Simple Present Tense

Rumus Subject + Verb 1 (present form)

Kata Sinyal always, every, never, normally, often, sometimes, usually, seldo
Kalimat Positif He always works very hard in the company
Kalimat Negatif He does not work very hard in the company.
Does he work very hard in the company?
Kalimat Tanya
Yes, he does. / No, he does not.
Simple present tense adalah bentuk tense yang paling umum
digunakan. Bentuk ini biasanya digunakan untuk menunjukan fakta,
kebiasaan, dan kejadian yang terjadi pada saat ini.

 Present Continuous Tense

Rumus Subject + am/is/are + Verb -ing (continuous form)

Kata Sinyal at the moment, just now, now, right now, Listen!, Look!
Kalimat Positif Look! He is talking with his classmates.
Kalimat Negatif He is not playing computer games now.
Is he playing computer games at the moment?
Kalimat Tanya
Yes, he is. / No, he is not.
Present continuous tense biasanya digunakan untuk
membicarakan aksi yang sedang berlangsung saat pembicaraan
sedang berlangsung atau bisa juga digunakan untuk rencana di masa
depan.

 Present Perfect Tense

Rumus Subject + has/have+ Verb III (past participle form)

Kata Sinyal already, ever, just, never, not yet, so far, till now, up to now
Kalimat Positif He has already finished his homework.
Kalimat Negatif He has not been to Australia so far.
Has he completed the arrangement for the coming event up to n
Kalimat Tanya
Yes, he has. / No, he has not.
Present perfect tense menekankan pada hasil. Tense ini
menunjukkan aksi yang masih sedang berlangsung atau baru saja
selesai.

 Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Rumus Subject + HAS/HAVE + BEEN + Verb -ing (continuous form)

Kata Sinyal for the past 5 years, how long …?, the whole week, since xxxx
Kalimat Positif He has been working here since 1996.
Kalimat Negatif He has not been speaking for the last 3 hours.
Kalimat Tanya Has he been playing the computer game all day?
 Yes, he has. / No, he has not.
Present perfect continuous tense digunakan untuk
mengungkapkan aksi yang telah selesai pada suatu titik dimasa
lampau atau aksi telah dimulai di masa lalu dan terus berlanjut sampai
sekarang. Biasanya aksi tersebut ada durasi waktu tertentu dan ada
relevansinya dengan kondisi sekarang.

 Simple Past Tense

Rumus Subject + Verb II (past form)

Kata Sinyal yesterday, 2 minutes ago, in 1996, last Thursday, this morning
Kalimat Positif Last year, he always worked until night.
Kalimat Negatif He did not go to school this morning.
Kalimat Tanya Did he pay the bill yesterday? Yes, he did. / No, he did not.
Simple past tense digunakan untuk mengungkapkan suatu kejadian
yang terjadi di masa lampau.

 Past Continuous Tense

Rumus Subject + WAS/WERE + Verb -ing (continuous form)

Kata Sinyal when, while, as long as, at this time yesterday
Kalimat Positif He was speaking when I entered in room.
Kalimat Negatif He was not doing his homework at this time yesterday.
Was he writing the letter to his parents when I was out last Tues
Kalimat Tanya
Yes, he was. / No, he was not.
Past continuous tense digunakan untuk mengungkapkan bahwa
suatu aksi sedang terjadi pada waktu tertentu di masa
lampau. Biasanya ada dua kejadian di masa lampau dan satu kejadian
menginterupsi kejadian yang lain. Kejadian yang sedang diinterupsi
tersebut yang menggunakan past continuous tense.

 Past Perfect Tense

Rumus Subject + HAD + Verb III (past participle form)

Kata Sinyal before yesterday, till three days ago, already, until that day
Kalimat Positif He had finished his designs before he went to work yesterday.
Kalimat Negatif He had not been a high school student until last year.
Had he entered the company before he achieved his master degre
Kalimat Tanya
Yes, he had. / No, he had not.
Past perfect tense digunakan untuk menunjukkan sebuah kejadian
yang terjadi sebelum waktu tertentu di masa lampau dan lebih
menekankan pada fakta daripada durasi.

 Past Perfect Continuous Tense 

Rumus Subject + HAD + BEEN + Verb -ing (continuous form)
Kata Sinyal for, since, the whole day, all day
Kalimat Positif He said that he had been working here for ten years.
Kalimat Negatif He was told that his teacher had been waiting for him since 2 p.m
Had he been speaking for the whole class before I entered?
Kalimat Tanya
Yes, he had. / No, he had not.
Past perfect continuous tense hampir serupa dengan past perfect
tense. Digunakan untuk mengungkapkan suatu aksi yang terjadi di
masa lalu dan telah selesai pada suatu titik waktu tertentu di masa
lalu, tapi tense ini menekankan pada durasi kejadiannya.

