Rumus Umum Tense adalah sbb:

• Present Simple Tense = S + V1 + O

• Present Continuous Tense = S + is, am, are + V-ing + O
• Present Perfect Tense = S + have,has + V3 + O
• Present Perfect Continuous Tense = S + have, has + been + V-ing + O
• Past Simple Tense = S + V2 + O
• Past Continuous Tense = S + was, were + V-ing + O
• Past Perfect Tense = S + had + V3 + O
• Past Perfect Continuous Tense = S + had + been + V-ing + O
• Future Simple Tense = S + will + V1 + O
• Future Continuous Tense = S + will + be + V-ing + O
• Future Perfect Tense = S + will + have + V3 + O
• Future Perfect Continuous Tense = S + will + have + been + V-ing + O
• Past Future Simple Tense = S + would + V1 + O
• Past Future Continuous Tense = S + would + be + V-ing + O
• Past Future Perfect Tense = S + would + have + V3 + O
• Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense = S + would + have + been + V-ing + O

Berikut ini contoh Tense dalam kalimat:

• Present Simple Tense = I study English

• Present Continuous Tense = I am studying English
• Present Perfect Tense = I have studied English
• Present Perfect Continuous Tense = I have been studying English
• Past Simple Tense = I studied English
• Past Continuous Tense = I was studying English
• Past Perfect Tense = I had studied English
• Past Perfect Continuous Tense = I had been studying English
• Future Simple Tense = I will study English
• Future Continuous Tense = I will be studying English
• Future Perfect Tense = I will have studied English
• Future Perfect Continuous Tense = I will have been studying English
• Past Future Simple Tense = I would study English
• Past Future Continuous Tense = I would be studying English
• Past Future Perfect Tense = I would have studied English
• Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense = I would have been studying English