Abstract:
The objective of the study is to find out the similarities and dissimilarities of
general sentences pattern in English and Bahasa indonesia. This study was
conducted by using descriptive qualitative. The data were obtained by using the
library and documentary research. The require gathered by reading some books
and from internet. Contrastive analysis is used to analyze the data and to show the
similaritied and dissimilarities in English and Bahasa Indonesia general sentences
pattern in terms of forms and functions. In English, there are 16 tenses that used in
general sentences pattern. Bahasa Indonesia didn’t use tenses, but using adverb of
time.
