5 Tenses We Frequently Use

Today in September 22nd 2016, i got english lesson by Ms. Dini about 5 tenses we frequently use and i want to share it with you guys. I hope this post might be useful for you. Thank you.

1.      Simple Present Tense 

Tenses ini digunakan untuk menyatakan rutinitas dan fakta – fakta umum.

Rumus tense ini :

(+) S + V1 (s/es)*

(–) S + do / does** + not + V1

(?) Do/ does** + S + V1

*untuk orang ketiga tunggal (she, he, it)

Subject	Auxiliary
I You They We	Do
She He It	Does

Contoh :

(+) I take a bath twice a day

(–) I don’t take a bath twice a day

(?) Do you take a bath twice a day ?

 (+) You make the cake

(–) You don’t make the cake

(?) Do you make the cake ?

·      (+) They open the door

(–) They don’t open the door

(?) Do they open the door ?

·      (+) She makes the cake

(–) She doesn’t make the cake

(?) Does she make the cake ?

·         (+) Egi takes a bath twice a day

(–) Egi doesn’t take a bath twice a day

(?) Does Egi take a bath twice a day ?

·         (+) It opens the door

(–) It doesn’t open the door

(?) Does it open the door ?

2.      Simple Past Tense

Tense ini diguanakan untuk menunjukkan bahwa kejadian terjadi di masa lampau.

Rumus simple past :

(+) S + V2

(-) S + Did+ not + V1

(?) Did + S + V1

Example :

·         (+) I tried my best

(-) I didn’t try my best

(?) Did you try your best ?

·         (+) We liked the beach so much

(-) We didn’t like the beach so such

(?) Did they like the beach so much ?

·         (+) She always drank fresh water every morning

(-)  She didn’t always drink fresh water every morning

(?) Did she always drink fresh water every morning ?

3.      Present/ past continuous tense

Tense ini digunakan pada saat kejadian yang sedang berlangsung.

Rumus present/ past continious tense :

(+) S + be +Ving

(-) S+be + not + Ving

(?) Be + S + Ving ?

Subject	Present	Past
I	Am	Was
You	Are
They
We
He	Is	were
She
It

Example :

·         (+) They are going to campus by bus

(-) They aren’t going to campus by bus

(?) Are they going to campus by bus ?

·         (+) She was going to campus by motorcycle

(-) She wasn’t going to campus by motorcycle

(?) Was she going to campus by motorcycle ?

4.      Simple Future Tense

Tenses ini digunakan untuk mengekspresikan kejadian yang belum terjadi, masih direncanakan, atau kejadian di masa yang akan datang.

Rumus simple future :

(+) S + will + V1

(-) S+ will + not + V1

(?) Will + S + V1 ?

5.      Present perfect Tense

Tense ini menyatakan kejadian yang sudah terjadi dan hasilnya masih terasa atau terlihat.

Rumus present perfect :

(+) S + has / have + V3

(-) S + has/ have + not + V3

(?) Has/ have + s +V3 ?

Subject	Auxiliary
I	Have
You
They
We
He	Has
She
It

Question :

1.      she (drink) coffee. (S. Past)

she drank coffee.

2.      They (start) the course.  (Pr. Perfect)

They have started the course.

3.      Ana and Linda (open) the account. (Past Continuous)

Ana and Linda were opening the account.

4.      The bank (close) at 5pm. (S. Present)

The bank closes at 5pm.

5.      The dog (run) through the park. (S. Past)

The dog ran through the park.