. developing
a. discuss
d. have been developing
b. discussed
8. He ____________ on the report since this c. discussing
morning. d. have been discussing
a. works
18. She ____________ the garden since morning.
b. worked
a. tend
c. working
b. tended
d. has been working
c. tending
9. The children ____________ the sandcastle for d. has been tending
hours.
19. I ____________ my novel for two months now.
a. build
a. write
b. builds
b. wrote
c. building
c. writing
d. have been building
d. have been writing
10. She ____________ her novel for a very long
20. They ____________ their business since last
time.
year.
a. write
a. run
b. wrote
b. ran
c. writing
c. running
d. has been writing
d. have been running
11. They ____________ their website for months.
21. He ____________ his language skills for a year.
a. design
a. improves
b. designed
b. improved
c. designing
c. improving
d. have been designing
d. has been improving
Jawaban: d. have been designing
22. The kids ____________ their treehouse for
12. I ____________ my cooking skills for a year.
weeks.
a. improve
a. build
b. improved
b. built
c. improving
c. building
d. have been improving
d. have been building
Jawaban: d. have been improving
Jawaban: d. have been building
13. The team ____________ for the upcoming
23. She ____________ her piano skills since
competition for weeks.
childhood.
a. trains
a. practice
b. trained
b. practiced
c. training
c. practicing
d. has been training
d. has been practicing
Jawaban: d. has been training
24. We ____________ for the new semester for
14. She ____________ her piano skills for months.
months.
a. practice
a. prepare
b. practiced
b. prepares
c. practicing
c. preparing
d. has been practicing
d. have been preparing
15. We ____________ the event for months.
25. He ____________ his novel for over a year.
a. plan
a. write
b. planned
b. wrote
 c. writing c. writing
d. has been writing d. has been writing

26. The students ____________ on their research 36. We ____________ the project for a very long
projects all semester. time.
a. work a. work
b. worked b. worked
c. working c. working
d. have been working d. have been working

27. She ____________ her painting skills for 37. She ____________ her art skills since
months. childhood.
a. improve a. practice
b. improves b. practiced
c. improving c. practicing
d. has been improving d. has been practicing

28. They ____________ their business plan for a 38. The students ____________ on their thesis for
long time. months.
a. develop a. work
b. develops b. worked
c. developing c. working
d. have been developing d. have been working

29. I ____________ my photography skills for 39. I ____________ my car for the past few hours.
years. a. clean
a. enhance b. cleans
b. enhanced c. cleaning
c. enhancing d. have been cleaning
d. have been enhancing
40. They ____________ their garden for weeks.
30. The scientists ____________ the data for the a. tend
experiment. b. tended
a. analyze c. tending
b. analyzed d. have been tending
c. analyzing
41. She ____________ for the train since 9 AM.
d. have been analyzing
a. waits
31. We ____________ the new software for our b. waited
company for months. c. waiting
a. develop d. has been waiting
b. develops
42. They ____________ their research project for
c. developing
several weeks.
d. have been developing
a. do
32. She ____________ her garden every weekend. b. does
a. tends c. doing
b. tended d. have been doing
c. tending
43. He ____________ for the phone call since
d. has been tending
yesterday.
33. I ____________ my fitness routine for a year a. waits
now. b. waited
a. maintain c. waiting
b. maintained d. has been waiting
c. maintaining
44. The sun ____________ for hours.
d. have been maintaining
a. shines
34. They ____________ their business since last b. shone
year. c. shining
a. run d. has been shining
b. ran
45. We ____________ the new software program
c. running
for the past month.
d. have been running
a. develop
35. He ____________ on his novel for hours. b. develops
a. write c. developing
b. wrote
 d. have been developing 56. She ____________ her exercise routine for a
Jawaban: d. have been developing long time.
a. completes
46. She ____________ on her thesis all day.
b. completed
a. works
c. completing
b. worked
d. has been completing
c. working
d. has been working 57. They ____________ the problem for hours.
a. discuss
47. The athletes ____________ for the upcoming
b. discussed
competition.
c. discussing
a. train
d. have been discussing
b. trains
c. training 58. I ____________ for my friend since morning.
d. have been training a. search
b. searched
48. I ____________ my car since this morning.
c. searching
a. clean
d. have been searching
b. cleans
c. cleaning 59. The scientists ____________ the experiment
d. have been cleaning for months.
a. conduct
49. They ____________ on the project together
b. conducted
for weeks.
c. conducting
a. work
d. have been conducting
b. worked
c. working 60. She ____________ on her art project all day
d. have been working long.
a. work
50. He ____________ for the meeting since 8 AM.
b. worked
a. waits
c. working
b. waited
d. has been working
c. waiting
d. has been waiting TEST 6

