Tenses Dasar

1.  Simple Present Tense

   (+) :  Subject + keterangan + Verb 1 / verb 1 (s/es) + object

   ( -) :  Subject + do/does + not + Verb 1 + object

   (?) :  Do/does + Subject + keterangan + Verb 1 + object

   (?) :  WH Questions + do/does + subject  + keterangan + Verb 1 + object

      

   (+) :  Subject + is/am/are + kata sifat

   ( -) :  Subject + is/am/are + not + kata sifat

   (?) :  Is/am/are + Subject + kata sifat

   Do          :  i, you, they, we

   Does       :  she, he, it

  

   Is            :  she, he, it

   Am         :  i

   Are         :  you, they, we

   Keterangan waktu:

   Always (selalu) , usually (biasanya), often (sering), never (tidak pernah)

2.  Present Continous Tense

   (+) :  Subject + is/am/are + Ving + object + keterangan

   ( -) :  Subject + is/am/are + not + Ving + object + keterangan

   (?) :  is/am/are + Subject + Ving + object + keterangan

   (?) :  WH Questions + is/am/are + Subject + Ving + object + keterangan

   Is            :  she, he, it

   Am         :  i

   Are         :  you, they, we

   Keterangan waktu:

   Now (sekarang)

3.    Simple Past Tense

   (+) :  Subject + Verb 2 + object + keterangan

   ( -) :  Subject + did not + Verb 1 + object + keterangan

   (?) :  did + Subject + Verb 1 + object + keterangan

   (?) :  WH Questions + did + Subject + Verb 1 + object + keterangan

   (+) :  Subject + was/were + kata sifat

   ( -) :  Subject + was/were + not + kata sifat

   (?) :  was/were + Subject + kata sifat

   Was        :  i, you, she, he, it

   Were      : they, were

   Keterangan waktu:

   Yesterday (kemarin), last.... (.... lalu), ....ago (..... yang lalu)

4.  Present Future Tense

   (+) :  Subject + will + Verb 1 + object + keterangan

   ( -) :  Subject + will not + Verb 1 + object + keterangan

   (?) :  Will + Subject + Verb 1 + object + keterangan

   (?) :  WH Questions + will + Subject + Verb 1 + object + keterangan

   Keterangan waktu:

   Tomorrow (besok), next.... (..... yang akan datang), ..... later (......kemudian)

5. Present Perfect Tense

   (+) :  Subject + have/has + Verb 3 + object + keterangan

   ( -) :  Subject + have/has + not + Verb 3 + object + keterangan

   (?) :  have/has + Subject + Verb 3 + object + keterangan

   (?) :  WH Questions + have/has + Subject + Verb 3 + object + keterangan

   Have:  i, you, we, they

   Has   :  she, he , it

   Keterangan waktu:

   For.... (selama....), since..... (sejak.....)

sang pujangga,

Imam Andriano Risoyo