This document provides examples of the basic tenses in English including: simple present, present continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, simple past, past continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous, simple future, future continuous, future perfect, and future perfect continuous. It also includes examples of conditional sentences using would for simple past future, past future continuous, past future perfect and past future perfect continuous tenses. For each tense it provides the basic function, formula, examples of affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences.

1. Name Basic
Function
Formula Example
Simple
Present
Kebiasaan,
kejadian
yang terjadi
pada saat
ini.
S+V1(e/es)+O
(+)
(-) S do not
(?) do S
(+) TheyspeakEnglisheveryday
(-) Theydo not speak englisheveryday
(?) Do theyspeak English everyday?
(+) She speaks Englisheveryday
(-) She doesnot speaks English
(?) Does she speak English everyday?
Present
Continuou
s
Kejadian
yang sedang
berlangsung
saat
pembicaraa
n sedang
berlangsung
.
S+(is/am/are)+Ving+O
(+)
(-) S is/am/are not
(?) is/am/are S
(+) We are stealing the money
(-) We are not stealing the money
(?) Are we stealing the money?
(+) He is stealingthe money
(-) He is not stealingthe money
(?) Is he stealing the money?
Present
Perfect
Kejadian
yang baru
saja selesai.
S+Have/Has+V3+O
(+)
(-) S Have/Hasnot
(?) Have/Has S
(+) You have brought the book
(-) You have not brought the book
(?) Have you brought the book?
(+) She has brought the book
(-) She has not brought the book
(?) Has she brought the book?
Present
Perfect
Continuou
s
Kejadian
yang selesai
dimasa lalu
dan terus
berlanjut
sampai
sekarang.
S+Have/Has+Been+Ving+O
(+)
(-) S Have/Hasnot been
(?) Have/Has S been
(+) I have beensticking the brosure
(-) I have not been sticking the brosure
(?) Have I beensticking the brosure
(+) She has brought the book
(-) She has not brought the book
(?) Has she brought the book?
Speak Spoke Spoken Speaking Berbicara
Steal Stole Stolen Stealing Mencuri
Stick Stuck Stuck Sticking Menempel
Bring Brought Brought Bringing Menempel
Work Worked Wrought Working Bekerja
Sell Sold Sold Selling Menjual
Write Wrote Written Writting Menulis
Read Read Read Reading Membaca
Make MAde Made Making Membuat
Leave Left Left Leaving Meninggalkan
Tell Told Told Telling Menceritakan
Buy
Name Basic
Function
Formula Example
Simple
Past
Kebiasaan,
kejadian
yang terjadi
dimasa lalu
S+V2+O
(+)
(-) S did not
(?) did S
(+) I always workeduntil night
(-) I did not always workeduntil night
(?) Did I always workeduntil night ?
(+) She always soldthe bag
(-) She did not always soldthe bag
(?) did she always soldthe bag ?
Past
Continuou
s
Kejadian
yang sedang
terjadi
dimasa lalu
dan 1
kejadian
menginteru
psi kejadian
lain (2
kejadian)
S+(Were/Was)+Ving+O
(+)
(-) S Were/Was not
(?)Were/WasS
(+) You were writing the letter whenI
entered in room
(-) You were not writing the letter
when I enteredinroom
(?) Were you writing the letter when I
entered room ?
(+) He was writing the task when he
entered in room
(-) He was writing the taskwhenhe
entered room
(?) was he writing the taskwhenhe
entered in room ?
Past
Perfect
Kejadian
yang terjadi
sebelum
waktu
tertentu
dimasa lalu,
lebih
menekanka
n fakta
S+Had+V3+O
(+)
(-) S Had not
(?) Had S
(+) I had readthe books before I went
to work yesterday
(-) I had not readthe books before I
went to work yesterday
(?) had I read the books before I when
to work yesterday?
(+) She hadmade her experiment
before she lunch yesterday
(-) She had not made her experiment
before she lunch yesterday
(?) Had she made her experiment
before she lunch yesterday.
Past
Perfect
Continuou
s
Kejadian
yang selesai
dimasa lalu
danlebih
menekanka
n pada
durasi
kejadiannya
S+Had+Been+Ving+O
(+)
(-) S Had not been
(?) Had S been
(+) Theyhad beenworking here for ten
years
(-) Theyhadnot beenworking here for
ten years
(?) Had theybeenworking here for ten
years ?

