2. What is tense?
Tense is a grammatical category that expresses time and the
state of being of an action or event. There are three main
tenses in English grammar: present, past, and future.
Tense adalah kategori gramatikal yang mengungkapkan waktu dan keadaan dari
suatu tindakan atau peristiwa. Ada tiga tenses utama dalam tata bahasa Inggris:
sekarang, masa lalu, dan masa depan.
3. TYPES OF TENSE
The simple tenses (past, present, and future) are the most basic forms, but there are 12
major verb tenses in English in all. We’ll review the tenses here.
Present simple
present continuous
past simple
past continuous
future simple
future continuous
present perfect
present perfect cont
past perfect
past perfect cont
future perfect
future perferct cont
4.
5. Generally speaking, we use the
present tenses to say that an
event is happening right now in
the present time.
Present tenses
6. Secara umum, present tense
untuk mengatakan bahwa suatu
peristiwa sedang terjadi
sekarang di masa sekarang.
Present tenses
7. PAST TENSES
The past tenses use verbs to say that something happened in the past, meaning any
time before this moment right now. There are four variations of past tenses:
Simple past past continuous past perfect Simple past
8. PAST TENSES
Bentuk lampau menggunakan kata kerja untuk mengatakan bahwa sesuatu terjadi di
masa lalu, artinya kapan saja sebelum saat ini sekarang. Ada empat variasi bentuk
lampau:
Simple past past continuous past perfect past perfect continuous