 Simple Future Tense

Rumus Subject + “WILL/ BE GOING TO” + Verb (present form)

Kata Sinyal in a year, next …, tomorrow, next week, five days later
Kalimat PositifHe is going to be journalist after he graduate next year.
Kalimat He will not play computer games anymore because he understand h
Negatif are.
Will he go to the cinema tomorrow with us?
Kalimat Tanya
Yes, he will. / No, he will not.
Simple Future tense mengindikasikan suatu aksi di masa yang akan
datang dan tidak dapat dipengaruhi. Dapat juga digunakan untuk
pembuatan keputusan di masa depan yang spontan atau asumsi yang
berhubungan dengan masa yang akan datang. “Will” dan “be going
to” merupakan 2 indikator umum pada tenses ini.

 Future Continuous Tense

Rumus Subject + “WILL/BE GOING TO” + “BE” + Verb (continuous form)

Kata Sinyal tomorrow morning, in one year
Kalimat Positif He will be delivering the speech to undergraduates at 3 p.m tomor
Kalimat Negatif He will not be doing the task in the office this afternoon because h
Will he be playing football next morning in the playground?
Kalimat Tanya Yes, he will./     No, he will not.

Future continuous tense menunjukkan aksi yang terjadi pada waktu

tertentu di masa yang akan datang dan aksi yang pasti akan terjadi
dalam waktu dekat.

 Future Perfect Tense

Rumus Subject + “WILL HAVE” + Verb III (past participle form)

Kata Sinyal by next Monday, in a week
Kalimat Positif He will have finished the task by next Monday.
Kalimat Negatif He will not have finished the given task by tomorrow evening.
Will he have finished the task in a week?
Kalimat Tanya Yes, he will./    No, he will not.

Future perfect tense menekankan pada aksi yang sudah berakhir pada

waktu tertentu di masa yang akan datang.

 Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Hampir sama dengan semua jenis perfect continuous tense, future

perfect continuous tense  merupakan serangkaian aksi yang terjadi 
sebelum waktu tertentu di masa yang akan datang.

Rumus Subject + “WILL HAVE BEEN” + Verb-ing (continuous form)

Kata Sinyal for the last couple of hours, all day long
Kalimat Positif He will have been taking charge of the team for the next hour.
Kalimat Negatif He will not have been doing the task for the last couple of hours.
Kalimat Tanya Will he have been doing the research all day long? Yes, he will./   

 Past Future Tense

Subject + WOULD + Verb (present form)

Rumus Subject + WAS/WERE + GOING TO + Verb (Present Form)

Kata Sinyal
Kalimat Positif He said that he would leave in three days.
Kalimat Negatif He did not promise that he would buy you a new computer.
Kalimat Tanya Did you tell him when I would arrive? Yes, I did. /    No, I did n
Past future tense pada dasarnya digunakan dalam kalimat yang tidak
langsung, dimana terdapat perubahan bentuk untuk menyesuaikan
dengan rangkaian peristiwa yang ada.

 Past Future Continuous Tense

Rumus Subject + “SHOULD/WOULD BE” + Verb-ing (continuous form)

Kata Sinyal
Kalimat
I made a promise that I would be doing my homework all day long tom
Positif
Kalimat I did not tell anyone that I would be giving a speech to undergraduate
Negatif whole morning.
Kalimat Did you say that you would be working hard in the next week? Yes, I
Tanya not.
Past future continuous tense menekankan pada serangkaian atau
durasi sebuah aksi terjadi.   Sebagai tambahan, ini juga biasanya
digunakan pada kalimat tidak langsung.

 Past Future Perfect Tense

Rumus Subject + SHOULD/WOULD HAVE  + Verb III (past participle form)

Kata Sinyal
Kalimat Positif He told the students that they should have finished the homework
Kalimat Negatif He said that he would not have made such a mistake if he had tak
Did you say that you would have been a doctor in three years?
Kalimat Tanya
Yes, I did / No, I did not.
Terdapat 3 waktu dalam past future perfect yang terjadi di masa lalu.
Menunjuk pada waktu yang akan datang, waktu tertentu di masa lalu,
tetapi aksi yang terjadi harus sudah selesai sebelum waktu yang akan
datang. Dan biasanya digunakan pada kalimat tidak langsung.

 Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Rumus Subject + WOULD HAVE BEEN + Verb -ing (continuous form)

Kata Sinyal
Kalimat Positif I heard that you should have been teaching here for ten years by th
I did not know that he would have been working for the past three h
Kalimat Negatif
time.
Would he have been explaining to the workers if he had made the in
Kalimat Tanya clear?
Yes, he would / No, he would not.
Past future perfect continuous tense merupakan bentuk tense yang
cukup sulit. Namun, kamu dapat mempelajarinya dari past future
perfect tense. Bedanya, past future perfect tense menekankan pada
durasi waktu yang sudah berlalu dan hasil.