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BSE : 3.2/4.2/3/2.2

A. Identity

Basic Competence

3.2 menerapkan fungsisosial, struktur teks, dan unsure kebahasaan teks interaksi

transaksional lisan dan tulis yang melibatkan tindakan member dan meminta informasi

terkait tindakan/kegiatan/ kejadian yang sudah/telahdilakukan/terjadi dikaitkan dengan

satu titik waktu di waktu lampau, saat ini, dan waktu yang akan datang, sesuai dengan

konteks penggunaannya. (Perhatikanunsurkebahasaanpast perfect, present perfect,

future perfect)

4.2 menyusunteksinteraksitransaksionallisandantulis yang melibatkan tindakan memberi dan

meminta informasi terkait tindakan/kegiatan/ kejadian yang sudah/telah dilakukan

/terjadi dikaitkan dengan satu titik waktu di waktu lampau, saat ini, dan waktu yang akan

datang, dengan memperhatikan fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan yang

benar dan sesuai konteks

PERFECT AND PAST TENSES

Subject:

ENGLISH

LITERATURE

SEMESTER THREE

Time allocation

14 X 45 minutes

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Learning purpose

In this chapter, you will learn about the difference

between perfect and past tenses in the form of

transactional dialogues. Surely, you will have to

know the proper grammatical structure used to

make the sentences meaningful. Practicing applying

those tenses in dialogues is needed to enhance your

understanding on the social function and the text

structure of the two tenses.

B. Concept mapping

Perfect

Affirmative

Negative

Question

Simple PresentPerfect

Present Perfect

Continuous

Past

Affirmative

Negative

Question

Simple Past

Past Continuous

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C. Learning process

GENERAL INSTRUCTION: You must ensure that you understand the

material step by step. At the end, there will be an evaluation to test your

level of understanding on the material. When your level is above the

passing score, you may continue to the next material. Before you ask for

the evaluation, please ensure yourself that you have already mastered

the whole material in this chapter.

BEFORE LEARNING

1. Give examples of activities that are already completed.

2. Give examples of activities that occurred in the past.

WHILST LEARNING

Activity One

READ THE DIALOGUES BELOW WHILE LEARNING WHAT THE UNDERLINED SENTENCES

EXPRESS.

Dialogue one

Hea : Have you read the review of “The Avenger”?

Gale : Do you mean “The Infinity War”.

Hea : Yes, of course.

Gale : Not yet. I have been busy since last week.

Dialogue two

Kin : I have been looking around this garden for almost 30 minutes, but I cannot find

the tulip flower.

Lio : Surely, you won’t as it is not in this garden, but the garden near the hotel.

Confused!!! Ok. Let’s learn!

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Dialogue three

Opa : Did your teacher tell you about me yesterday?

Child : Yes, Opa! He told about your excellent painting.

Dialogue four

Ian : What were the trainees doing when the supervisor arrived?

Iset : They were having a job discussion. They were so serious that they didn’t notice his

presence.

WRITE THE PATTERN OF EACH SENTENCE :

Dialogue one :

1. ________________________________

2. ________________________________

Dialogue two:

___________________________

Dialogue three :

1. ________________________________

2. ________________________________

Dialogue four :

1. _______________________________

2. ________________________________

CONSULT YOUR GRAMMAR BOOK AND WRITE THE NAME OF TENSE FOR EACH PATTERN.

AFTER THAT, DISCUSS THE SOCIAL FUNCTION OF EACH TENSE WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND

WRITE THEM HERE.

1. Simple Present Perfect : ________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

2. Present Perfect Continuous : ____________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

3. Simple Past : _________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

4. Past Continuous : _____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

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YOU SHOULD CONSULT YOUR TEACHER FOR CONFIRMING WHETHER YOUR ANSWERS

ARE CORRECT OR WRONG! IF THEY ARE CORRECT, THEN YOU MAY CONTINUE TO THE

NEXT ACTIVITY.

Activity TWO

TO CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING ON PERFECT AND PAST TENSES, DO THESE EXERCISES

BELOW.

A. Write another sentence to make the given sentence more meaningful.

Here are the examples :

a. Ed Sheeran’s songs have been on the top hits for almost a month. Thousands of

people in the world play his songs every day.

b. Oh, my God! I didn’t do my homework last night. I felt very tired and fell asleep.

c. We have accomplished the beginner level already. Now, we are doing the low

intermediate one.

d. The captain was standing on the deck and observing the ocean when the lady ran to

him in fear and asked for his help. But he responded calmly and left the deck with

the woman.

1. Sorry, I didn’t hear what you said.

2. We have already selected the commodity to be exported.

3. Were the teachers watching the final games when you got into the hall?

4. The sales person has been persuading mother to but her product for almost an hour.

5. The passengers haven’t known how to use the safety boat.

6. The students were trying to get the solution of their problem with the new teacher

when I entered their class.

