TENSES

Muhammad Yusrizal.
TENSES

Present Simple Tense
S + V1 + (s/es)
e.g.    : I am a student of Gunadarma University.
Present Continuous Tense
S + to be (is, am, are) + V-ing
e.g.    : He is waiting for his girlfriend.
Present Perfect Tense
S + have, has + V3
e.g.    : I have seen the show.
      They have moved into their new house.
Present Perfect Continuous tense
S + have/has + been + V-ing
e.g.    : Josh has been ill since two weeks ago.
      We have been studying in this university for three years.
Past Simple Tense
S + V2
e.g.    : Ossela swam at DSC every Sunday.
Past Continuous Tense
S + were/was + V-ing
e.g.    : I was cooking in the kitchen while I heard the phone ring.
      They were sitting in the backyard.



Past Perfect Tense
S + had + V3
e.g.    : Milo had eaten before Mila came.
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
S + had been + V-ing
e.g.    : She had been searching for his lost wife before he finally found her.
Future Simple Tense
S + shall/will + v1 (with be)
S + to be (is, am, are) + going to + V1
e.g.    : She will be a doctor.
      I am going to go to Bali next month.
Future Continuous Tense
S + shall/will + be + V-ing
e.g.    : Hendry will be travelling in Turkey
Future Perfect Tense
S + shall/will + have + V3
e.g.    : They will have left the school by one o’clock this afternoon.
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
S + shall/will + have been + V-ing
e.g.    : By next holiday, we will have been travelling to Australia for three months.
Past Future Simple Tense
S + should/would + V1
e.g.    : I should go to Balikpapan the next day.
Past Future Continuous Tense
S + should/would + be + V-ing
e.g.    : Rini said that she would be coming soon.

Past Future Perfect Tense
S + should/would + have + V3
e.g.    : He would have given the money yesterday.
Past Future Continuous Tense
S + should/would + have been + V-ing
e.g.    : By the end of the month, I would have been going to aboard for one years.