51. She ____________ her garden for hours. 1. Addy and his brother will ___ at 10 o’clock.
a. tends We need to hurry right now.
b. tended a. arrives
b. arrive
c. tending
c. arrived
d. has been tending d. arriving
52. They ____________ their house for the past
2. My father thinks the prime minister will ___
few months.
in 2024’s election.
a. renovate a. won
b. renovates b. wins
c. renovating c. win
d. have been renovating d. winning

53. He ____________ for the bus since 6 AM. 3. Because of Covid-19 restrictions, Anthony
a. waits and Bailey will ___ at our house next
b. waited week.
c. waiting a. stay
b. stays
d. has been waiting
c. stayed
54. The chef ____________ in the kitchen for d. staying
hours.
4. Cody: You buy this bag for your mom?
a. cook
Alex: Yup! Will she ___ it?
b. cooks a. like
c. cooking b. likes
d. has been cooking c. liked
d. liking
55. I ____________ my novel for two months.
a. write 5. The weather forecast predicts that it ___
b. wrote tomorrow.
c. writing a. would rain
d. have been writing b. will rain
c. had would rain
d. would will rain
 6. Henry: Will you ___ to help Steve move a. will not perform
out the day after tomorrow? b. will not performed
Bill : No. I will fly to Canada for c. will not performing
business, so I can’t help him with his d. will not performs
move-out.
a. come 14. Niko: What shall we ___ for tomorrow’s
b. comes party?
c. coming Madeline: Let’s buy some meat for
d. came barbeque and soda.
a. buys
7. It’s okay! My servant will ___ your luggage b. buying
to your room. Let it be there. c. bought
a. carries d. buy
b. carried
c. carrying 15. My sister decided to limit her guess for her
d. carry wedding ceremony. She ___ her high
school friends or her coworkers.
8. Choose the correct simple future tense a. will invited
sentence! b. will not invite
a. They will angry about it. c. inviting
b. I will not nervous later on the stage. d. will not inviting
c. Will they cancel the show?
d. She will came later. 16. Dion: Do you guys have any plans for this
summer holiday?
9. Below is the correct form of the simple Bailey: I ___ to Thailand for a week.
future tense question sentence, except for Robert: Well, I will go to my grandma’s
….. place in Kudus.
a. Will Roger and Nathan bring their car to a. is going
tonight’s show? b. am going
b. Will we climb that mountain? c. is goes
c. Will it be hot if you put it in the microwave? d. am goes
d. Will Thomas started his company next
year? 17. Christmas is coming soon. My family and I
___ for a Christmas tree at Mr. Dingus’s
10. If you do that again, She will ___ you to plantation. We should get the biggest tree
the police station. this year.
a. brings a. will hunts
b. bring b. will hunting
c. bringing c. will hunt
d. brought d. will hunted