7. The policeman was interrogating the criminals while they were sitting on the floor.

8. Did the finalists of the beauty contest answer the questions in English?

9. The President has just communicated his new programs to the public.

10. The private television stations have used our own satellite for ten years.

11. Have the editors finished their work?

12. While the doctor was examining his patients, was he telling them his hypothesis on the

symptoms of their sickness?

13. He didn’t answer my message and even show up at my birthday party.

14. Have some sculptors been exhibiting their work for a week?

15. I haven’t commented on his performance yet.

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B. Change the verb in bracket into the correct form!

Assy : You (see) already the newest Korean drama series?

Bea : I (not update) myself because I am preparing my new album.

Assy : I see. You look so exhausted and seem not to have enough sleep. Why don’t

you take some rest.

Bea : Thanks for your advice. I (sleep) only for three hours last night because I (have)

to finish the last song this afternoon.

Assy : You (finish) all of the songs already?

Bea : Thank God..yes. I (complete) the recording an hour ago. But there (be) a

miracle happening to me. While I (drive) to the studio, I (get) sleepy and (lose)

my consciousness for a second. Fortunately, I (step) my foot on the break un-

deliberately and the car (stop) at a sudden. It (be) about to hit a motorcycle in

front of me. Luckily, the street (be) still empty because of the dawn.

Assy : it’s really a miracle. By the way, where is your assistant? She (go) for nearly an

hour. Does she know the place? Why not call her?

Bea : If she were in trouble, she would call me.

Assy : But I think she is. It’s too long for such a near place.

Bea : Ok. I will call her. (looking confused…) Where is my phone?

Assy : I think you left it on the director’s room.

Bea : How do you know it?

Assy : You told me that you came from her room.

Bea : Ohh.. I am so forgetful. I (leave) it there three times. (returning from the

director’s office..) You are right. She (call) me twice.

Assy : So, call her now. She may be in trouble.

Bea : Wait. She is calling … (on the phone …) I’m sorry. My phone (be) in the

director’s room. How long you (be) there? Really? (smiling …) That’s alright.

(hanging up the phone..) She (stand) in line for an hour. The line is long enough. Is

it ok to wait?

Assy : Take it easy. Besides, I (not be) hungry yet.

C. Open this website : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AkjRbSj6W4,

watch it, then write as many sentences as possible with past tenses.

D. Write a meaningful and contextual sentence with Simple Present Perfect of Present

Perfect Continuous based on the given sentence.

Examples: All of the tasks are complete. The students are having a rest now.

The students have completed their tasks already.

The movie started 15 minutes ago. We are enjoying it.

We have been enjoying the movie for fifteen minutes.

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1. My brother’s graduation is going to be held next Monday. He is preparing for college’s

entrance test now.

2. The process of encoding is done, so you can send it as soon as possible.

3. Plastic surgery becomes a trend now. It began about the years ago.

4. All of the teams are practicing seriously now. Most of them arrived in this town a week

ago.

5. Mrs. Ali is dressing the garden for the ceremony the whole morning. She makes all

decorations herself.

6. Everyone is holding the itinerary. They should be at the gathering place on time in order

that the next destination can be reached on schedule.

7. The young director feels that she is not good at delivering speech, so she practices and

practices again.

8. It is terribly shameful. What you were explaining was totally out of the topic.

9. Firing some employees is not the way out of the company’s financial problem.

10. Some popular celebrities are caught consuming drugs, and this is not the first time for

some of them.

11. Some guesses feel uncomfortable in this kind of party that is targeted for the wealthy

people.

12. She bought these two cute dogs last year. She trains them every day for entertaining

audience.

13. Avril Lavigne is going to hold a live concert in Singapore next month. This will be the

second times for her to be in Singapore.

14. Our president began building infrastructures to boost the economic growth four years

ago and nothing or no one can stop it.

15. The plastic waste community was established by the Biology teacher two years ago and

now many teenagers join it.

16. I registered to be the member of the book club three years ago, and I am reviewing the

twentieth book.

17. The cloud is still hanging on the sky. We cancelled travelling yesterday, and we cannot

go today as well.

18. Indonesian coffee is internationally known. Some baristas introduced it in the

international coffee festivals in 2007.

19. He often gets invitation from a food blogger to discuss on the new recipe. He lists the

name of them. There are about 20 names.

20. I will never get bored on reading “Harry Potter” novels. This is the third time I read

them.

E. Open this website : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnN6YdsqCRU

Watch it, then write as many sentences as possible with perfect tenses.

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NOW, PRACTICE THE TENSES THROUGH LISTENING AND SPEAKING IN THE FOLLOWING

ACTIVITIES!

Activity THREE

LISTEN TO SOME DIALOGUES WHILE CHOOSING THE CORRECT ANSWERS!

