TELLING WHAT IS TENSES ?
Tenses
Tenses derived from the word tempus (Latin language) which means time / time, andobtained through the French Temps.
Tense is a verb form in the grammar that shows the occurrence of an act or event and the stage of completion. The meaning of tenses is a description or explanation of when an event, and actions. Events or actions occur in a sentence: current – past – or future . Or change the verb form in accordance with the time occurrence of an event and change the time information.
In English, tenses mean time (time). Tenses indicate action , activity , action time now,past or future . Tensesn is the verb form changes in grammar that indicates an event oract in accordance with the time or events .
Example :
I play badminton every Sundays
I am playing badminton now
I played badminton yesterday
I will play badminton tommorow
I play badminton every Sundays
I am playing badminton now
I played badminton yesterday
I will play badminton tommorow
KIND OF TENSES
THE PRESENT
1. Simple Present Tense
2. Present Continuous Tense
3. Present Perfect Tense
4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense
THE FUTURE
1. Simple Future Tense
2. Future Continuous Tense
3. Future Perfect Tense
4. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
THE PAST FUTURE
1. Past Future Tense
2. Past Future Continuous Tense
3. Past Future Perfect Tense
4. Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Chapter 3
EXAMPLE OF EVERY TENSES
THE PRESENT
1. Simple Present Tense
She writes some letters now (active)
[S + Verb1 + O/C]
Some letters are written by her now (passive)
[S + To Be(am,are,is) + Verb3 + O]
2. Present Continuous Tense
She is writing some letters now (active)
[S + To Be(am,are,is) + (Verb1+ing) + O/C]
Some letters are being written by her now (passive)
[S + To Be(am,are,is) + being + Verb3 + O]
3. Present Perfect Tense
She has written some letters (active)
[S + have,has + Verb3 + O/C]
Some letters have been written by her (passive)
[S + have,has + been + Verb3+ O]
4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense
She has been writing some letters for two hours (active)
[S + have,has + been + (Verb1+ing) + O/C]
Some letters have been being written by her for two hours (passive)
[S + have,has + been + being + Verb3 + O]
THE FUTURE
1. Simple Future Tense
She will write some letters tomorrow (active)
[S + shall/will + Verb1 + O/C]
Some letters will be written by her tomorrow (passive)
[S + shall/will + be + Verb3 + O]
2. Future Continuous Tense
She will be writing some letters tomorrow (active)
[S + shall/will + be + (Verb1+ing) + O/C]
Some letters will be being written by her tomorrow (passive)
[S + shall/will + be + being + Verb3 + O]
3. Future Perfect Tense
She will have written some letters (active)
[S + shall/will + have + Verb3 + O/C]
Some letters will have been written by her (passive)
[S + shall/will + have + been + Verb3 + O]
4. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
She will have been writing some letters (active)
[s + shall/will + have + been + (Verb1+ing) + O/C]
Some letters will have been being written by her (passive)
[S + shall/will + have + been + being + Verb3 + O]
THE PAST FUTURE
1. Past Future Tense
She would write some letters when you came (active)
[S + should,would + Verb1 + O/C]
Some letters would be written by her when you came (passive)
[S + should,would + be + Verb3 + O]
2. Past Future Continuous Tense
She would be writing some letters on Monday last week (active)
[S + should,would + be +(Verb1+ing) + O/C]
Some letters would be being written by her on Monday last week (passive)
[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)
[S + should,would + have + Verb3 + O/C]
Some letters would have been written by her if you hadn’t come here (passive)
[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)
[S + should,would + have + been + (Verb1+ing) + O/C]
Some letters would have been being written by her by March this year (passive)
[S + should,would + have + been + being + Verb3 + O]
Chapter 4
LIST OF LIBRARIES
SOURCE :
Riyn's Site , http://riyn.multiply.com/journal/item/74?&show_interstitial=1&u=%2Fjournal%2Fitem
http://www.mawarhitam.info/macam-macam-tenses.html#axzz1pYxcPFMB
http://acehworld.blogdetik.com/2010/07/31/pengertian-tenses-learning-english-i/