The following dialogue is for question number 18. I ___ your secret with anyone else. You
11 and 12 can trust me.
a. will not share
Vicky: Is there any problem? b. will not sharing
c. will not shares
Joan: These documents are in Japanese, and the d. will not shared
problem is I don’t know any of them. Could you
help me? 19. He will ___ my instruction.
a. continues
Vicky: Certainly, I ___ (11) it for you. Just wait a b. continued
moment. I need to finish my task first. I c. continue
___ (12) the translated documents on your desk d. continuing
later.
20. She is a good kid. She will be ___ her
father’s order.
11.
a. continues
a. will translate b. continue
b. will translates c. have continued
c. will translating d. continuing
d. will translated
The following text is for question number 21
12. and 22

a. will puts John and I will come to the Halloween party next
b. will put week. We will disguise ourselves by wearing
c. had put masks and costumes. John ___ (21) by wearing
d. would put a hulk costume. Meanwhile, I ___ (22) others by
dressing as Sully from the Monsters Inc movie.
13. Edward and Nina ___ in next year’s event
in Jakarta.
21. 29. Below is the correct form of the simple
future tense question sentence, except for ___
a. will be different
b. will different a. Will you be here tomorrow morning?
c. will have different b. Shall I make a cheese sandwich or fruit
d. will have be different salad for breakfast?
c. Will Janet help me with this document?
22. d. Shall I opened this mail or better leave it?
30. Which of the following choices is the
a. will confuses correct simple future tense sentence?
b. will confusing a. Eric will not be borrow your pen.
c. will confuse b. Nobody will ignore you with that vibrant
d. will confused cloth.
c. Will you helping me with this research
23. Susan: Oh no, the phone is ringing paper?
downstairs. d. Everybody will having fun today.
Philip: Don’t worry! I will ___ it for you.
a. got
TEST 7
b. gets
c. get
1. Which of the following sentences uses the
d. getting
Future Continuous Tense correctly?
a. She will be studying for her exam
24. Sandy: It’s so hot!
tomorrow.
Jojo : Shall I ___ the air conditioner?
b. She will study for her exam tomorrow.
a. turned on
c. She would be studying for her exam
b. turn on
tomorrow.
c. turning on
d. She is studying for her exam tomorrow.
d. turns on
e. She has been studying for her exam
25. Patrick: It’s too crowded here.
tomorrow.
Kevin : Shall we ___ to another place? I
know a good coffee shop nearby.
2. At 9 pm tonight, I ___ dinner with my family.
a. moves
a. will have
b. moved
b. have
c. moving
c. will have had
d. move
d. will be having
e. Had
26. Aaron and his brother will not ___ next
month. They will fly to Boston this
3. What ___ you ___ when I call you later?
afternoon and stay there for several
a. will, do
months.
b. will, be doing
a. here
c. are, doing
b. be here
d. have, done
c. been here
e. did, do
d. to be here
4. At this time tomorrow, she ___ the exam.
The following text is for question number 27 a. will be taking
and 28 b. will take
c. takes
I am going to spend my new years holiday in Italy. d. took
According to my plan, I will stay in Tuscany for a e. had taken
week before going to Torino for another week. As
a present for myself, I ___ (27) the finest hotel 5. When you arrive, we ___ dinner.
room in Tuscany and Torino. a. will have
b. will have had
I’m not alone by myself. I will go to Italy with my c. will be having
friend, Louis. However, he ___ (28) as long as I d. have
do. He will come back to Jakarta 3 days earlier. e. Had

27. 6. What ___ you ___ at 8 pm tomorrow?

