Tenses

In English there are five kinds of basic tenses to be under our control, namely:
A. Present continuous tense
2. Simple present tense
3. Present future tense
4. Simple past tense
5. Present perfect tense

The actual number of tenses in English there are 16 kinds, from all these tenses when we examine it carefully, is a composite or a combination of the above five basic tense.

1. Simple Present Tense
Rumus :
• I /You/We/ They + Verb
• He/She/It + Verb +S
Example :
- I study english every day
- My father drinks coffe every morning
- Ice is cold


2. Present Continous Tense
Rumus :
• To Be + Verb + Ing
Example :
- We are going to the school
- Peter is listening a music
- I am reading novel




3. Present Perfect Tense
Rumus :
• I / You/ We/They
Have + Past Participle
• He/She/It
Has +Past Participle
Example :
- We are going to the school
- Peter is listening a music
- I am reading novel


4. Present Perfect Cotinous Tense
Rumus :
• I /You/We/They
Have + Been + Verb + Ing
• He/She/It
Has + Been + Verb + Ing
Example :
- I have been doing my home work
- Mrs.Smith has been waiting for Mr.Smith for three hours


5. Simple Past Tense
Rumus :
• I /You/We/They + Verb 2
• He/She/It + Verb 2 + S
Example :
- I spent my holiday in Lombok
- Justin saw a film “ Harry potter ” last night
- I ate a bread


6. Past Continous Tense
Rumus :
• I /He/She/It + Was +Verb + Ing
• You /We/They + Were + Verb + Ing
Example :
- Ali was sleeping when I arrived here
- I was living there at the time
- We were studying when Mr.Aris came


7. Past Perfect Tense
Rumus :
• Had + Past Participle
Example :
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- Alice had gone before we arrived
- Robert died after he had been sick for a long time
- Lisa thanked me for what I had done


8. Past Perfect Continous Tense
Rumus :
• Had + Been + Verb + Ing
Example :
- I came to this school in 2010, Budi had been studying here about two years
- Anton had been sleeping when Rina went from mall last night
- Ronald had been playing guitar when I gone to the market


9. Future Tense
Rumus :
• Shall /Will + Verb
Example :
- He will arrive Singapore tomorrow
- We shall go to Berlin to night
- I will do it if she really wants me to


10. Future Continous Tense
Rumus :
• Shall/Will + Be + Verb + Ing
Example :
- If you come to my house, I will have be wacthing tv
- Dina will have been swimming when I come to her apartement
- If Revin go to the school, we shall have been dancing together


11. Future Perfect Tense
Rumus :
• Shall/Will + Have +Past Participle
Example :
- I will have read magazine by the end of this year
- He will completed all his work by three clock htomorrow
- we shall have taken bath by the time you arrive at our house tomorrow morning


12. Future Perfect Continous Tense
Rumus :
• Shall/Will + Have Been + Verb +Ing
Example :
- New year I shall have been working in this office for ten years
- We shall have been staying in Jakarta for eight month
- Rini will have been here two years


13. Future Past Tense
Rumus :
• Should /Would + Verb
Example :
- I should go to Istanbul next month
- We should play PS next week
- Mr.Andre would buy a new car the day before




14. Future Past Continous Tense
Rumus :
• Should /Would + Be+ Verb +Ing
Example :
- He would be having an examination at this time the following day
- I should be happing if you recieve my love at the last
- We should be making a cake in the Sunday morning


15. Future Past Perfect Tense
Rumus :
• Should/Would + Have + Past Participle
Example :
- Dimas would have graduated if he had studied hard
- I would have married Dini if I had become a doctor four years ago
- If I had known Ira was here, I would have asked her to say in my house


16. Future Past Perfect Continous Tense
Rumus :
• Should /Would + Have + Been + Verb + Ing
Example :
- Ari would have been studying in that school
- I would have been writting letter to her
- We should have been going to the zoo