1. What does the man mean?

A. He didn’t think about the chance.

B. He confirms not to take the chance.

C. The chance isn’t his priority.

D. The chance will not be important

2. What does the man mean?

A. He saw her.

B. He knows her.

C. He is familiar with her.

D. He got involved too.

3. What does the man mean?

A. He is having a meeting.

B. He is meeting someone.

C. The director is available for the meeting.

D. The available director is a leader.

4. What does the man mean?

A. He isn’t interested in the discussion.

B. He confirms the discovery.

C. The discovery seems to be a hoax.

D. The discovery will be proven by him.

Have you understood the

past and perfect tenses?

Excellent!

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5. What does the man mean?

A. He is so lazy.

B. He never tries anything.

C. His efforts aren’t successful.

D. His techniques are good.

6. What does the man mean?

A. He doesn’t know about it.

B. He doesn’t care about it.

C. He plans to ask his secretary.

D. He forgot to tell her secretary to.

7. What does the man mean?

A. He is so brave

B. He is familiar with the animal.

C. He is showing his talent.

D. He is enjoying the time

8. What does the man mean?

A. He just saw the star from the distance.

B. The star came only for buying ticket.

C. He is the ticket seller.

D. He talked to the star for a second.

9. What does the man mean?

A. The food is still on the way.

B. They must buy some food.

C. He ordered the woman to buy some food.

D. The food is on the table.

10. What does the man mean?

A. The data aren’t correct.

B. He hasn’t seen the new ones.

C. His assistant knew nothing.

D. The data are being revised.

11. What does the man mean?

A. There are new regulations to control the amount of Carbon monoxide.

B. The condition of the air becomes more and more polluted by CO.

C. The implementation of the regulations on it depend on the law makers.

D. The law makers need only three months to finish the regulations.

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12. What does the man mean?

A. His children never play games.

B. Games don’t give any effects on his children.

C. Games may control them someday.

D. His children when to play games.

13. What does the man mean?

A. The employees don’t have any jobs.

B. That shows their laziness to work.

C. The employees may not have got enough sleep due to the championship.

D. The employees don’t focus on their job any more.

14. What does the man mean?

A. He won’t be available.

B. He appointed her as her client.

C. His client doesn’t know him at all.

D. He has some businesses with them.

15. What does the man mean?

A. He dislikes the food.

B. He gets used to the available food.

C. He knows nothing about food.

D. His reference on the food in this restaurant is good

Activity FOUR

FIND A PARTNER, THEN PREPARE A TWO MINUTE -DIALOGUE BY USING THE LEARNT

TENSES (PAST AND PERFECT TENSES) TO BE PERFORMED IN FRONT OF THE CLASS! LET

THE TEACHER KNOW WHEN YOU ARE READY.

Activity FIVE

TO SUPPORT YOUR SKILL IN CREATING SENTENCES WITH THE TWO TENSES, IT IS

NECESSARY FOR YOU TO KNOW SOME IRREGULAR VERBS. THEREFORE, FILL IN THE TABLE

BELOW WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF VERB!

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INFINITIVE (V1) PAST (V2) PAST PARTICIPLE (V3)

1 become

2 lit

3 showed

4 dream

5 feel

6 eaten

7 thrown

8 taken

9 swept

10 fed

11 fit

12 freeze

13 get

14 spread

15 swear

16 taught

17 held

18 laid

19 left

20 understand

21 stick

22 steal

23 shut

24 shot

25 hung

26 flown

27 lend

28 lose

29 hid

30 won

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CLOSING

TO SUMMARIZE WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNT, COMPLETE THE SENTENCES BELOW!

1. Simple past is used to show an activity that ______________________________

2. The time signal for Simple Past is ______________________________________

3. The form of the verb for simple Past is _________________________________

4. Past Continuous is used to show an activity that ______________________________

5. The time signal for Past Continuous is ______________________________________

6. The form of the verb for Past Continuous is _________________________________

7. Simple Present Perfect is used to show an activity that _________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

8. The time signal for Simple Present Perfect is __________________________________

9. The form of the verb for Simple Present Perfect is

_________________________________

10. Present Perfect Continuous is used to show an activity that

_______________________________________________

11. The time signal for Present Perfect Continuous is

_________________________________

12. The form of the verb for Present Perfect Continuous is

____________________________

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CHECK WITH YOUR TEACHER WHETHER YOUR ANSWERS ARE CORRECT OR NOT. THEN

FILL IN THE TABLE BELOW!

SELF-REFLECTION ON THE MASTERY OF MATERIALS

No Questions Yes No

1. Can you differentiate the use of past and present

tenses?

2. Do you understand the grammatical structure of

those tenses?

3. Can you apply the present perfect and past tenses in

sentences?

4. Can you compose a dialogue using the present

perfect and past tenses?

5. Can you perform a dialogue using the present

perfect and past tenses?

6 Do you understand the use of the present perfect and

past tenses through listening?