a. will book a. will, do
b. will booked b. will, be doing
c. will booking c. are, doing
d. will not booked d. have, done
e. did, do
28.
7. ___ you ___ the laundry when I get home?
a. Will, finish
a. will not there
b. Had, finished
b. will not be there
c. Are, finishing
c. will not been there
d. Have, finished
d. will not being there
e. Will, be finishing
8. ___ you ___ a book when I call you later? a. will have started
a. Will, read b. started
b. Are, reading c. starts
c. Will, be reading d. will be starting
d. Have, read e. had started
e. Had, read
18. What ___ you ___ when I arrive?
9. By next week, they _______ the project for a a. will, do
month. b. will, be doing
a. Will been working on c. are, doing
b. Won’t be working on d. have, done
c. Will have been working on e. did, do
d. Won’t have been working on
e. Will not work on 19. ___ you ___ for a job for a long time?
a. Will, look
10. When you arrive at the party, I _______ for b. Will, be looking
two hours. c. Are, looking
a. Won’t have been dancing d. Have, looked
b. don’t be dancing e. Had, looked
c. Will have been dancing
d. Will be dancing 20. He _______ in the meeting at 2 pm tomorrow.
e. Will not dance a. Will not be participating
b. Will not have been participating
11. What ___ you ___ next week? c. Will not participate
a. will, do d. Will not have participated
b. have, done e. Will not be participated
c. are, doing
d. will, be doing 21. This time next year, I ___ my degree.
e. did, do a. finished
b. will finish
12. What ___ you ___ next week? c. finish
a. will, do d. will be finishing
b. will, be doing e. had finished
c. are, doing
d. have, done 22. ___ you ___ the game on TV tonight?
e. did, do a. Will, watch
b. Will, be watching
13. By the time you get here, I ___ your favorite c. Are, watching
meal. d. Have, watched
a. will have cooked e. Had, watched
b. will be cooking
c. have cooked 23. By the end of the week, they ___ the project.
d. am cooking a. had finished
e. had cooked b. will finish
c. finish
14. Which of the following sentences uses the d. finished
Future Continuous Tense with a modal verb e. will be finishing
correctly?
a. She will be able to run a marathon next 24. What ___ you ___ this weekend?
year. a. will, do
b. She will run a marathon next year. b. will, be doing
c. She will have run a marathon next year. c. are, doing
d. She will be running a marathon next year. d. have, done
e. She will have been able to run a marathon e. did, do
next year.
25. I _______ the meeting when you call me
15. At 10 am tomorrow, they ___ a meeting. tomorrow.
a. will have a. Will not be attended
b. will be having b. Will not have been attending
c. will have had c. Will not attend
d. have d. Will not have attended
e. Had e. Will not be attending

16. ___ you ___ a new car by the end of the year? 26. What will John be doing at 8 p.m. tomorrow?
a. Will, buy a. he will be cooking dinner
b. Will, be buying b. he will cook dinner
c. Are, buying c. he cooked dinner
d. Have, bought d. he had cooked dinner
e. Had, bought e. he is cooking dinner

