5 TENSES WE FREQUENTLY USE

     I.        Simple Present Tense

Ø Digunakan untuk mengatakan fakta umum.

Ø Rumus:

·        (+) S + V1 (s/es)

·        (-) S + Do/Does + Not + V1

·        Do/Does + S + V1 ?

SUBJECT	PRESENT	FUTURE
I,You,They,We	Do
She,He,It	Does

Ø EXAMPLE:

1.   (-) They don’t go to campus by bus.

(?) Do they go to campus by bus?

2.   (-) She doesn’t go to campus by motorcycle.

(+) Does she go to campus by motorcycle?

3.   (-) I don’t take a bath twice a day.

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

4.   (-) You don’t make the cake.

(+) Do You make the cake?

5.   (-) They don’t open the door.

(+) Do they open the door?

6.   (-)She doesn’t make the cake?

(+) Does shemake the cake?

7.   (-) Egi doesn’t take a bath twice a day.

(+) Does egi take a bath twice a day?

8.   (-) It doen’t open the door.

(+)Does it open the door?

   II.        Simple Past Tense

Ø Digunakan untuk menyatakan kalimat yang terjadi di masa lampu.

Ø Rumus:

·        (+) S + V2

·        (-) S + Did + Not + V1

·        (?) Did + S + V1

Regular Verb / d,ed,ied.

V1	V2	V3	Ving
Open	Opened
Close	Closed
Want	Wanted
Study	Studied

Irregular Verb

V1	V2	V3	Ving
Go	Went
Drink	Drunk
Sing	Sang

·        EXAMPLE:

1.   (+)They went to campus by bus.

(-) They didn’t go to campus by bus.

(?) Did they go to campus by bus?

2.   (+) She went to campus by motorcycle

(-)She didn’t go to campus by motorcycle.

(?) Did she go to campus by motorcycle?

3.   (+) She dankk

(-)She didn’t drink.

(?) Did she drink.

4.   (+) I Saw you.

(-) I didn’t see you.

(?) Did i see you?

 III.        Present / Past Continous Tense

Ø Digunakan pada saat kejadian yang sedag berlangsung.

Ø Rumus:

·        (+) S + Be + Ving

·        (-) S + Be + Not + Ving

·        (?) Be + S + Ving

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

·        EXAMPLE:

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

(?) Are they going to campus by bus?

2.   (-) She wasn’t going to campus by bus.

(?) Is she going to campus by bus?

IV.        Simple Future Tense

Ø Digunakan untuk mengekspresikan kejadiaan yang belum terjadi, masih terjadi.

Ø Rumus:

·       S + Will + V1

·       S + Will + Not + V1

·       Will + S + V1

  V.        Present Perfect Tense

Ø Menyatakan kejadian yang sudah terjadi dan hasilnya masih terasa/terlihat.

Ø Rumus:

·        (+) S + Has/Have + V3

·        (-) S + Has/ Have + Not + V3

·        (?) Has/Have + S + V3

Have : I, You, We ,They

Has : She, He ,it

Exercise :

1.   She drink coffe (S.Past)

(+) She drank coffe.

(-) She didn’t drink coffe.

(?) Did she drink coffe?.

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

(+)They have started the course.

(-)They haven’t started the course.

(?)Have they started the course.

3.   Anna and Linda open the account. (Past Cont)

(+)Anna and Linda open the account.

(-)Anna and Linda aren’t open the account.

(?)Are Anna and Linda open the account?

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

(+)The bank closes at 5pm.

(-)The bank doesn’t close at 5pm.

(?)Does the bank close at 5pm?

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

(+)The dog ran through the park.

(-)The dog didn’t run through the park.

(?)Did the dog run through the park?