TENSES

S R I W U L A N D A R I N . , M . K E P. ,
N S . S P. K E P. A N .
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
Subject + Invinitive (Verb) + Object

a. Kebiasaan sehari – hari

ex : I get up early in the morning
b. Pekerjaan yang sering dilakukan
ex : I always visit my grandmother
c. Kebenaran umum
ex : The earth goes round the sun
d. Suatu pernyataan pada saat sekarang
ex : He likes coffee
PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE / PRESENT
PERFECT
Subject + Be (is/am/are) + (Verb 1 +
ing) + Object
Menyatakan suatu kejadian yang sedang berlangsung sekarang
Example :
John is watching a movie now
I am reading a book
They are playing football
CONTOH SOAL

Does your child … to eat all the time? It … most of the time.
1.want 1.happen
2.wants 2.happens

I do … the funeral. He often … to my gym.

3.attends 3.comes
2.attend 2.come

The black and white cat … a long tail. You can … fresh vegetables at the farmer’s
3.have market.
2.has 3.get
2.gets
Suzy and I … tall and skinny.
3.is If we burn paper, … it become ash?
2.are 3.does
2.do
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
Subject + Have/has + Verb 3 +
Object
• Kejadian yang telah selesai dilakukan dan terlihat hasilnya
sekarang
Example :
My father has just gone home
We have just finished watching the game

Kata keterangan : for, since, today, recently, lately, already, just

now
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
Subject + Have/has + Been + (V1 + ing) +
Object
• Suatu kejadian yang dikerjakan di waktu lampau dan sampai
sekarang masih berlangsung
Example :
I have been working on the paper for three hours
Sam has been waiting for you since this morning
We have been living in this town since 1997
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
Subject + Verb 2 + Object

• Menyatakan hal yang terjadi di masa lampau

• Jika menggunakan kata kerja
• Jika kalimatnya tidak menggunakan kata kerja :
Subject + Be (was/were) +
Complement
PAST CONTINOUS TENSE / PAST PROGRESSIVE
Subject + Be (was/were)+ (Verb 2 +ing)
+ Object
PAST CONTINOUS TENSE / PAST PROGRESSIVE

1. Dua kejadian yang terjadi di waktu lampau, satu

kejadian sedang berlangsung waktu kejadian yang
lain terjadi :
I was watching TV when he phoned me

2. Dua kejadian yang terjadi bersamaan di waktu

lampau
While my father was reading a newspaper, my
mother was cooking in the kitchen
PAST PERFECT TENSE
Subject + Had + Verb 3 + Object

• Untuk menyatakan dua kejadian di waktu lampau,

dimana satu kejadian sudah selesai dikerjakan sewaktu
satu kejadian lain berlangsung
Example :
She had just come after he got there
I had finished my work when the letter came

Kata keterangan : before, after, as soon as, just, already

PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS TENSE
Subject + Had + Been + (Verb 1 +ing) +
Object
• Menyatakan berapa lama suatu kejadian berlangsung sebelum kejadian lain
terjadi
Example :
They had been playingfootball for two hours when there was a terrible storm
I had been living in Bandung for three years when the war broke out
SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE
Subject + Shall/Will + Verb 1 + Object

• Ketika membicarakan suatu kejadian yang akan terjadi

Example :
He will be here tonight
We shall probably go to Los Angeles in June

Bandingkan :
Do you think Tom will get the job ?
We are going to be late
FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE
Subject + Shall/Will + Be + (Verb 1 + ing)
Subject + + (Verb 2 +ing) + Object
+ Object

• Menyatakan rencana yang sudah pasti akan dilaksanakan

• Ada keterangan waktu yang akan datang
Example :
I will be playing tennis at 3 pm ( so don’t come to my house)
FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
Subject + Shall/Will + Have + Verb 3 +
Object
• Menyatakan suatu rencana yang sudah pasti selesai dikerjakan pada waktu
tertentu di masa yang akan datang
Example :
I will bought a new car, when you come here again next week
By the time I come back from London, I hope Tina will have grown up
FUTURE PERFECT CONTINOUS TENSE
Subject + Shall/Will + Be + (Verb 1 +ing)
+ Object
• Menyatakan berapa lama suatu kejadian berlangsung sampai dengan waktu
yang telah ditentukan di masa yang akan datang
Example :
Betty will have been playing tennis for 7 hours by the end of this day
The Brows will have been living in this new house for 18 months next
September