17. By the time we get there, the concert ___ for 27. When you arrive at the airport tomorrow, what
an hour. will you be doing?
 a. I will wait for my flight e. I had visited some museums
b. I will have waited for my flight
c. I will be waiting for my flight 37. What will you be doing when your guests
d. I will wait for my flight already arrive?
e. I have waited for my flight a. I will greet them
b. I will have greeted them
28. At 10 p.m. tonight, what will you be doing? c. I will be greeting them
a. I will sleep d. I greeted them
b. I will be sleeping e. I had greeted them
c. I sleep
d. I will have slept 38. By this time tomorrow, I _______ for over 12
e. I slept hours.
a. Will be working
29. What will you be doing at this time next week? b. Will have worked
a. I will work on my project c. Am working
b. I will have worked on my project d. Was working
c. I will be working on my project e. Had been working
d. I worked on my project
e. I had worked on my project 39. What _______ when I call you tomorrow at 6
pm?
30. What will you be doing while your friends are a. Will you doing
swimming? b. Will you be doing
a. I will swim c. You will do
b. I will have swum d. You will be doing
c. I will be swimming e. You will have done
d. I swam
e. I had swum 40. At 9 pm tonight, I _______ for 2 hours.
a. Will have been studying
31. What will your friends be doing when you b. Will be studying
arrive at the party? c. Am studying
a. They will dance d. Was studying
b. They will have danced e. Had been studying
c. They will be dancing
d. They danced 41. By next summer, he _______ his degree in
e. They had danced computer science.
a. Will have completed
32. What will you be doing during the meeting b. Completes
tomorrow morning? c. Will be completing
a. I will listen to the speaker d. Completed
b. I will have listened to the speaker e. Completing
c. I will be listening to the speaker
d. I listened to the speaker 42. When I see him next week, he _______ for a
e. I had listened to the speaker new job for three months.
a. Will have been searching
33. What will you be doing at this time next year? b. Will be searching
a. I will have finished my studies c. Is searching
b. I will finish my studies d. Was searching
c. I finished my studies e. Had been searching
d. I will be finishing my studies
e. I had finished my studies 43. At this time tomorrow, we _______ on the
34. What will you be doing when your family beach.
arrives? a. Will be relaxing
a. I will prepare dinner b. Will have relaxed
b. I will have prepared dinner c. Are relaxing
c. I will be preparing dinner d. Were relaxing
d. I prepared dinner e. Had been relaxing
e. I had prepared dinner
44. By the time I graduate from university, I
35. What will you be doing when your favorite TV _______ here for five years.
show starts? a. Will have been living
a. I will watch the show b. Will be living
b. I will have watched the show c. Am living
c. I will be watching the show d. Was living
d. I watched the show e. Had been living
e. I had watched the show
45. What _______ when I arrive at your house
36. What will you be doing during your vacation tomorrow at 2 pm?
next month? a. Will you cook
a. I will visit some museums b. Will you be cooking
b. I will have visited some museums c. You cook
c. I will be visiting some museums d. You will be cooking
d. I visited some museums e. You will have cooked
 B. have you seen
TEST 8 C. Are you going to see
Contoh Soal Tenses beserta Jawabannya D. did you want to see
1. 'When did the accident happen?' E. Were you going to see
'When the goods . . . from the truck.'
A. unloaded 10. Father : Are you sure you will pass'?
B. were unloading Riana : Believe me, Dad. I'll do better in the next
C. being unloaded examination.
D. were being unloaded From the dialogue we know that Riana ... to do
E. they were unloading better in the next examination.
A. promises
2. Ahmad : Mah, what were you doing when I B. hopes
phoned your mother last night? C. wishes
Halimah : I ... TV D. likes
A. watch E. decides
B. am watching
C. have watched 11. 'Anwar was promoted president of your
D. was watching company last week; wasn't he?
E. will watch 'I'm glad he was; he ... in this company for years.'
A. worked
3. I was sleeping when my father...the B. had worked
announcement about me in the radio. C. was working
A. hear D. has been working
B. heard E. would work
C. was hearing
D. hears 12. `What are you looking for?’, 'My wallet; I don't
E. Will hear know where I ... it.'
A. have put
4. Rina ... a bath when I phoned her. B. have been putting
A. has been taking C. had put
B. is taking D. am putting
C. had taken E. was putting
D. has taken
E. was taking 13. 'Where is my dictionary? It was on my desk.'
`Perhaps somebody ... it.'
5. `Could you tell brother to meet me at the library A. would take
tomorrow? `Sure, I____ him.' B. takes
A. would have told C. is taking
B. am telling D. has taken
C. be telling E. had taken
D. will tell
E. will be telling 14. We haven't heard from Didi for such a long
time.
6. Daru : What are you going to do after leaving `We haven't either, since he ... to Dili.'
the college? A. had moved
Dimas : Well, I don't want to be jobless. So I'm ... B. moves
getting a job soon. C. was moving
A. would like D. moved
B. planning E. has moved
C. going to
D. thinking of 15. Anita is looking forward to her birthday
E. intending because she ... a new watch.
A. has promised
7. `Oh, dear! I forgot to bring my dictionary.' B. promised
