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CHAPTER 1
A. Understanding Tenses
The meaning of tenses is a description or explanation of when an event, and actions. Events or actions occur in a sentence: current past or future. Or change the verb form in accordance with the time occurrence of an event and change the time information.By understanding and mastering tenses then you will spek English more quickly, can learn to be independent especially in terms of grammatical deviations. To be stuck tense of course this needs to be practiced when you are accustomed to speaking and writing. Yes, it is strange English, and tenses of English is what makes it complicated, especially for us people of Indonesia. But once we recognize the formula is actually not difficult tenses. Tenses are forms of the time in English, especially in relation to the verb and auxiliary verb. In the Indonesian language does exist as well, but need not be studied because just the same. If for example the English language to say "I Write", if it now: I write. But if you wrote yesterday that I could not write yesterday, should be: I wrote yesterday. Look at the changes to the "write" to "wrote". If you write it tomorrow then becomes: I will write tomorrow. Like the Indonesian language, we must consider the use of tenses in a sentence. What should we say if you make a sentence which we do, we're doing, and we will do. In English, the pattern of negative and positive sentences are different, there is the addition of the words in the pattern of negative sentences. Not much different from Indonesian, English only more specific in the use of the word. Tense is divided into three major parts, namely: Past, Present, Future .Indonesian language: First, now, later . Why are really three parts? Yes, because the division of time itself is only 3, namely the Past (past), now (present) and Future (future). It is no more? Now each of those tense, was subdivided into 4. As there are four, namely Present Tense: Present Tense is often called the Simple Present Tense only,Present Continuous Tense , Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous Tense . You can learn more detail on each topic. Similarly, the Past was divided by 4: Past Tense, Past Continuous Tense, Past Perfect Tense, Past Perfect Continuous Tense . Even Future Tense instead of 8. So in total there are 16 tenses. Present No 4, No 4 Past, Future No 8. Once you understand the formula, then tense it's actually easy. Your capital is the formula, plus what to put into the formula, in this case is a Verb or Verb. There is a verb form or Verb1, there is a verb form and shape Verb2 2 or 3 or Verb3 and there is also a verb form of ING. Also the use of Tobe, Auxiliary Verbs like Will, May, Must and so on.
B. Kinds of tenses:
A. Present Tense - Simple Present Tense - Present Continuous Tense
- Present Perfect Tense - Present Perfect Continuous Tense B. Past Tense - Simple Past Tense - Past Continuous Tense - Past Perfect Tense - Past Perfect Continuous Tense C. Future Tense - Simple Future Tense - Future Continuous Tense - Future Perfect Tense - Future Perfect Continuous Tense D. Past Tense Future - Past Future Tense - Past Future Continuous Tense - Past Future Perfect Tense - Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense
CHAPTER 2
A. Sorts and kinds of explanations about tenses
1. Simple Present Tense
a. Declare that acts waged by habit. b. States the general truths that can not be denied.
Note: the infinitive no change if it is preceded by auxiliary verbs (can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would, do, does, did). 2. Present Continuous Tense
a. Declare an ongoing action. b. Declare a temporary act. c. Declare that the act referred to in the future.
5. Past Tense
Declare a completed action in the past (the time obviously).
9. Future Tense
To declare the act to be done in the future.
15. Past Future Perfect Tense Declare a supposition that can not happen because the conditions that will certainly not be met, but only as a conditional requirement is fulfilled in the past. 16. Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense
As the Future Perfect Tense, but in the past.
B. Tenses Formula
1. Simple Present Tense
(+) Verb + S-1 + s / es + O (- ) S + do / does + Verb-1 + O (? ) Do / does + S + Verb-1 + O?
9. Future Tense
(+) S + Will / shall + V1 + O (- ) S + Will / shall + Not + V1 + O (? ) Will / shall + V1 + S + O?
CHAPTER 3
Example sentences in English tenses
1. Simple Present Tense
(+) She is a new people here. (+) He plays football every morning. (+) I usually wake up at five in the morning. (-) She isnt a new people here. (-) He not playing football every morning. (-) They dont like coffee (?) Is she a new people here? (?) How playing football every morning? (?) Do you study English at school?
(-) We havent seen you for a long time. (?) Have I gone ? (?) Have they done ? (?) Has he drunk his beer?
(-) He wasnt watching television all afternoon last week. (-) They werent talking about sport when I met him. (-) He wasnt studying while we were listening to the radio. (?) Was He watching television all afternoon last week? (?) Were they talking about sport when I met him? (?) Were you playing the piano as her mother entered the room?
(+) He will met girl friend by seven oclock. (+) I shall go there to night. (-) President shall not at Nederland the day after tomorrow. (-) They wont go to the theatre next Sunday (-) He wont visit to Yogyakarta tomorrow. (?) Shall President at Nederland the day after tomorrow? (?) Will he go to America next month? (?) Is he going to swim with me next Sunday?
(+) I will have been reading a news paper. (+) He will have been listening music. (+) By June 1993 I shall have been working here for 5 years (-) I will havent been reading a news paper. (-) He will havent listening a music. (-) They will not have been studying English for 3 years by the end of July 1993? (?) Will I have been riding a news paper ? (?) Will He have listening a music ? (?) Will she have been living here for ten years by next month?
(?) Would you be reading in the library between two and four that afternoon?