Dalam tenses ada tiga waktu utama, yaitu :
- Present Tense
- Past Tense
- Future Tense
Ada 16 bentuk tenses :
KELOMPOK PRESENT (WAKTU SEKARANG)
1. Simple Present Tense (waktu sekarang)
She writes some letters now (active)
Dia menulis beberapa surat sekarang
[S + Verb1 + O/C]
Some letters are written by her now (passive)
Beberapa surat ditulis oleh dia sekarang
[S + To Be(am,are,is) + Verb3 + O]
2. Present Continuous Tense (sedang berlangsung)
She is writing some letters now (active)
Dia sedang menulis beberapa surat sekarang
[S + To Be(am,are,is) + (Verb1+ing) + O/C]
Some letters are being written by her now (passive)
Beberapa surat sedang ditulis oleh dia sekarang
[S + To Be(am,are,is) + being + Verb3 + O]
3. Present Perfect Tense (telah dikerjakan)
She has written some letters (active)
Dia telah menulis beberapa surat
[S + have,has + Verb3 + O/C]
Some letters have been written by her (passive)
Beberapa surat telah ditulis oleh dia
[S + have,has + been + Verb3+ O]
4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense (telah sedang dikerjakan)
She has been writing some letters for two hours (active)
Dia telah sedang menulis beberapa surat selama 2 jam
[S + have,has + been + (Verb1+ing) + O/C]
Some letters have been being written by her for two hours (passive)
Beberapa surat telah sedang ditulis oleh dia selama 2 jam
[S + have,has + been + being + Verb3 + O]
KELOMPOK FUTURE (YANG AKAN DATANG)
1. Simple Future Tense
She will write some letters tomorrow (active)
Dia akan menulis beberapa surat besok
[S + shall/will + Verb1 + O/C]
Some letters will be written by her tomorrow (passive)
Beberapa surat akan ditulis oleh dia besok
[S + shall/will + be + Verb3 + O]
2. Future Continuous Tense
She will be writing some letters tomorrow (active)
Dia akan sedang menulis beberapa surat besok
[S + shall/will + be + (Verb1+ing) + O/C]
Some letters will be being written by her tomorrow (passive)
Beberapa surat akan sedang ditulis oleh dia besok
[S + shall/will + be + being + Verb3 + O]
3. Future Perfect Tense
She will have written some letters (active)
Dia akan telah menulis beberapa surat
[S + shall/will + have + Verb3 + O/C]
Some letters will have been written by her (passive)
Beberapa surat akan telah ditulis oleh dia
[S + shall/will + have + been + Verb3 + O]
4. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
She will have been writing some letters (active)
Dia akan telah sedang menulis beberapa surat
[s + shall/will + have + been + (Verb1+ing) + O/C]
Some letters will have been being written by her (passive)
Beberapa surat akan telah sedang ditulis oleh dia
[S + shall/will + have + been + being + Verb3 + O]
KELOMPOK PAST FUTURE (YANG AKAN DATANG DI MASA LAMPAU)
1. Past Future Tense
She would write some letters when you came (active)
Dia akan menulis beberapa surat ketika kamu datang
[S + should,would + Verb1 + O/C]
Some letters would be written by her when you came (passive)
Beberapa surat akan ditulis oleh dia ketika kamu datang
[S + should,would + be + Verb3 + O]
2. Past Future Continuous Tense
She would be writing some letters on Monday last week (active)
Dia akan sedang menulis beberapa surat pada hari Senin minggu lalu
[S + should,would + be +(Verb1+ing) + O/C]
Some letters would be being written by her on Monday last week (passive)
Beberapa surat akan sedang ditulis oleh dia pada hari Senin minggu lalu
[S + shoul,would + be + being + Verb3 + O]
3. Past Future Perfect Tense
She would have written some letters if you hadn’t come here (active)
Dia akan telah menulis beberapa surat jika kamu belum datang kesini
[S + should,would + have + Verb3 + O/C]
Some letters would have been written by her if you hadn’t come here (passive)
Beberapa surat akan telah sedang ditulis oleh dia jika kamu belum datang kesini
[S + should,would + have + been + Verb3 + O]
4. Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense
She would have been writing some letters by March this year (active)
Dia akan telah sedang menulis beberapa surat menjelang Maret tahun ini
[S + should,would + have + been + (Verb1+ing) + O/C]
Some letters would have been being written by her by March this year (passive)
Beberapa surat akan telah sedang ditulis oleh dia menjelang Maret tahun ini
[S + should,would + have + been + being + Verb3 + O]