`That's all right. I . . . you mine.' C. being promised
A. will be lending D. has been promising
B. am lending E. has been promised
C. will lend
D. am going to lend 16. My friend said, “I have never seen such a
E. lend good film".
From the above statement we may conclude
8. "What is your plan for this weekend?" that ....
°I . . . my brother." A. he has never seen bad films before
A. will visit B. it was the first time he went to see a, film
B. will have visited C. this is the best film he has ever seen
C. will have been visiting D. he seldom went to good movies
D. have visited E. the film he saw was a bad one
E. visited
17. Ronny : Are you going to watch the movie on
9. Yusniar : “I plan to see ‘the ghost’ with Tina.” TV tonight?
Supriadi : “When...it?” Deny : No, I think I'll watch the recent news. The
A. you see recent news is news that ....
A. is very important Part 1 (Intermediate)
B. tells us about things that have just happened Soal Past Tense – Simple or Progressive: Fill
C. is printed in capital letters in the correct form.
D. provides a lot of advertisements 1. George _______ off the ladder while he
E. makes the viewers laugh _______ the ceiling. (fall, paint)
2. Last night I _______ in bed when I
18. Rini : " ... “ suddenly _______ a scream. (read, hear)
Rina : "for almost five years". 3. _______ TV when I _______ you? (you
A. When do you study English? watch, phone)
B. When did you study English? 4. Ann _______ for me when I _______ .
C. How long have you studied English? (wait, arrive)
D. How many years will you study English? 5. Maisie _______ up the kitchen when John
E. When will you study English? _______ her to marry him. (clean, ask)
6. The house _______ £ 150,000 in 2003.
19. Ronald moved to this town last year. (cost)
We can say the he ... in this town for a year. 7. The fire _______ at six in the morning.
A. was living (still, burn)
B. lives 8. My brother _______ a new job a week ago.
C. has lived (get)
D. lived 9. Columbus _______ America over 500
E. had lived years ago. (discover)
10. She _______ not interested in the book
20. Miss Rina...US English since 1989. because she _______ it. (be, not understand)
A. Have taught 11. _______ at school yesterday? (you be)
B. was teach 12. We _______ in a house near the sea last
C. is going to teach summer. (live)
D. has taught 13. She _______ the piano very well when
E. taoght she _______ young. (can play, be)
14. She _______ the office very early last
21. `Could you please book me on the next flight night. (leave)
to Mexico City? 'I'm sorry, sir. Our airline … to 15. I _______ a friend while I _______ the
Mexico City." shopping. (meet, do)
A. doesn't fly 16. I _______ for my things when I _______
B. will not fly someone call my name. (pay, hear)
C. did not fly 17. I _______ around and _______ Judy.
D. has not been flying (turn, see)
E. wasn't able to fly 18. She _______ a bright yellow dress when I
_______ her last. (wear, see)
22. `He has to take a TOEFL test before leaving 19. We _______ to have a cup of tea.
for the U.S.' (decide)
`No, . . . have to; he already took it a few months 20. While the waiter _______ up the pieces of
ago. glass he _______ his finger (pick, cut)
A. he can't 21. Then we _______ the cafe and _______
B. he doesn't goodbye. (leave, say)
C. he hasn't 22. I _______ the fire at six and it _______
D. he isn't brightly when Tom came in at seven. (light,
E. he mustn't still burn)
23. My dog _______ along quietly when
23. I think you had better tell her the truth before Mary’s Pekinese _______ him. (walk, attack)
somebody else .... 24. When I _______ she _______ lunch. She
A. does said she always _______ lunch at 12:30.
B. can (arrive, have, have)
C. had 25. What _______ of his last book? –I
D. tells _______ it a lot. (you think, like)
E. did 26. He suddenly _______ that he _______ in
the wrong direction. (realize, travel)
27. He _______ guitar when someone
24. "Do I hear something?"
_______ the window and _______ out a
"Yes, somebody . . . at the door!"
bucket of water. (play, open, throw)
A. was knocking
28. He _______ us to go out in the boat
B. knocks
yesterday because of a strong wind _______.
C. is knocking
(not allow, blow)
D. knocked
29. The next day, as they _______ that the
E. has knocked
police _______ for them, they _______ the
coats in the woods and _______ off in
25. "May I borrow your magazine?"
different directions. (know, look, hide, go)
"I'm sorry, my sister . . . it.
30. When I _______ home they _______
A. still reads
around a fire. Jack _______ a crossword
B. is still reading
puzzle, Judy _______ and the others
C. will still read
_______. Mother _______ at me and said: “
D. has been reading
Come and sit down”. (come, sit, do, knit, read,
E. still read
smile)
Part 2 (Intermediate) 21. While his friend _______ the car, John
Soal Past Tense – Simple or Progressive: Fill _______ about his holidays. (drive, talk)
in the correct form.
22. John _______ a shower when the telephone
1. I _______ Sue in town yesterday, but she _______ . (have, ring)
_______ me. She _______ the other way. (see,
not see, look) 23. When they _____ at the airport, the plane
______ high above their heads. (arrive, already
2. I _______ Tom and Jane at the airport a few fly)
weeks ago. They _______ to Berlin and I
_______ to Madrid. We _______ a chat while we 24. They _______ to the restaurant and _______
_______ for our flights. (meet, go, go, have, wait) a cup of coffee. (go, have)

