TENSES
| 
POLA | 
KET.
  WAKTU | |
| 
Present
  Tense  
(Menyatakan
  kebiasaan hingga sekarang masih dilakukan) | 
V=
  (+) S+V¹ (-s/es utk S he,she,it)  
     
  (-)  S+Do/Does not + V¹  
           
  Do utk S= I,you,they,we 
           
  Does utk S= he,she,it 
          
  She goes to school everyday 
          
  She does not go to school everyday 
N=
  (+) S+ to be (am/is/are) + adj/n/adv 
          
  She is beautiful | 
Every…
   
Usyally 
Always
  dll | 
| 
Present
  Continuous  
(Menyatakan
  aktivitas yang sedang berlangsung pada waktu bicara) | 
V=
  (+) S+ to be (am/is/are)+V-ing  
     
  She is not going to school everyday | 
Now
   
At
  present 
At
  this moment 
To
  day | 
| 
Present
  Perfect  
(Menyatakan
  perbuatan/tindakan yang terjadi pada waktu yang tidak tertentu di masa lampau
  dan pada saat berbicara perbuatan/tindakan tsb telah selesai/baru aja selesai
  dilakukan) | 
V=
  (+) S + have/has + V3  
           
  Have utk S= I,you,they,we 
           
  Has utk S= he,she,it 
      
  Father has gone to work for 12 hours  
N=
  (+) S + have/has+Been + adj/n/adv 
  
      Father has been at his office since 12 
      
  hours ago. | 
Lately
   
Recently 
For
   
Since 
already 
yet 
lately 
just | 
| 
Past
  Tense  
(Menyatakan
  kegiatan yang dilakukan pada waktu lampau) | 
V=
  (+) S + V2  
     
  (-) S + did not + V¹  
          
  Did utk semua Subjek 
N=
  (+) S + Be (was/were) + adj/n/adv 
           
  Was utk S= I,he,she,it 
           
  Were utk S= you,they,we | 
Yesterday
   
Last… 
…ago | 
| 
Past
  Perfect Tense  
(Menyatakan
  aktivitas yang telah selesai dilakukan ketika aktivitas lain terjadi pada
  waktu lampau) | 
V=
  (+) S + had + V3  
           
  Had utk semua Sabjek (S)  
N=
  (+) S + had been + adj/n/adv | 
Before/when
  + S + V2 | 
| 
Past
  Perfect Continuous  
(Menyatakan
  aktivitas yang telah berlangsung selama periode waktu tertentu ketika
  aktivitas lain terjadi diwaktu lampau, aktivitas tsb masih berlangsung) | 
V=
  (+) S + had been + V-ing | 
For
  + periode waktu + when/ before + S + V2 | 
| 
Future
  tense  
(Menyatakan
  aktivitas yang akan dilakukan di waktu yang akan datang) | V= (+) S + will/shall + V¹ 
           
  Will utk semua Sabjek (S) 
       
      Shall utk S = I,we 
N=
  (+) S + will/shall +be + adj/n/adv | Tomorrow 
Next… | 
| 
Future
  Continuous  
(Menyatakan
  aktivitas yang akan sedang berlangsung di waktu yang akan datang) | V= (+) S + will/shall + be + V-ing | At this time tomorrow 
At
  ten tomorrow | 
| 
Future
  Perfect  
(Menyatakan
  aktivitas yang akan telah selesai dilakukan ketika aktivitas lain terjadi
  diwaktu yang akan datang) | V= (+) S + will/shall + have + V3 
N=
  (+) S + will/shall +have +been +adj/n/ | By + ket.waktu | 
| 
Future
  Perfect Continuous  
(Menyatakan
  aktivitas yang akan telah sedang berlangsung selama waktu tertentu ketika
  aktivitas lain terjadi di waktu yang akan datang) | V= (+) S + will/shall +have+been + V-ing | By + ket.waktu | 
| 
Past
  Future Tense  
(Menyatakan
  perbuatan/keadaan yang akan datang dilakukan/terjadi diwaktu lampau.
  Perbuatan tsb sudah direncanakan tapi tidak terlaksana) | V= (+) S + would/should + V¹ 
N=
  (+) S + would/should + be + adj/n/adv | Yesterday 
Last… 
Just
  now 
If
  + simple past | 
| 
Past
  Future Perfect Tense  
(menyatakan
  suatu pengandaian pada masa lampau, sesuatu seharusnya akan telah terjadi
  pada saat suatu syarat terpenuhi) | V= (+) S + would/should + have +V3 
N= (+) S +
  would/should + have been + adj/n/adv | If + past perfect | 
| 
Past
  Perfect Continuous  
(Menyatakan
  perbuatan yang seharusnya sudah sedang berlangsung di suatu waktu di masa
  lampau tetapi kenyataanya gagal berlangsung) | 
V= (+) S + would/should
  + have been + V-ing  | By + ket.waktu | 
Kita
bisa mengenali setiap tensis dengan mengetahui ciri-ciri khusus yang
dimiliki setiap tensis: 
| 
V¹/do,does/am,is,are | |
| 
Simple
  past | 
V2/did/was,were | 
| 
Perfect | 
have/has/had
  + V3/been | 
| 
Future/modal
  (present)  
Future/modal
  (past) | 
will/shall/may/can/must
  + V¹/be  
would/sould/might/could/had
  to + V¹/be | 
| 
Continuous | 
Tobe
  + v-ing | 
TO BE
| 
Past 
Perfect 
Future/modal | 
Am,
  is, are  
Was,
  were 
Been 
be | 
Contoh
soal
1.
Fred : Juda, the telephone rang twelve times. What were you doing?
   
