Di dalam bahasa inggris terdapat 16 tenss yang harus dipahami dan dipelajari.
Seluruh tenses ini sangan penting untuk menguasai bahasa inggris.
1. Simple present
2. Simpe past
3. Simple future
+(S + V1)
-(S+ do/does+not+v1)
?(do/does+s+v1)
Time signal : every day, every..., once a week,twice a week, seldom
Example:
+(S+ be+Ving)
-(S+be+not+Ving)
?(be+S+Ving)
Time signal: at that moment, now dan right now
Example :
1. He is talking with his classmates.
2. We are going to the hospital.
3. Teacher is explaining the lesson.
+(S+HAVE/HAS+V3)
-(S+HAVE/HAS+NOT+V3)
?(HAVE/HAS+S+V3)
Time signal:just, just now,yet,recently, already
Example:
1. She has just made noodle
2. I have already listened ariana song
3. Rina has watched movie in bioskop
+(S+HAS/HAVE+BEEN+Ving)
-(S+has/have+not+been+Ving)
?(Has?have +S+been+Ving)
Time signal: since..., for...
Example :
1. I have been working since yesterday
2. She has been going to Bogor
3. We have not been shopping for my birthday
Simple past:at one particular time in the past, this happened. It begin and ended
in the past
1. Simple past tenses
Dalam pengertiannya, simple past tenses adalah tenses yang di gunakan
untuk menunjukkan suatu kerjadian yang terjadi di waktu lampau.
+(S+V2)
-(S+DID+NOT+V1)
?(DID+S+V1)
Time signal: yesterday,... years ago,.... days ago,this morning, last
night,last time, last year
Example :
1. I went to Bandung last week to visit my uncle’s home.
2. I joined to your club
3. She did not achieve a confirmation from Arimania office
+(S+WAS/WERE+Ving)
-(S+ was?were+not+ Ving)
?(was/were+S+Ving)
Time signal: at 2 P.M, at 3 A.m, while, when
Example:
1. I was washing my clothes
2. She was reading a novel in her room at 7. Am
3. They were listening justin bieber song
+(S+HAD+V3)
-(S+HAD+NOT+V3)
?(HAD+S+V3)
Time signal: before yesterday, till three days ago, when,while
Example:
1. she had finished her duty
2. Rina had cooked rice in the kitchen.
+(S+had+been+Ving)
-(S+had+not+been+Ving)
?(Had+S+been+Ving)
Time signal: 8 before 5, 8 when 5
Example:
1. I was had been making a cake
2. she had not been going to Surabaya
Simple future: at one particular time in this future this will happen
+(S+will+V1)
-(S+will+not+v1)
?(Will+S+V1)
Time signal: next week,next time, tomorrow,next year, later, next...
Example :
1. she will visit borobudue temple
2. they will shop at mall