The Easiest Way to Memorize 16 Tenses

Why We Must Learn About Tenses?

   Tenses merupakan hal yang paling mendasar dalam belajar Bahasa Inggris. Tenses merupakan bentuk waktu yang menjelaskan kapan suatu perbuatan, peristiwa atau situasi berlangsung atau dikerjakan. Jika kita tidak mengenal Tenses, tentu saja makna pembicaraan kita akan sangat sulit dimengerti orang lain.
 
   Belajar Tenses dianggap orang sangat sulit untuk dipelajari. Jangankan nama-nama Tenses, banyaknya Tenses pun banyak orang yang tidak mengetahuinya. Padahal sangat gampang.

Yang perlu kita perhatikan dan ingat, hanya urutan dan Rumus Umum Tenses seperti di bawah ini:


Rumus Umum Tenses adalah:

1. Present : Verb 1/s/es

2. Past : Verb 2

3. Future : Will + Verb 1

4.  Simple : 0

5. Continuous : be + Verb-ing

6. Perfect : Have + Verb 3

 


Urutan Tenses Berdasarkan Waktu : 

   1. Present
   2. Past
   3. Future
   4. Past Future

Urutan Tenses Berdasarkan Kejadian:
 
   1. Simple
   2. Continuous
   3. Perfect
   4. Perfect Continuous

Dari dua gambar di atas, Family of Present Number 1 letak nya sama dengan Simple, maka dapat disimpulkan Number 1 adalah Simple Present Tense. Dan untuk Number 2 letak nya sama dengan Continuous, maka Number 2 adalah Present Continuous Tense.

Perkalian Tenses

Note :

e.g:

Present

1. Present Simple Tense

    (Verb 1/s/es * 0) = Verb 1/s/es

2. Present Continuous Tense

    (Verb 1/s/es * Be) + Verb-ing = am/is/are + Verb-ing

3. Present Perfect Tense

    (Verb 1/s/es * Have) + Verb 3 =  Have/Has + Verb 3

4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense

    (Verb 1/s/es * Have) + (Verb 3 * Be) + Verb-ing = Have/Has + Been + Verb-ing

Past

5. Past Simple Tense

    (Verb 2 * 0) =  Verb 2

6. Past Continuous Tense

    (Verb 2 * Be) + Verb-ing = was/were + Verb-ing

7. Past Perfect Tense

    (Verb 2 * Have) + Verb 3 = Had + Verb 3

8. Past Perfect Continuous Tense

    (Verb 2 * Have) + (Verb 3 * Be) + Verb-ing = Had + Been + Verb-ing

Future

9. Future Simple Tense

Will + (Verb 1 * 0) = Will + Verb 1

10. Future Continuous Tense

Will + (Verb 1 * Be) + Verb-ing = Will + Be + Verb-ing

11. Future Perfect Tense

Will + (Verb 1 * Have) + Verb 3 = Will + Have + Verb 3

12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Will + (Verb 1 * Have) + (Verb 3 * Be) + Verb-ing = Will + Have + Been +Verb-ing

Past Future

13. Past Future Simple Tense

(Verb 2 * Will) + (Verb 1 * 0) = Would + Verb 1

14. Past Future Continuous Tense

 (Verb 2 * Will) + (Verb 1 * Be) + Verb-ing = Would + Be + V-ing

15. Past Future Perfect Tense

(Verb 2 * Will) + (Verb 1 * Have) + Verb 3 =  Would + Have + V3

16. Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense

(Verb 2 * Will) + (Verb 1 * Have) + (Verb 3 * Be) + Verb-ing = Would + Have + Been + V-ing

Rumus Umum Tenses dalam kalimat:

1. Present Simple Tense = S + V1 + O

2. Present Continuous Tense = S + is/am/are + V-ing + O

3. Present Perfect Tense = S + have/has + V3 + O

4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense = S + have/has + been + V-ing + O

5. Past Simple Tense = S + V2 + O

6. Past Continuous Tense = S + was/were + V-ing + O

7. Past Perfect Tense = S + had + V3 + O

8. Past Perfect Continuous Tense = S + had + been + V-ing + O

9. Future Simple Tense = S + will + V1 + O

10. Future Continuous Tense = S + will + be + V-ing + O

11. Future Perfect Tense = S + will + have + V3 + O

12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense = S + will + have + been + V-ing + O

13. Past Future Simple Tense = S + would + V1 + O

14. Past Future Continuous Tense = S + would + be + V-ing + O

15. Past Future Perfect Tense = S + would + have + V3 + O

16. Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense = S + would + have + been + V-ing + O

Berikut ini contoh Tense dalam kalimat:

1. Present Simple Tense = I study English

2. Present Continuous Tense = I am studying English

3. Present Perfect Tense = I have studied English

4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense = I have been studying English

5. Past Simple Tense = I studied English

6. Past Continuous Tense = I was studying English

7. Past Perfect Tense = I had studied English

8. Past Perfect Continuous Tense = I had been studying English

9. Future Simple Tense = I will study English

10. Future Continuous Tense = I will be studying English

11. Future Perfect Tense = I will have studied English

12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense = I will have been studying English

13. Past Future Simple Tense = I would study English

14. Past Future Continuous Tense = I would be studying English

15. Past Future Perfect Tense = I would have studied English

16. Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense = I would have been studying English

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