Tenses menjadi materi yang paling banyak ditakuti oleh semua orang bahkan bagi pengajar bahasa Inggris sendiri.  Meski sering membuat was-was dan takut, dengan membaca artikel ini sampai habis itu artinya Anda sudah memberanikan diri untuk mempelajari topik yang sering membuat triggered ini.

Sebenarnya, mempelajari tenses tidak semenakutkan seperti yang dikatakan banyak orang.  Asalkan tahu fungsi dan polanya, Anda bisa mengingat tenses dengan sangat mudah. Yuk simak rumus lengkap tenses di bawah ini!

Simple Present Tense

Anda bisa menggunakan tenses ini untuk mengungkapkan bentuk kalimat yang menyatakan kejadian yang terjadi namun tidak ada ikatan waktu.  Susunan rumus Simple Present Tense:

Positive

  • Verbal, rumusnya Subject + V1 + s/es, contohnya Hasan studies hard every day.
  • Nominal, rumusnya Subject + is/am/are + nominal, contoh He is more handsome than usual.

Negative

  • Verbal, rumusnya Subject + don’t/doesn’t + V1, contoh I don’t know what to say to him.
  • Nominal, rumusnya Subject + is/am/are + not + nominal, contoh They aren’t as bad as you think.

Interrogative

  • Verbal, rumus do/does + subject + V1 + ?, contoh does he know about this?
  • Nominal, rumus is/am/are + subject + nominal +?, contoh are you better than yesterday?

Simple Future Tense

Sesuai dengan namanya, tenses yang satu ini untuk menerangkan sesuatu yang terjadi di masa depan baik yang disebutkan waktunya atau tidak. Berikut susunan rumusnya:

Positive

  • Verbal, rumusnya Subject + will + V1, contoh you will know sooner or later.
  • Nominal, rumus Subject + will + be + nominal, contoh William will be the champion today.

Negative

  • Verbal, rumus Subject + won’t + V1, contohnya you won’t know till you’ve tried.
  • Nominal, rumus Subject + won’t + be + nominal, contoh he won’t be the model.

Interrogative

  • Verbal, rumus will + Subject + V1 + ?, contoh will the police come on time?
  • Nominal, Will + Subject + be + nominal + ?, contoh will she become a doctor soon?

Simple Past Future Tense

Digunakan untuk menerangkan aktivitas yang dilakukan di masa lalu. Susunan rumus simple past future tense adalah:

Positive

  • Verbal, rumus Subject + should/wave + bare infinitive, contoh Helda should go to School.
  • Nominal, rumus Subject + was/were + going to + bare + infinitive, contoh she was going to write a new note.

Negative

  • Verbal, rumus Subject + should/would + not + bare infinitive, contoh Helda should not go to the hospital.
  • Nominal, rumus Subject + was/were + not + going to + bare infinitive, contoh she was not going to write a new note.

Interrogative

  • Verbal, rumus should/would + subject + bare infinitive +?, contoh should Helda go to the hospital?
  • Nominal, rumus was/were + subject + going to + bare infinitive +?, contoh was he going to write a new note?

Simple Past Tense

Fungsi simple past tense untuk menerangkan sesuatu di masa lalu baik dan waktunya disebut atau tidak. Agar bisa menggunakan simple past tense penting bagi Anda untuk tahu rumusnya seperti berikut!

Positive

  • Verbal, rumus Subject + V2, rumus He drove the town solely
  • Nominal, rumus Subject + was/were + nominal, you were glad to meet him

Negative

  • Verbal, rumus Subject + did not + V1, contoh He didn’t drive to town solely
  • Nominal, rumus Subject + was/were + not + nominal, contoh you weren’t glad to meet him.

Interrogative

  • Verbal, rumus did + subject + V1, contoh did he drive to the town solely.
  • Nominal, rumus was/were + Subject + nominal +?, contoh were glad to meet him?

Past Continuous Tense

Tenses yang satu ini digunakan untuk menerangkan sesuatu yang bisa dilakukan di masa lalu, rumusnya adalah:

Positive

  • Verbal, rumus subject + was/were + Ving, contoh we were trying a new road.
  • Nominal, rumus Subject + was/were + nominal, contoh Ailee was afraid of the dark.

Negative

  • Verbal, rumus Subject + was/were + not + Ving, contoh We weren’t trying a new road.
  • Nominal, rumus Subject + was/were + nominal, contoh Ailee wasn’t afraid of the dark.

Interrogative

  • Verbal, rumus was/were + Subject + Ving +?, contoh were they trying a new road?
  • Nominal, rumus was/were +Subject + nominal +?, contoh was Ailee afraid of the dark?

Present Continuous Tense

Digunakan untuk menjelaskan sesuatu yang dilakukan sekarang. Rumusnya:

Positive

  • Verbal, Subject + is/am/are + Ving.
  • Nominal, rumus Subject + is/am/are + nominal

Negative

  • Verbal, Subject + is/am/are + not + Ving.
  • Nominal, rumus Subject + is/am/are + not + nominal

Interrogative

  • Verbal, is/am/are + Subject + Ving.
  • Nominal, rumus is/am/are + Subject + nominal

Nah, demikianlah beberapa tenses yang harus Anda kuasai, gampang kan? Semoga informasi ini bermanfaat ya!