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5 TENSES WE FREQUENTLY USE

Tense = time {past --> present--> future}

1.    Simple Present Tense

·      Digunakan untuk menyatakan habitual action atau rutinitas dan fakta-fakta umum.

Example :

Ø The sun rises from the east.

Ø The sun sets from the west.

·      Rumus :

Ø (+) S + V1 (s/es) , example : I do my job,  She does her job.

Ø (-) S + do/does + not + V1, example : They do not study, She does not cook.

Ø (?) Do/does + S + V1 ? , example : Do you understand?

Subject : I, You, They, We, She, He, It.

Regular Verb :

Verb 1 (V1)	Verb 2 (V2)
Say	Said
Cook	Cooked
Study	Studied
Open	Opened
Want	Wanted
Look	Looked
Stare	Stared
Etc.

Irregular Verb :

Verb 1 (V1)	Verb 2 (V2)	Verb 3 (V3)
Eat	Ate	Eaten
Teach	Taught	Taught
Go	Went	Gone
Has/have	Had	Had
Buy	Bought	Bought
Sell	Sold	sold
Get	Got	Got
Drink	Drank	Drunk
Sing	Sang	Sung
See	Saw	seen
Drive	Drove	Driven
Make	Made	made
Do	Did	done
Etc.

Example practice :

§  They go to campus by bus.

Answer :

(-) They don’t go to campus by bus.

(?) Do they go to campus by bus?

§  She goes to campus by motorcycle.

Answer :

                   (-) She does not go to campus by motorcycle.

                   (?) Does she go to campus by motorcycle?

2.    Simple Past Tense

·      Digunakan untuk menyatakan kalimat yang terjadi di masa lampau.

·      Rumus :

Ø (+) S + V2

Ø (-) S + did + not + V1

Ø (?) Did + S + V1

3.    Present / Past Continues Tense 

·      Digunakan untuk menyatakan kejadian yang sedang berlangsung.

·      Rumus :

Ø (+) S + be + V erb + ing

Ø (-) S + be + not + Verb + ing

Ø (?) Be + S + Verb + ing

To Be : is, am, are, was, were

Subject (S)	Present	Past
I	am	was
You	are	were
They
We
She	is	was
He
It

Keterangan :

Have digunakan pada subjek : I, you, they, dan we.

Has digunakan pada subjek : she, he, dan it.

4.    Simple Future Tense

·      Digunakan untuk mengekspresikan kejadian yang belum terjadi, masih direncanakan atau kejadian di masa yang akan datang.

·      Rumus :

Ø (+) S + will + V1

Ø (-) S + will + not + V1

Ø (?) Will + S + V1

5.    Present Perfect Tense

·      Digunakan untuk menyatakan kejadian yang sudah terjadi dan hasilnya masih terasa atau terlihat.

·      Rumus :

Ø (+) S + has/have + V3

Ø (-) S + has/have + not + V3

Ø (?) Has/have + S + V3

Key words :

o   Auxiliary : kata kerja bantu.

o   Adverb : kata keterangan.

o   Adjective : kata sifat.

o   Noun : kata benda.