5 Tenses We Frequently Use

Assalamu’alaikum wr.wb.

Hi Friends, come back again with me Muhammad Muchlis Ansor. Oke, I will tell you about what I get from my learning today. Today, I’m studying english language at American Corner. Right there, I’m studying about TENSES. In the tenses, there are 16 part. But, I’m just studying 5 tenses, that is :

1.       Simple Past Tense

Ø Used to used to unify habitat action or the routines and the fact general

Ø The formula is :

·      (+) Positive

          S + V1 (s/es)

·      (-) Negatif

         S + Do / Does + not+ V1

·      (?) Introgative

     Do / Does + S+ V1 ?

            In general from basic verb ( Infinitive) + “ s / es” for ( She, He, It)

            Example : (+) You buy a handphone

                             (-) You do not buy a handphone

                             (?) Do you buy a handphone?

            Or

                             (+) She goes to school

                             (-) She doesn’t go to school

                             (?) Does she go to school?

2.      Simple Past Tense

Ø Used to express the activity past

Ø The formula is :

·      (+) Positive

S + V2

·      (-) Negative

S + Did + Not + V1

·      (?) Introgative

Did + S + V1

            Example : (+) I bought a shirt

                              (-) I didn’t buy a shirt

                              (?) Did I buy a shirt?

3.      Present / Past continuous Tense

Ø Present continuous is to show a job or activity that occurred at a time now and Past continuous tense is to show a job or activity that occurred at a past.

Ø  The formula is :

·      (+) Positive

S + Be + Ving

·      (-) Negative

S + Be + Not + Ving

·      (?) Introgative

Be + S + Ving

Subject	Present	Past
I	Am	Was
You	Are	Were
They
We
She	Is	Was
He
It

Example : (+)  I am writing a story.

                            (-)   I am not writing a story.

                            (?)  Am i writing a story .
4.    Simple Future Tense

Ø to express the activity that has not happening or that will happen in the future

Ø The formula is :

·    (+) Positive

   S + will + V1

·    (-) Negative

  S + will+ not + V1

·    (?) Introgative

   Will + S + V1

            Example : (+) I will go to Bali

                              (-) I will not go to Bali

                              (?) Will you go to Bali.
5.  Present Perfect Tense

Ø used to what has happened but still looked like or felt until now

Ø The formula is :

·      (+) Positive

   S + has / have + V3

·      (-) Negative

  S + has / have + not + V3

·      (?) Introgative

   Has / have + S + V3

Example : (+) You have bought a laptop

                 (-) You have not bought a laptop

                 (?) Have you bought a laptop?

·         QUESTION :

1.     She (drink) coffe     (S. Past)

          (+) She drank coffee

          (-) She didn’t drink coffee

          (?) Did she drink coffee?

2.     They (start) the course      (Pr. Perfect)

          (+) They have started the course

          (-) They haven’t started the course

          (?) Have they started the course

3.     Anna and Linda (open) the account     (Past Count)

          (+) Anna and Linda were opening the account

          (-) Anna and Linda were not opening the account

          (?) Were Anna and Linda opening the account

4.     The bank (close) at 5 PM   (S. Present)

          (+) The bank closes at 5 PM

          (-) The bank don’t close at 5 PM

          (?) Do the bank close at 5 PM

5.     The dog (run) through the park   (S. Past)

         (+) The dog ran through the park

         (-) The dog didn’t ran throught the park

         (?) Did the dog ran throught the park

That I can studying from 5 Tenses we frequently use, I hope my lecture and friend’s understand. Thank you for reading and usefull for anything. See you again hehe

Wassalamu’alaikum wr.wb.