2. Name Basic
Function
Formula Example
Simple
Future
Kejadian
diwaktu
yang kan
datang
S+Will+V1+O
(+) S Will do
(-) S Will donot
(?) Will S do
(+) We will adorn our office
(-) We will not adorn our office
(?) will we adornour office ?
(+) She willamendher taks
(-) She will not amendher task
(?) Will she amendher task ?
Future
Continuou
s
Kejadian
yang terjadi
pada waktu
tertentu
dimasa
mendatang
dan dalam
waktu dekat
S+Will be+Ving+O
(+) S Will be
(-) S Will not be
(?) Will S be
(+) I will be doing myexperiment
tomorow
(-) I will not be doing myexperiment
tomorrow
(?) Will I be doingmyexperiment
tomorrow?
(+) He will be playing games today
(-) He will not be playing games today
(?) Will he be playinggames today?
Future
Perfect
Kejadian
yang sudah
berakhir
pada waktu
tertentu
dimasa
mendatang
S+Will+Have+V3+O
(+) S Will have
(-) S Will not Have
(?) Will S Have
(+) You Will have done the task bynext
monday
(-) You will not have done the task by
next monday
(?) Will youhave done the task bynext
Monday?
(+) He will have finished the taskby
next monday
(-) He will not have finished the given
task bytomorrow evening
(?) Wil hel have finishedthe task in a
week ?
Future
Perfect
Continuou
s
Kejadian
yang akan
terjadi
sebelum
waktu
tertentu
dimasa
mendatang
S+Will+Have+Been+Ving+O
(+) S Will have been
(-) S Will not been
(?) Will S Have been
(+) Theywill have been takingcharge
of the team for the next hour
(-) Theywill have beendoingthe
researchall daylong
(?) Will theyhave been doingthe
researchall daylong ?
Adorn Adorned Adorned Adorning Menghiasi
Amend Amended Amended Amending Mengubah
Play Played Played Playing Bermain
Finish Finished Finished Finishing Menyelesaikan
Take Took Taken Taking Mengambil
Name Basic Function Formula Example
Simple
Past
Future
Kalimat tidak
langsung, dimana
terdapat
perubahan u
menyesuaikan
dgn pristiwa yang
ada
S+Would+V1+O
(+)S Would
(-) S wouldnot
(?) WouldS
(+) He said that he would leave in
three days
(-) He saidthat he would not leave in
three days
(?) Did you tell himwhen he would
leave in three days ?
(+) I promise that Iwould buy you a
new handphone
(-) I did not promise that Iwould buy
you a new computer
(?) did Youtellhim when Iwouldarrive
?
Past
Future
Continuou
s
Kalimat tidak
langsung, dimana
menekankan
pada serangkaian
atau durasi
sebuah kejadian
terjadi.
S+Would+Be+Ving+O
(+)S Wouldbe
(-) S wouldnot be
(?) Would S be
(+) I made a promise that Iwould be
doing my homework all day long
tomorrow
(-) I did not tellanyone that Iwould be
giving a speech to undergraduates
for the next whole morning
(?) Did you saythat youwould be
working hard in the next week ?
Past
Future
Perfect
Kalimat tidak
langsung, dimana
terdapat 3 waktu
yg terjadi dimasa
lalu.
Menunjukkan
waktu yg akan
dating, waktu
tertentu dimasa
lalu, tetapi aksi
yang terjadi harys
sudah selesai
sebelum waktu
yang akandatang
S+Would+Have+V3+O
(+)S Wouldhave
(-) S wouldnot have
(?) Would S have
(+) He told the students that they
should have finished the
homework this morning
(-) He saidthat he would not have
made such a mistake if he had
taken my advice
(?) Did you saythat youwould have
finished a doctor in three years ?
Past
Future
Perfect
Continuou
s
(sama dgn past
future perfect)
Bedanya lebih
menekankan
pada durasi
waktu yang sudah
berlaludan hasil
S+Would+Have+Been
+Ving+O
(+)S Wouldhave been
(-) S wouldnot have
been
(?) Would S have
been
(+) I heardthat youshould have been
teaching here for ten years by this
july.
(-) I did not know that he would have
been working for the past three
hours by that time
(?) Would he have been explaining to
the workers if he hadmade the
informationclear ?