ALL TENSES

ALL TENSES

1. Simple Present

    Formula: S + V1 + O

    eg: I watch TV everyday

    in general, the simple present tense expresses events or situation that exist always, usually, habitually; they exist how, have existed in the past and probably will exist in the future.

2. Simple Past

    Formula: S + V2 + O

    eg: I watched TV last night

    The simple past indicate that an activity or situation began and ended at a particular time in the past.

3. Simple Future

    Formula: S + Will/Shall + V1 + O

    eg: I will watch TV tonight 

   

4.  Present Continuous

     Formula: S + To be + V-ing + O 

     eg: John is sleeping right now

     The present progressive expresses an activity that in progress at the moment of speaking. It began in the recent past, is continuing at present and will probably end at come point in the future.

5. Past Continuous 

    Formula: S + To be + V-ing + O 

    eg: John was sleeping when I arrived

    In other words, both actions occurred at the same time, but the actions began earlier and was in progress when the other action occurred.

6. Future Continuous 

    Formula: S + Will/Shall + be + V-ing + O

    eg: He will sleeping when we arrive

    The future progressive expresses an activity that will be in the progress at a time in the future.

7. Present Perfect

    Formula: S + Have/Has + V3 + O

    eg: I have moved into a new apartment

    The present perfect expresses the idea that something happened (or never happened) before now, at an unspecific time in the past. The exact time it happened is not important.

8. Past Perfect

    Formula: S + Had + V3 + O

    eg: I had move when they arrived

    The past perfect expresses an activity that was completed before another activity or time in the past.

9. Future Perfect 

    Formula: S + Will/Shall + Have + V3 + O

    eg: I will have moved when they arrive

    The future perfect expressive an activity that will be completed before another time or event in the future.

10. Present Perfect Conrinuous

      Formula: S + Have/Has + been + V-ing + O 

      eg: I have been sitting here since seven o'clock

     The tense is used to indicate the duration of an activity that began in the past and continuous to the present. When the tense has this meaning, it is used with time words such as for, since, all morning, all day, all week.

11. Past Perfect Continuous

      Formula: S + Had + Been + V-ing + O

      eg: I had been sitting here before my friend came

      The past perfect continuous emphasizes the duration of an activity that was in progress before another activity or time in the past.

12. Future Perfect Continuous 

      Formula: S + Will/Shall + Have been + V-ing + O 

      eg: I will have been sitting hereby the time you arrive

      The future perfect continuous emphasized the duration of an activity that will be in progress before another time or event in the future.

13. Past Future Tense

      Formula: S + Would/Should + V1

      eg: He would buy a motor cycle the previous day (sehari sebelumnya)

     

14. Past Future Continuous Tense

      Formula: S + Would/Should + be + V-ing

      eg: They would be taking an examination at this time (the following day)

15. Past Future Perfect Tense

      Formula: S + Would/Should + Have + V3

      eg: She would have finished her study last year

     

16. Past Future Perfect Continuous

      Formula: S + Would/Should + Have + Been + V-ing

      eg: My mother would have been cooking in the kitchen for two hours by last morning