ENGLISH TENSES

Simple Present Tense

Di gunakan unuk menyatakan habitual action (rutinitas) dan fakta-fakta umum.

Rumus :

(+) S + V1 (s/es)

(-) S + do/does + not + V1

(?) Do/does + S + V1

Example :

1. (+) I take a bath twice day.

    (-) I do not take a bath twice day.

    (?) Do you take a bath twice day?

2. (+) You make the cake

    (-) You do not make the cake.

    (?) Do you make the cake?

3. (+) They open the door.

    (-) They do not open the door.

    (?) Do they open the door?

4. (+) We like the beach so much.

    (-) We do not like the beach so much.

    (?) Do we like the beach so much?

5. (+) She makes the cake.

    (-) She doesn’t make the cake.

    (?) Does she make the cake?

6. (+) Egi takes a bath twice day.

    (-) Egi doesn’t take a bath twice day.

    (?) Does Egi take a bath twice day?

7. (+) It opens the door.

    (-) It doesn’t open the door.

    (?) Does it open the door?

Simple Past Tense

Digunakan untuk menyatakan kalimat yang terjadi di masa lampau.

Rumus :

(+) S + V2

(-) S + did + not + V1

(?) Did + S + V1

Example :

1.       (+) They went to campus by bus.

(-) They didn’t go to campus by bus.

(?) Did they go to campus by bus?

2.       (+) I played football yesterday.

(-) I didn’t play football yesterday.

(?) Did you play football yesterday?

3.       (+) Yuna talked to Juno last week.

(-) Yuna didn’t talk to Juno last week.

(?) Did Yuna talk to Juno last week?