TENSES

7 istilah dalam tenses :

st, Present, Future, Simple, continuos, perfect, perfect continuos
(PARESTU SITI PERPETI)
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1. PENGERTIAN TENSES 3. POLA TENSES

2. PENAMAAN TENSES 4. PENGGUNAAN TENSES

 PENGERTIAN TENSES
“Any of the forms of a verb which show the time at wich an action happened”
(cambridge)
(bentuk kata kerja yang menunjukan waktu terjadinya suatu perbuatan/peristiwa)

contoh :
1. I sang yesterday : past tense (lampau)
2. I sing every day : present tense (sekarang)
3. I will sing tomorrow : future tense (masa depan)
 PENAMAAN TENSES
Terdapat 3 jenis waktu dalam bahasa inggris :
ü masa lampau (past tense)
ü masa sekarang (present tense)
ü masa depan (future)

ketiga tense tersebut masing-masing memiliki aspek (tingkat kesempurnaan peristiwa atau
perbuatan) apakah sudah selesai, masih berlangsung, sudah berlangsung dalam waktu tertentu dan
sebagainya. adapun keempat aspek untuk tense diantaranya :
1. simple : bersifat umum / general
2. continuos : bersifat khusus / spesific
3. perfect : penekanan pada hasil / result
4. perfect continuos : penekanan durasi / duration
PENAMAAN TENSES 1 : ASPECT + TENSE
2,3,4 : TENSE + ASPECT

TENSE
PAST PRESENT FUTURE
ASPECT

1. SIMPLE SIMPLE PAST SIMPLE PRESENT SIMPLE FUTURE

2. CONTINUOS PAST CONTINUOS PRESENT CONTINUOS FUTURE CONTINUOS
3. PERFECT PAST PERFECT PRESENT PERFECT FUTURE PERFECT
4. PERFECT CONTINUOS PAST PERFECT PRESENT PERFECT FUTURE PERFECT
CONTINUOS CONTINUOS CONTINUOS
 POLA TENSES
1. VERBAL, yaitu memakai kata kerja (verb) umumnya menunjukan
aktifitas atau perbuatan.
• pola dasarnya : Subject + verb + object (boleh ada atau tidak,
tergantung kata kerja yang digunakan)
contoh : I speak english every day

2. NOMINAL, yaitu menggunakan be atau to be seperti (am, is, are, was,

were, be, been) yang diikuti oleh nonverb / bukan kata kerja
• Prepositional
• pola dasarnya : subject + be + non-verb (P.A.P.A.N) phrase
• Adverb
contoh : Iam at home on sundays • Pronoun
• Adjective
• Noun
 PENGGUNAAN TENSES - VERBAL
SIMPLE PRESENT I teach English every day
PRESENT CONTINUOS I am teaching English now
PRESENT PERFECT I have taught English
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOS I have been teaching English for an hour

SIMPLE PAST I taught English yesterday

PAST CONTINUOS I was teaching English at seven o’clock last night
PAST PERFECT I had taught English when you arrived
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOS I had been teaching English for an hour when you arrived

SIMPLE FUTURE I will teach English tomorrow

FUTURE CONTINUOS I will be teaching English when you come
FUTURE PERFECT I will have taught English by the time you see me
FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOS I will have been teaching English for an hour by the time you get home
 PENGGUNAAN TENSES - NOMINAL
SIMPLE PRESENT I am at home on Sundays
PRESENT CONTINUOS I am at home now
PRESENT PERFECT I have been at home
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOS I have been at home for an hour

SIMPLE PAST I was at home yesterday

PAST CONTINUOS I was at home at nine o’clock last night
PAST PERFECT I had been at home when you arrived
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOS I had been at home for an hour when you arrived

SIMPLE FUTURE I will be at home tomorrow

FUTURE CONTINUOS I will be at home when you come
FUTURE PERFECT I will have been at home by the time you see me
FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOS I will have been at home for an hour by the time you get home
 EXERCISE
1. Agus ... a bread every morning
a. eat
b. ate
c. eating
d. eats
2. They ... badminton every weekend
a. play
b. plays
c. playing
d. played

3. Sholikhin ... a very thick book about Indonesian History.

a. Hid
b. Have
c. Has
d. Had
4. Budi, Agus and Yudi ... my best friend.
a. Are
b. Am
c. Is
d. Was

5. The earth ... once within 24 hours every day.

a. Rotated
b. Rotates
c. Rotating
d. Rotate