Membahas tentang penggunaan dan perbedaan masing-masing tenses dalam bahasa inggris dengan penjelasan dan beberapa contoh. Tenses tersebut meliputi, Simple present tense, Present continuous tense, Present perfect tense, Present perfect continuous, Simple past tense, Past continuous, Past Perfect, Past perfect continuous, Simple future, Future continuous, Future perfect, Future perfect continuous, Simple past future, Past future continuous, Past future perfect, Past future perfect continuous.
3. Digunakan untuk menyatakan kegiatan seharihari
(+)You write an article for our blog every week
(-)You don’t write an article for our blog every
week
(?)Do you write an article for our blog every
week?
Digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu
kebenaran umum:
(+)Sun rises from east
(-)Sun doesn’t rise from east
(?)Does Sun rise from east?
4. Digunakan untuk menyatakan
perbuatan yang sedang kita kerjakan
(+)We are playing tennis ball in the field
now
(-)We are not playing tennis ball in the field
now
(?)Are we playing tennis ball in the field
now?
5. Digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu kejadian di masa yang
lampau tanpa menyebutkan waktu yang khusus (tertentu).
(+)They have been in Perth
(-)They have not been in Perth
(?)Have they been in Perth?
Digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu perbuatan di masa lampau
dan masih berlangsung sampai saat ini.
(+)She has lived in Bali since 2012
(-)She has lived in Bali since 2012
(?)Has she lived in Bali since 2012?
Digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu perbuatan yang baru saja
telah terjadi.
(+) I have just eaten my salad
(-) I have not just eaten my salad
(?) Have I just eaten my salad?
6. Digunakan untuk mnyatakan suatu
perbuatan yang menjadi kebiasaan pada
masa lampau, dan perbuatan itu masih
berlangsung hingga saat ini.
(+)I have been reading YES magazine since I
was in high school
(-)I have not been reading YES magazine
since I was in high school
(?)Have I been reading YES magazine since I
was in high school?
7. Digunakan
untuk menjelaskan suatu
kegiatan/aktivitas yang telah dilakukan di
masa lampau (telah terjadi).
(+)I went to beach last Saturday.
(-)I did not go to beach last Saturday.
(?)Did I go to beach last Saturday?
8. Digunakan untuk menceritakan peristiwa atau kegiatan yang
sedang berlangsung di masa lampau.
(+)I was studying at school at 12 o’clock yesterday
(-)I was not studying at school at 12 o’clock yesterday
(?)was I studying at school at 12 o’clock yesterday?
Digunakan untuk menceritakan suatu peristiwa atau kegiatan yang
sedang berlangsung di masa lampau dan kemudian peristiwa atau
kegiatan lainya menyusul.
(+)My brother was listening to the radio, when my mother called him.
Digunakan untuk menceritakan dua peristiwa atau kejadian yang
sedang berlangsung pada saat yang bersamaan di masa lampau.
(+)my sister was cleaning her room while my father was washing his car.
9. Digunakan
untuk menceritakan suatu peristiwa atau
kejadian yang telah terjadi di masa lampau
kemudian kejadian lainnya menyusul terjadi
(+)The lesson had began before I arrived.
(-) The lesson had not began before I arrived.
(?) Had the lesson had began before I arrived?
10. Digunakan
untuk menceritakan suatu kejadian yang
telah dimulai dan berlangsung lama di masa lalu dan
kemudian kejadian lain terjadi di masa lalu.
(+)I had been searching your address for 10 days
before I got it.
(-)I had not been searching your address for 10 days
before I got it.
(?)Had you been searching her address for t10 days
before I got it?
11.
Digunakan untuk menyatakan kegiatan
yang akan dilakukan
(+)I will visit my grandmother in Surabaya next
week
(-)I will not visit my grandmother in Surabaya
next week
(?) will I visit my grandmother in Surabaya next
week
12. Digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu
perbuatan akan sedang dilakukan di
waktu tertentu, pada masa depan.
(+)Gina will be watching a movie at 9
o’clock tomorrow night
(-)Gina will not be watching a movie at 9
o’clock tomorrow night
(?)will Gina be watching a movie at 9
o’clock tomorrow night?
13. Digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu
perbutan yang akan selesai, Sebelum
waktu yang lain dimasa mendatang.
(+)She will have graduated from her
Collage by next month
(-)She will not have graduated from her
Collage by next month
(?)Will she have graduated from her
Collage by next month?
14. Digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu
kejadian yang sudah dikerjakan pada
masa yang lampau,dan masih berlangsung
pada waktu tertentu dimasa yang akan
datang.
(+)By the end of this year we will have been
staying in Bali for 2 years
(-) By the end of this year we will not have
been staying in Bali for 2 years
(?) Will by the end of this year we have been
staying in Bali for 2 years?
15. Digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu
perbuatan yang akan dilakukan pada
masa lampau.
(+)They would go to Central Java last
month
(-)They would not go to Central Java last
month
(?)Would they go to Central Java last
month?
16. Digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu
kejadian yang akan sedang dilakukan
pada masa yang lampau.
(+)I would be swimming in Water Boom at
7 o’clock last week
(-)I would not be swimming in Water Boom
at 7 o’clock last week
(?)Would I be swimming in Water Boom at
7 o’clock last week?
17. Digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu
pengandaian yang tidak mungkin terjadi
karena syarat yang tidak terpenuhi, namun
hanya sebagai bayangan saja.
(+) He would have arrived on time if he had
come early
(-) He would not have arrived on time if he
had come early
(?) Would he have arrived on time if he had
come early?
18. Digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu
kejadian yang sudah sedang
berlangsung pada waktu yang lampau.
(+) By last June my father would have
been working in his office for five years
(-) By last June my father not have been
working in his office for five years
(?) Would by last June my father have
been working in his office for five years?
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