Mengenal 12 Tense dalam Bahasa Inggris

12 Tense dalam Bahasa Inggris dan Contohnya


Today I study a loottt, Miss Fatma gives assignments, we are given time to work on them so that our brains can be trained to think quickly and become disciplined.

Today we learn about Tense, there are 16. “Wow, 16 tenses. Kok banyak banget, sih?" Yup, that's a lot! Even so, tenses are one of the basic grammar in English which is often used when we speak. As we already know, this tense is a change in the form of a verb to express an action that is influenced by time.

However, there are so many of them, it's not uncommon for people to think that tenses are English material which is quite difficult to apply. Usually, this is because someone is too focused on memorizing the formula for making sentences in each type of tense.

In fact, to understand the formula, you can learn from the main characteristics of each tense, such as when they can be used. Once you understand that, it will be easier to make English sentences in various types of tenses correctly.

Tense in total but in general at the high school level we only learn 12 Tense, Miss Fatma gives a Trick so we can memorize 12 Tense easily by using Rock and Pointing style.

Nah, artikel ini akan mengupas tuntas karakteristik utama dari 12 tenses dalam bahasa Inggris. Tentunya, setiap tenses disertai dengan contoh yang bisa membantu kamu untuk menguasainya. Yuk, kita bahas satu persatu 12 tenses pada pemaparan di bawah ini, lengkap dengan rumus dan contohnya.

1. Simple Present Tense

The simple present tense is used to express facts, tell an event, or a habit that is happening in the present.

Formula: Subject + verb (s/es) + object.

Example

(Positive): “They speak Korean very well.”

(Negative): “They don’t speak Korean.”

(Question): “Do they speak Korean?”

2.  Present Continuous Tense

Present continuous tense is used to tell about events that are taking place while you are speaking. Apart from that, this tense can also be used to talk about future plans. For this tense, there is a change in the form of the verb with the addition of -ing at the end.

Formula: Subject + helping verb (is / am/ are) + main verb (ing) + object.

Example         

(Positive): “She is working on her homework now.”

(Negative): “She is not working on her homework now.”

(Question): “Is she working on her homework now?”

(To tell future plans): “Mark is moving to a new school next month.

3.  Present Perfect Tense

The present perfect tense is used to express situations or events that have been completed but are in consequence now.

Formula: Subject + helping verb (have/has) + verb 3 + object.

Example:        

(Positive): “They have seen the movie Spider-Man: No way home.”

(Negative): “They have not seen the movie Spider-Man: No way home.”

(Question): “Have they seen the movie Spider-Man: No way home?”

4.  Present Perfect Continuous Tense

The present perfect continuous tense indicates a situation that has started in the past and continues in the present.

Formula: Subject + helping verb (have/has) + been + verb (ing) + object (optional) + since / for + time duration + object.

Example:        

(Positive): “I have been thinking about it.”

(Negative): “I have not been thinking about it.”

(Question): “Have I been thinking about it?”

5.  Past Continuous Tense

The past continuous tense is used to express a state that is currently happening or a continuous action that has occurred in the past.

Formula: Subject + helping verb (was/were) + verb (ing) + object.

Example:

(Positive): “I was washing my clothes when the phone rang.”

(Negative): “I was not washing my clothes when the phone rang.”

(Question): “Was I washing my clothes when the phone rang?”

6.  Simple Past Tense

The simple past tense is used to tell an event, habit, state a fact, or a situation that happened in the past. This tense uses the second or past form of the verb.

Formula: Subject + verb 2 + object.

Example:

 (Positive): “They called their friends yesterday.”

(Negative): “They did not call their friends  yesterday.”

(Question): “Did they call their friends yesterday?”

7.  Past Perfect Tense

The past perfect tense is used to describe a situation that occurred before an action was completed in the past. This tense also indicates the specific time when the action occurred.

Formula: Subject + had + verb 3 + object.

Example:

(Positive): “The girl had cried before her mother came.”

(Negative): “The girl had not cried before her mother came.”

(Question): “Had the girl cried before her mother came?”

8.  Past Perfect Continuous Tense

This tense is used to tell something that happened in the past and was finished at a certain point in time in the past.

Formula: Subject + had been + verb (ing) + object (optional) + time of action.

Example:

(Positive):“She had been studying math all day.”

(Negative): “She had not been studying math all day.”

(Question): “Had she been studying math all day?”

9.  Future Simple Tense

The future simple tense is used to describe an event that will occur in the future.

Formula: Subject + shall/will+ verb + object.

Example:

(Positive): “She will come to the cinema tomorrow.”

(Negative): “She will not come to the cinema tomorrow.”

(Question): “Will she come to the cinema tomorrow?”

10. Future Continuous Tense

Is used to describe an event that will definitely happen in the near future. In contrast to the simple future tense, the future continuous tense is usually used to tell something that will (definitely) happen in the future.

Formula: Subject + shall/will be + verb (ing) + object.

Example:

(Positive): “He will be playing basketball in the playground tomorrow morning.”

(Negative): “He will not be playing basketball in the playground tomorrow morning.”

(Question): “Will he be playing basketball in the playground tomorrow morning?"

11.  Future Perfect Tense

The future perfect tense is used to describe future actions that have a fixed scheduled date. It is a verb form that expresses an event that is planned to happen at a certain moment in the future.

Formula: Subject + shall/will + have + verb 3 (Past Participle Form) + object.

Example:

(Positive): “I will have finished my homework by tomorrow.”

(Negative): “I will not have finished my homework by tomorrow.”

(Question): “Will she have finished her homework by tomorrow?”

12.  Future Perfect Continuous Tense

The future perfect continuous tense is used to describe certain activities and events that are ongoing or are happening and are carried out after some time which is expected to be instantaneous.

Formula: Subject + shall/will + have been + verb (ing) + object (optional) + time instant.

Example:

(Positive): “In December, I will have been working at my company for one year.”

(Negative): “I will not have been working at my company for one year in December.”

(Question): “In December, will you have been working at your company for one year?”


That's an example of 12 tenses in English. Yup, karena tense merupakan grammar yang wajib dikuasai, maka salah satu cara memahaminya adalah dengan membuat kalian familiar terhadap kalimat dalam tenses. If we often read an English story, this will be very helpful. In order to get more proficient, try to make up a story based on your experience, then don't forget to arrange sentences using grammatical tenses to express events that are taking place in present conditions, in the past, or in the future. That way, you can create sentences in various types of tenses precisely.


References

12 Tenses in English https://www.lingoace.com
English Study Here. 2019. 16 Tenses in English [online] Available at:


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