3. I ______ home yesterday when suddenly a 25. While the football teams _______ up, the fans
man _____ out into the road in front of me. I _______ their flags. (warm, wave)
_______ quite fast but luckily I ______ to stop in
time and ______ him. (cycle, step, go, manage, Part 3 (Intermediate)
not hit) Soal Past Tense – Simple or progressive.

4. Jerry ______ for me when I _____(wait, arrive) 1. It _______ (rain) when we _______ (come) out
of the shopping center.
5. “What _______ at this time yesterday”? – “I
was asleep.” (you do) 2. It _______ (happen) very quickly. The car
_______ (come) out of the side road and then the
6. “_______ out last night?” – “No, I was too tired”. van _______ (drive) into the back of it.
(you go)
3. I _______ (be) ill last week.
7. “Was Carol at the party last night?” – “Yes she
_______ a really nice dress.” (wear) 4. He _____ (break) his leg when he _______
(ski).
8. How fast _______ when the accident
_______ ? (you drive, happen) 5. I _______ (look) out of the window and saw
that people _______ (walk) in the park.
9. John _______ a photo of me while I _______ .
(take, not look) 6. Emma ______(pass) her exam a few weeks
ago.
10. We _______ in a very difficult position. We
_______ what to do. (be, not know) 7. When we _______ (see) the spaceship we
_______ (stop) the car.
11. I haven’t seen Alan for ages. When I last
_______ him, he _______ to find a job in Leeds. 8. When _______ (you buy) the car? – I _______
(see, try) (buy) it a few years ago.

12. I _______ along the street when suddenly I 9. He _______ (sit) in the garden when a wasp
_______ footsteps behind me. Somebody _______ (sting) him in the nose.
_______ me. I was frightened and _______ to
run. (walk, hear, follow, start) 10. Claire _______ (go) to Egypt last month.

11. She _______ (have) a beautiful dream when

13. When I _______ young I _______ to be a bus
the alarm clock _______ (ring).
driver. (be, want)
12. The car _______ (stop) at the lights.
14. While Mike _______ TV Sheila _______ a
book. (watch, read) 13. We _______ (drive) home in the middle of the
night when we _______ (see) a flashing light.
15. She _______ for the bus when I _______ her
yesterday. (wait, see) 14. Soft music _______ (play) when I _______
(go) into the room.
16. On Sunday I _______ for a walk and then I
_______ the museum. (go, visit) 15. _______ (you buy) that bag while I _______
(look) after the children?
17. He _______ lunch when the first guests
_______ . (prepare, arrive) 16. It ____ (be) peaceful and the birds _____
(sing).
18. She _______ when she suddenly _______ a
strange noise. (sleep,hear) 17. Was _______ (Jimmy, already wait) for you
when you _______ (get) there?
19. We _______ on the lake when a terrible
thunderstorm _______ up. (sail, come) 18. I _______ (ring) at about 3 o’clock yesterday,
but you _______ (not pick) up the phone. – What
20. Some minutes later his friend _______ to take _______ (you do)? – I _______ (help) Dad in the
him to the airport. (come) garden so I probably _______ (not hear) it.
19. I _______ (lie) in the bath when the phone
_______ (ring). It _______ (stop) after a few rings.

20. It _______ (be) cold when we _______ (leave)

the house that day.