Six Patterns of Tenses for Beginners

TENSES	FUNGSI	POLA	KET. WAKTU
Simple Present Tense	Ø  menyatakan kebiasaan yg masih berlangsung hingga sekarang Ø  menyatakan kebenaran umum	Subject + infinitive(verb 1) + Obj. Ex: We always get up early everyday. The earth moves round the sun. She practices badminton every sunday	Everyday/morning/ week/ month/year. Often, usually, generally, never, always
Present Continuous Tense	Ø  menyatakan suatu kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung pada waktu sekarang	S + is/am/are + V ing + O Ex: The students are reading in the library now. Mother is cooking in the kitchen.	Now, at present, at this moment, today
Present Perfect Tense	Ø  menyatakan suatu kegiatan yang telah selesai dilakukan pada waktu sekarang	S + have/has + Verb 3 + O Ex: She has just watered the flowers. I have lived here for three years. She has taught English since five years ago.	For + periode waktu Since…. Already, just
Simple Past Tense	Ø  menyatakan suatu kegiatan yang dilakukan pada waktu lampau	S + Verb 2 + Object Ex: They went to Bali last month. He played football yesterday.	Yesterday Last week/month/year ……..ago
Past Continuous Tense	Ø  menyatakan suatu kegiatan yang sedang terjadi pada waktu tertentu di masa lampau Ø  menyatakan suatu kagiatan yg sedang berlangsung pada waktu lampau ketika kegiatan lain menyusul pada waktu lampau	·    S + was/were + V ing + O Ex: He was watching TV all afternoon yesterday. ·    S + was/were + V ing + O + When + S + V 2 Ex: She was crying when I saw her. They were having dinner when I came.	All morning/ afternoon yesterday when
Future Tense	Ø  menyatakan suatu kegiatan yang akan dilakukan di waktu yang akan datang	·    S + shall/will + V 1 + O Ex: Rina will visit her uncle next Sunday. I shall go to Kediri tomorrow. ·    S + is/am/ are + going to + V 1 Ex: Mother is going to pack all the food.	Tomorrow Next month/year tonight