Tenses
5 TENSES
A. Simple Present Tense
Use for habitual action, general truth
§ To be :
am/is/are
§ Verb
o I/You/We/They :
Verb I
o He/She/It :
Verb I + s/es
§ Adverb time :
today, every day
§ Possitive Sentence
S + To be
S + V I (+s/es)
§ Negative Sentence
S + To be not
S + Do/Does + not + Verb I
§ Interrogative Sentence
Do/Does + S + Verb I
To be + S
Example:
Ø The Earth is round
Ø She goes to school every day
Ø I eat rice every day
Ø I do not work in the office
Ø Does he read his book?
B.
Simple Past Tense
§ To be :
was/ were
§ Verb :
Verb II
§ Adverb time :
last week, yesterday
§ Possitive Sentence
S + To be
S + V II
§ Negative Sentence
S + To be not
S + Did + not + V I
§ Interrogative Sentence
To be + S
Did + S + V I
Example:
Ø I was in Jakarta last week
Ø Adit asked me about his homework
Ø I went to Banjarmasin last holiday
Ø Rizky did not lie to her
Ø Did I do my exercise?
C.
Simple Future Tense
§ To be :
Will/Shall or Will/Shall be
§ Verb :
Verb I
§ Adverb time :
tomorrow, next week
§ Possitive Sentence
S + Will/Shall be
S + Will/Shall V I
§ Negative Sentence
S + Will/Shall be
S + Will/Shall not + V I
§ Interrogative Sentence
Will/Shall be + S
Will/Shall + S + V I
Example:
Ø Yenni will be there next month
Ø We shall go to Bali tomorrow
Ø They will give me money
Ø I shall not ask him about his holiday
Ø Will you study together next week?
D. Present Continuous Tense
§ To be :
am/is/are
§ Verb :
Verb I + ing
§ Adverb of time: now
§ Possitive Sentence
S + To be + V I + ing
§ Negative Sentence
S + To be + not + V I + ing
§ Interrogative Sentence
§ To be + S + V I + ing
Example:
Ø I am reading book now
Ø She is washing her clothes
Ø You are wacthing the football now
Ø Susan is not eating meat
Ø Are they doing their homework in the class?
E.
Present Perfect
Tense
§ To be :
have/has or have/has been
§ Verb :
Verb III
§ Adverb of time: since, once, several time, just
§ Possitive Sentence
S + have/has V III
S + have/has been
§ Negative Sentence
S + have/has + not + V III
S + have/has not been
§ Interrogative Sentence
Have/has + S + V III
Have/has + S + been
Example:
Ø We have been there since morning
Ø He has hidden your pen
Ø We have visited her twice
Ø Nikita has not lent me pencil
Ø Have they written a letter for their teacher?
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