Seperti yang sudah dijelaskan sebelumnya bahwa, secara garis besar, Tenses dikelompokkan menjadi empat bagian, yakni:
Dalam satu tense masing-masing terbagi menjadi empat yakni:
Pola Tenses secara keseluruhan: (perhatikan kodenya.)
Past (1) | Present (2) | Future (3) | Past Future (4) | |
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Simple (A) | A1
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A2
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A3
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A4
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Continuous (B) | B1
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B2
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B3
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B4
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Perfect (C) | C1
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C2
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C3
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C4
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Perfect Continuous (D) | D1
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D2
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D3
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D4
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Berikut ini contoh penggunaan ke 16 tenses dalam kalimat dengan menggunakan kata kerja yang sama.
Kali ini kita coba menggunakan kata "menulis" = write (V1) - wrote (V2) - written (V3)
Contoh dan Rumus :
- (+) I wrote a book (S + V2 + O)
- (-) I did not write a book (S+did not + V1 + O)
- (?) Did I write a book? (Did +S +V1 + O ?)
Contoh dan Rumus :
- (+) I write a book (S + V1(s/es) + O)
- (-) I do not write a book (S+do/does not + V1 + O)
- (?) Do I write a book (Do/does +S +V1 + O ?)
Penggunaan "does" jika subjeknya orang ke-3 tunggal: he/she/it
- (+) He writes a book (S + V1(s/es) + O)
- (-) He does not write a book (S+do/does not + V1 + O)
- (?) Does He write a book (Do/does +S +V1 + O ?)
Contoh dan Rumus :
- (+) I will write a book (S + will + V1 + O)
- (-) I will not write a book (S+will not + V1 + O)
- (?) Will I write a book ?(Will +S +V1 + O ?)
- (+) I would write a book (S + would + V1+ O )
- (-) I would not write a book (S + woulld not + V1 + O)
- (?) Would I write a book (Would +S +V1 + O ?)
- (+) I was writing a book (S + was/were+V1 ing+O)
- (-) I was not writing a book (S + was/were+not+V1 ing+O)
- (?) Was I writing a book (Was/were + S +V1 ing+O ?)
- (+) You were writing a book (S + was/were+V1 ing+O)
- (-) You were not writing a book (S + was/were+not+V1 ing+O)
- (?) Were You writing a book (Was/were + S +V1 ing+O ?)
- (+) I am writing a book (S + am/is/are +V1 ing+O)
- (-) I am not writing a book (S + am/is/are +not+V1 ing+O)
- (?) Am I writing a book (Am/is/are + S +V1 ing+O ?)
- (+) I will be writing a book (S + will + be+ V1ing + O)
- (-) I will not be writing a book (S+will not + be +V1ing + O)
- (?) Will I be writing a book (Will +S +be + V1ing+ O ?)
- (+) I would be writing a book (S + would + be + V1ing + O)
- (-) I would not be writing a book (S + woulld not + be + V1ing + O)
- (?) Would I be writing a book (Would +S + be + V1ing + O ?)
(?) Had I written abook (Had +S +V3 + O ?)
Silahkan Anda mencoba menggunakan ke 16 Tenses ini dengan menggunakan kata kerja yang lain.