TENSES
Assorted
Tenses
Tenses is a verb-based method is used to indicate the time, and sometimes
the continuation or competition, of an action or circumstances relating to the
time talking. So the concept of tenses is a method commonly used to refer to
the time – past (past), current (present), and future (future)
16 kinds of Tenses and the examples
:
1. SIMPLE PRESENT
Usage : stating a habit (habitual action) or
activities that occur over and over again and again and again. Starting a
general truth.
Formulas : (+) S +
V1 + es/s + Object
(-) S + do/does + not + V1 + Object
(?) do/does + S + V1 + Object
Examples : a. My father lives
in Medan
b. My father does not live in Banten
c. Does my father
live in South Tangerang ?
d. The sun rises in the east
2. PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
Usage : to declare an ongoing activity (now) or
around the time of the conversations (around the time speaking).
Formulas : ( + ) S
+ is/am/are + V – ing
( - ) S + is/am/are + Not + V – ing
( ? ) is/am/are + S + V –ing
Examples : a. I’m studying architecture
now
b. I’m not studying English now
c. am I studying architecture now ?
d. We are eating dinner at seven o’clock now
3. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
Usage : to declare an act, events that happened in
the past and still nothing to do with present or to show an event that
completed in a short time (just finished).
Formulas : ( + ) S
+ have/has + V3 + Object
( - ) S + have/has + Not + V3 + Object
( ? ) have/has + s + V3 + Object
Examples : a. Yunus has eaten breakfast
b. Yunus
has not eaten breakfast
c. Has Aprizal
eaten breakfast
d. They have know each other for along time
4. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
Usage : to declare an activity that started in the
past and is still ongoing and there may ongoing.
Formulas : ( +
) S + have/has + been + V – ing
( - ) S + have/has + Not + been + V – ing
( ? ) have/has + S + been + V –ing
Examples : a. Arik has been
staying in hospital since his accident
b. Arik
has not been staying in hospital
c. Has Arik
been staying in hospital since his accident
d. Arik
has been talking to willy on the phone for twenty minutes
5. SIMPLE PAST TENSE
Usage : to express an activity that occurs at a
point in the past.
Formulas : ( + ) S
+ V2 + Object
( - ) S + did + did + not V1 + Object
( ? ) did + S + V1 + Object
Examples : a. My sisters went to europa last month
b. My sisters
did not go to europa
c. Did my sister go to europa last month
d. I ate dinner
this night
6. PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
Usage : to express an ongoing activity in the past
when other activities occur / interrupt.
Formulas : ( + ) S
+ was/were + V – ing
( - ) S + was/were + Not + V – ing
( ? ) was/were + S + V –ing
Examples : a. I was writeng book when my brother watched cinema
b. I was not eating when my father ate breakfast
c. was I studying when my friend invited me ?
d. when you were waiting me I sent the letter
7. PAST PERFECT TENSE
Usage : to declare an act that is completed events
done is the past or explain an events which first occurred between the two in
question.
Formulas : ( + ) S
+ had + V3
( - ) S + had + Not + V3
( ? ) had + s + V3
Examples : a. Jiunk had eaten when
we called at to her house
b. Jiunk
had not come when I called her
c. had Jiunk
heared when I called her ?
d. I had been at school I when Jiunk went to my house
8. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
Usage : to declare an act or event that has been
started in the past and is still going on in the past also.
Formulas : (
+ ) S + had + been + V – ing
( - ) S + had + Not + been + V – ing
( ? ) had + S + been + V –ing
Examples : a. They had been
singing when we studied sains
b. They had not been eating when we ate breakfast
c. Had they been studying when we studied sains?
d. Dede went
to the market when her mother had been cooking rice
9. SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE
Usage : to declare an act or event that will be
done at the time will come.
Formulas : ( + ) S
+ shall/will+ V1
( - ) S + shall/will + Not + V1
( ? ) shall/will+ S + V1
Examples : a. I will go to Banten last week
b. My friends shall not
follow me
c. Will you judge
me ?
d. Mandra
will give me a bag
10. FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE
Usage : to declare an act or event that will be
taking place at a time will come.
Formulas : ( + ) S
+ shall/will + be + V – ing
( - ) S + shall/will + Not + be + V – ing
( ? ) shall/will+ S + be + V –ing
Examples : a. I will be
studying If my friends
come to night
b. My friend shall
not be sleeping if my mother isn’t there
c. Will the be going ?
d. Teguh
will be arriving from Aceh to morning
11. FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
Usage : to declare an act or event that already
started in the past and soon to be completed in time dating.
Formulas : ( + ) S
+ shall/will + have + V3
( - ) S + shall/will + Not + have + V3
( ? ) shall/will+ S + have + V3
Examples : a. Danar and Ahya will have
finished their work by wednesday
b. Danar
and Arbi will
not have finished their work by wednesday
c. Will they
have finished their work wdnesday?
d. My uncle
shall been at market
12. FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
Usage : to declare an act or event that already exist
in the past but is still possible to continuous at the time will come.
Formulas : ( + ) S
+ shall/will + have + been + V-ing
( - ) S + shall/will + Not + have + been + V-ing
( ? ) shall/will+ S + have + been + V-ing
Examples
a. My Uncle shall have been working in the
office for two monthby
the end of the year
b. My uncle shall
not have been cooking
c. Shall she have been cooking ?
d. Wahyu
will have been staying in my house two weeks by the of this year
13. PAST FUTURE TENSE
Usage : to declare an act or event that will come
done in the past .
Formulas : ( + ) S
+ should/would + V1
( - ) S + should/would+ Not + V1
( ? ) should/would + S + V1
Examples :
a. My wife would give me a new car the week before
b. They would not give me a new carthe next day
c. Would they give me a new cycle the week before ?
d. Maya would not come to my university the next month
14. PAST FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE
Usage : to declare an act or event that will be
taking place the past.
Formulas : ( + ) S
+ should/would +be + V-ing
( - ) S + should/would + Not + be + V-ing
( ? ) should/would + S + be + V-ing
Examples :
a. We would be meeting here at two yesterday
b. We would not be meeting here at two yesterday
c. Would us be meeting here at two yesterday ?
d. We should be helping them on monday last week
15. PAST FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
Usage : to declare an act of events that will come
already in the past supposition that can not happen because it is definitely
not fulfilled.
Formulas : ( + ) S
+ should/would + have + V3
( - ) S + should/would + Not + have + V3
( ? ) should/would + S + have + V3
Examples :
a. You would have been success if you had worked
hard
b. You would not have been success if you had not worked hard
c. Would you have been success if you had not worked hard ?
d. I should have come there if you had asked me
e. I should not have come there if you had not asked me
16. PAST FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
TENSE
Usage : to declare an act of events that will
already be in progress at the past.
Formulas : ( + ) S
+ should/would + have + been + V-ing
( - ) S + should/would + Not + have + been + V-ing
( ? ) should/would + S + have + been + V-ing
Examples :
a. Danar would have been working there for
two years by the end of this year
b. My Uncle should not have been working there.
c. Should Yunus have been studying at Nasa for 2 years by
the end of this year ?
d. Yunus would have been teaching architecture for two weeks by the end of
this months
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