Juda:  I____ Javanese dancing, “Srimpi”.
   
a.
practised                     
d. have been practising
   
b. was
parctising            
e. will be practising
   
c. have practised
      Jawaban
: B (Past Continuous Tense)
2.
Dian : The Public Health Centre ____ there for more than twenty years.   
The doctors and paramedis
work hard to improve the people’s health especially children.
   
Iwan : Yes, they are succesful. The infant/death rate has decreased remarkably.
   
a.
works                         
d. has been working
   
b.
worked                       
e. will have worked
   
c. is working
      Jawaban
: D (Present Perfect Continuous = peristiwa yang terjadi/dimulai
pada waktu lampau dan sekarang masih berlangsung. Ada tanda waktu for yang bisa
dijadikan ciri)
3.  
Devi : So you have finished washing the dished. When did you do it?
Sri   
:  I did while you ____ the yard.
a.
clean          
               
d. were cleaning
b.
cleaned                      
e. have been cleaning
c. had cleaned
Jawaban : D (Past
Continuous tense = menyatakan suatu kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung ketika
kegiatan lain terjadi di waktu lampau. Kata while bisa dijadikan ciri)
4.      Retno : Why don’t you reply my letter?
Hadi   : Oh sorry.
I forget to tell you that I ___ in Bali since
last year.
a. am
living                     
d. will have lived
b. was
living                    
e. have been living
c. have to live
Jawaban : E (Present
Perfect Continuous. Tanda waktu since dapat dijadikan ciri)
5.      Vina : When did you get the letter?
Fani  : Yesterday. My
family ____ when the postman arrived.
a. have
lunch                     
d. will have had lunch
b. will have
lunch  
            e. have been
having lunch
c. were having lunch
Jawaban : C (Past
Continuous tense biasa juga dipakai untuk menyatakan kegiatan yang sedang
dilakukan ketika kegiatan lain terjadi pada waktu lampau. 
When + simple
past dapat dijadikan ciri)
Soal-Soal
Latihan
- If we don”t hurry, the meeting ___ by the time we get there.
a. would have
started                   
d. will start
b. will have
started                       
e. starts
c. will be started
- The librarian suddenly heard a noise.
Librarian : What was the
noise?
Student    :
I dropped some books while I ____ them to the table.
a.
carry                                         
d. am carrying
b.
carried                              
        e. have carried
c. was carrying
- Ann has been looking for a job for six month.
This sentence means that Ann
___.
a. has got a new job  d.
has stopped looking for a job
b. has worked for six
months e. started to work 6 months a go
c. is still looking for a
job
- When airport are located in the center of citied, they ___ noise pollution and distrub people’s life.
a.
caused    d. were causing
b.
causes    e. have caused
c. will cause
- Agam : Where will we go next holiday?
Joko   : What
about Bali?
Agam : That’s OK, but I ____
there many times.
a.
am    d. will be
b.
was    e. will have been
c. have been
- My father is still in Bali. He ____ there for three weeks.
   a.
is               d.
has been
   b.
was           e. have
been
   c. had
been 
- Anto : I’m sorry Ary. I forget to bring your book.
   Ary  
: What did he say Lina?
   Lina 
: Anto said that he ___ to bring your book.
   a. has
forgotten   d. forgets
   b. had
forgotten   e. forgot
   c. would
forget
- Teacher : I”ve heard that Benny is ill. Is it right?
Student  : Yes, sir. He
____ ill for a week.
   a.
was    d. would be
   b. has
been    e. will have been
   c. had
been
- Teacher : You will be ready for a test next week. Learn all these.
Student  : All right,
sir. I ____ them by then.
   a.
learn    d. will be learning
   b. have
learnt   e. will have learnt
   c. am
learning
- Reni goes to her university every morning. She studies business. You can’t meet her at her house at 10.00 tomorrow. She ___ the lectures.
   a. will be
attending              d. has
attended
   b. has
been attending          e.
attended
   c. would
be attended 

