Tense Materials to be Taught for the Seventh Year Students

students of Junior High School and those tenses were taught on the seventh year students of Junior High School.

2.3.2 Teaching Tenses at Junior High School Level

Based on the 2006 Curriculum KTSP, teaching grammar including tenses is integrated with the English language skills listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The teaching tenses on the seventh year students covers Simple Present Tense and Present Continuous Tense.

2.4 Tense Materials to be Taught for the Seventh Year Students

The tense materials that were taught in this research covered Simple Present Tense and Present Continuous Tense.

2.4.1 Simple Present Tense Explanation, Examples, and the Uses

The uses of Simple Present Tense Murphy, 1994: 2 - 6: a. To say something which happens repeatedly Examples: + I go to school every day. ─ Agus doesn‟t go to school in the afternoon. ? Do you go to bed at ten every night? b. To say something which is permanent Examples: + Susilo Bambang Yudoyono lives in Jakarta. ─ Julien and Faiz are not lazy students. ? Does Arief live in a village? c. To say general truth Examples: + The water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id ─ Semarang is not the capital city of the East Java Province. ? Is the Pacific Ocean the largest ocean in the world? d. We usually use adverbs of frequency such as usually, always, everyday, every week, etc. Examples: + We always go to school at 6.30 every morning. ─ Jamil doesn‟t have breakfast everyday. ? Do they always come late? Based on the examples above, the patterns of Simple Present Tense can be inferred as follows:  The patterns of Simple Present Tense with main verbs: + Subject + verb1 +ses + object + adverb ─ Subject + dodoes not + verb1 + object + adverb ? Dodoes + subject + verb1 + object + adverb? Examples: + Roni watches movies every evening. ─ We do not go to school on Sundays. ? Does Yayuk often go to Surabaya?  The patterns of Simple Present Tense with the verb “be”: + Subject + be am, is, are + adjective ─ Subject + be am, is, are + not + adjective ? Be am, is, are + subject + adjective Examples: + Mr. Hasan is an English teacher. ─ I am not a carpenter. I am a student of The University of Jember. ? Are they students of SMPN 2 Balung, Jember? http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id Notes: 1. We use „verb1+ses‟ if the subjects are he, she, and it. We use bare infinitive verb1 without adding „ses‟ if the subjects are I, we, you, and they. 2. We use „do‟ if the subjects are I, we, you, and they. We use „does‟ when the subjects are: he, she, and it. 3. We add „es‟ at the end of the verbs ending with „s, ch, sh, x, o, and z‟,

e.g. passes, watches, pushes, taxes, goes, etc.