Tenses

FunctionTime ExpressionsVerb

Present(sekarang)SimpleMenyatakan suatu aktivitas yang terjadi sekarang.Always, usually, never, sometimes, rarely, often, regularly, everyday, every...., once a week

Now, at this moment, at present, right now, today, et

V1DoDoes Use for indicate a habitual action Use for express general truth Use for express a future event that is part of a fixed timetable Ue for introduce a quotation

ContinousV-ingAmIsAre We use present continuous tense when there is an action going on at the time of speaking

PerfectV3HaveHas Present perfect tense is used to indicate activities that completed in the near past

Perfect ContinousV-ingHave beenHas been When the action is began at some time in the past and still counting, we use present perfect continuous tense

Past(lampau)SimpleMenyatakan suatu kegiatan yang terjadi pada masa lampauYesterday, ago, last....,etc.V1Did Simple past tense is used to indicate an action that already over And to indicate the past habits

ContinuousV-ingWasWere Use past continuous tense when we want to indicate that a longer action in the past was interrupted

PerfectV3Had Past perfect tense can show that something happened before a specific time in the past

Perfect Continuous

V-ing

Had been When we want to show that something started in the past and continued up until another time in the past and the duration doesnt continue until now, it stops before something in the past, use past perfect continuous tense.

Future(yang akan datang)SimpleAktivitas yang terjadi pada masa yang akan datang

Tomorrow, next...., this coming...., the day after tomorrow, etc.

V1WillThe differences between will and be going to, are;

ContinuousV-ingWill beWill

Be going to

PerfectV3Will have To express a voluntary action when the speaker will do something voluntarily, we use will To express a promise To express a prediction. There is no difference in meaning when we use will or be going to

To express a plan We use be going to when we make an idea that we intend to do it in the future To express a predictionBe going to can express the idea of a general prediction about the future

Perfect Continuous

V-ing

Will have been

Past Future (seharusnya)SimpleUntuk kalimat conditional (kalimat pengandaian) atau reported speech (kalimat tidak langusng)

-V1WouldPast future tense or future in the past has two different forms in English. There are; would and was going toWould = used to volunteer or promise. Example: I knew Nad would make dinner (voluntary action)Was going to = used to plan. Example: I told you, he was going to come to the party (plan)

Both forms can be used to make predictions about the future.

ContinuousV-ingWould be

PerfectV3Would have

Perfect ContinuousV-ingWould have been