JENIS-JENIS TENSES DALAM

BAHASA INGGRIS

I. Past Tense : Untuk menunjukkan bahwa suatu kejadian terjadi di masa lampau.

Jenis Kalimat Rumus Contoh Simple Past Tense

positif (+) S + Verb-2 (past tense) The teacher came

S + be(was/were)
negatif (-) S + did + not + bare infinitive
S + be(was/were) + not
interogatif (?) Did + S + bare infinitive
be(was/were) + S
I was a stamp collector
The teacher didn’t come
I wasn’t a stamp collector
Did the teacher come
Was I a stamp collector

Jenis Kalimat Rumus Contoh Present Simple

 The children are
Positif (+) S + V1 naughty
S + Vs  She eats sandwich
 The children aren’t
Negatif (-) S + Do not + V1 naughty
S + Does not + V1  She doesn’t eat
sandwich
 Do you like
Tanya murni Do + S + V1 popcorn?
Does + S + V1  Does he know me?
 How do you know
Tanya WH WH + Do me?
WH + Does  Where does she
live?
II. Present Simple : untuk menyatakan fakta, kebiasaan, dan kejadian yang terjadi pada saat
sekarang ini.
III. Present continuous : untuk membicarakan aksi yang sedang berlangsung sekarang atau
rencana dimasa depan.

Jenis kalimat Rumus Contoh Kalimat

Positif (+) S + am/is/are + Ving He is driving a car to

Bandung now
Jenis kalimat Rumus Contoh Kalimat
Negatif (+) S + am/is/are + not + Ving He is not driving a car to
 I haveBandung
read the now
book
Positif (+) S + Have/has + V3  He has left
Interogatif (?) Am/is/are + S + Ving Is he driving a car to
Bandung now?
 I have not read the
Negatif (-) S + Have/has not + V3 book
 He has not left
 Have I read the book?
Interogatif (?) Have/has + S + V3  Has he left?

IV. Present Perfect Tense : untuk mengungkapkan suatu aktivitas atau situasi yang telah dimulai di
masa lalu dan telah selesai pada suatu titik waktu tertentu di masa lalu atau masih berlanjut
sampai sekarang.
 Jenis Kalimat Rumus Contoh Kalimat

S + will + bare infinitive  You will win the

Positif (+) S + is/am/are + going to + game
bare infinitive  I am going to meet
him tomorrow
S + will not + bare infinitive  You will not win the
Negatif (-) S + is /am/are + not going to game
+ bare infinitive  I am not going to
V.
meet him tomorrow
Will + s + bare infinitive  Will I win the game?
Interogatif (?) Is/am/are + s + going to +  Am I going to meet
bare infinitive him tomorrow?
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Future : untuk menyatakan bahwa suatu aksi terjadi dimasa depan, secara spontan atau terencana.