16 Tenses in English

Present family
1. Simple present tense
Digunakan untuk mengungkapkan fakta, menceritakan suatu kejadian, atau kebiasaan yang
terjadi di masa sekarang.
Rumus: S + Verb 1
Contoh Kalimat Positif (Positive): “They speak English very well.”
Contoh Kalimat Negatif (Negative): “They don’t speak English.”
Contoh Kalimat Tanya (Question): “Do they speak English?”
2. Present continuous tense
Digunakan untuk menceritakan kejadian yang sedang berlangsung waktu kamu berbicara.
Rumus: S + is/am/are (present tobe) + verb-ing
Contoh Kalimat (Positive): “She is working on her homework now.”
Contoh Kalimat (Negative): “She is not working on her homework now.”
Contoh Kalimat (Question): “Is she working on her homework now?”
3. Present perfect tense
Digunakan untuk menceritakan suatu tindakan atau aksi yang sedang berjalan atau baru saja
selesai.
Rumus: S + has/have + verb 3
Contoh kalimat (Positive): “I have studied mathematic”
Contoh kalimat (Negative): “I have not (dapat disingkat menjadi haven’t) studied
mathematic”
Contoh kalimat (Question): “Have you studied mathematic?”
4. Present perfect continuous tense
Digunakan untuk menunjukkan suatu aksi yang sudah selesai dilakukan pada suatu titik di
masa lampau dan masih berlanjut sampai saat ini.
Rumus: S + has/have + been + verb-ing
Contoh kalimat (Positive): “I have been studying English”
Contoh kalimat (Negative): “I have not been studying English”
 Contoh kalimat (Question): “Have you been studying English?”
Past family
1. Simple past tense
Digunakan untuk menceritakan suatu kejadian, kebiasaan, menyatakan fakta, atau situasi
yang terjadi di masa lampau.
Rumus: S + verb 2
Contoh kalimat (Positive): “I studied English yesterday “
Contoh kalimat (Negative): “I did not study English yesterday”
Contoh kalimat (Question): “Did you study English yesterday?”
2. Past continuous tense
Digunakan untuk menceritakan kejadian yang sedang terjadi di masa lampau.
Rumus: S + was/were (past tobe) + verb-ing
Contoh kalimat (Positive): “I was studying English”
Contoh kalimat (Negative): “I was not studying English “
Contoh kalimat (Question): “Was I studying English?”
3. Past perfect tense
Digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu kejadian yang terjadi sebelum waktu tertentu di masa
lampau.
Rumus: S + had + verb 3
Contoh kalimat (Positive): “I had studied English”
Contoh kalimat (Negative): “I had not studied English”
Contoh kalimat (Question): “Had you studied English?”
4. Past perfect continuous tense
Digunakan untuk menceritakan sesuatu yang terjadi di masa lalu dan sudah selesai pada titik
waktu tertentu di masa lalu.
Rumus: S + had + been + verb-ing
Contoh kalimat (Positive): “I had been studying English”
Contoh kalimat (Negative): “I had not been studying English”
Contoh kalimat (Question): “Had you been studying English?”
Future family
1. Simple future tense
Digunakan untuk menceritakan suatu kejadian yang akan terjadi di masa yang akan datang.
Rumus: S + will/going to + verb 1
Contoh kalimat (Positive): “I will study English”
Contoh kalimat (Negative): “I will not study English”
Contoh kalimat (Question): “Will you study English?”
2. Future continuous tense
Digunakan untuk menceritakan suatu kejadian yang pasti akan terjadi dalam waktu dekat
Rumus: S + will + be + verb-ing
Contoh kalimat (Positive): “I will be studying English”
Contoh kalimat (Negative): “I will not be studying English”
Contoh kalimat (Question): “Will you be studying English?”
3. Future perfect tense
Digunakan untuk mengungkapkan bahwa ada suatu aksi yang akan dilakukan dan
diselesaikan pada waktu tertentu di masa depan.
Rumus: S + will have + verb 3
Contoh kalimat (Positive): “I will have studied English”
Contoh kalimat (Negative): “I will not have studied English”
Contoh kalimat (Question): “Will you have studied English?”
4. Future perfect continuous tense
Digunakan untuk mengungkapkan suatu gambaran aksi yang akan berlanjut sampai titik
waktu tertentu di masa depan.
Rumus: S + will + have + been + verb-ing
Contoh kalimat (Positive): “I will have been studying English”
Contoh kalimat (Negative): “I will not have been studying English”
Contoh kalimat (Question): “Will you have been studying English?”
Past future family
1. Simple past future tense
Digunakan untuk membentuk kalimat tentang masa depan dari sudut pandang masa lalu.
Rumus: S + would + verb 1
Contoh kalimat (Positive): “I would study English”
Contoh kalimat (Negative): “I would not study English”
Contoh kalimat (Question): “Would you study English?”
2. Past future continuous tense
Digunakan untuk menunjukkan suatu peristiwa yang akan terjadi di masa lalu.
Rumus: S + would + be + verb-ing
Contoh kalimat (Positive): “I would be studying English”
Contoh kalimat (Negative): “I would not be studying English”
Contoh kalimat (Question): “Would you be studying English?”
3. Past future perfect tense
Digunakan untuk menunjukkan sebuah kegiatan yang seharusnya sudah selesai di masa lalu.
Rumus: S + would + have + verb 3
Contoh kalimat (Positive): “I would have studied English”
Contoh kalimat (Negative): “I would not have studied English”
Contoh kalimat (Question): “Woul you have studied English?”
4. Past future perfect continuous tense
Digunakan untuk menjelaskan tentang hal atau kegiatan yang akan, sedang, dan telah
dilakukan di masa lalu.
Rumus: S + would + have been + verb-ing
Contoh kalimat (Positive): “I would have been studying English”
Contoh kalimat (Negative): “I would not have been studying English”
Contoh kalimat (Question): “Would you have been studying English?”