5 TENSES WE FREQUENTLY USE

Thursday September 22th 2016 my class learn English at American Corner in Tanjungpura University, mom asks we to summon up the task and the list of college attendance to mom. And then mom give we a new task, we must make a video from before task that is find many information in UPT Language. We must to tell and explain what we find at there as that we write in before task. We may take a video everywhere we want, minimal we make 1 minute video and mom give we 2 week to summon up the video task.

Okey, now I will tell you what we learn in English lesson at American Corner. Mom teach we about “5 Tenses We Frequently Use”, mom give and teach we each formula tenses. I will tell you about the each formula tenses.

1. Simple Present Tense
This tenses is used to explain fact, habitual, and event that nowadays happen.
The formula is :
(+) S + V1 (s+es)
Ex : The sun rises from the east
          S              V
        We eat three time a day
        We eats three time a day
(-) S+do/does+not+V1
Ex : The sun doesn’t rise from the west
        We don’t eat three time a day
(?) Do/does+S+V1

The question :
a) I+V1 : I take a bath twice a day
(-) I don’t take a bath twice a day
(?) Do I take a bath twice a day
b) You+V1 : You make the cake
(-) You don’t make the cake
(?) Do you make the cake?
c) They+V1 : They open the door
(-) They don’t open the door
(?) Do they open the door?
d) She+V1 (s/es) : She makes the cake
(-) She don’t makes the cake
(?) Does she make the cake?
e) He+V1 (s/es) : Egi takes a bath twice a day
(-) Egi don’t takes a bath twice a day
(+)Does Egi take a bath twice a day?
f) It+V1 (s/es) : It opens the door
(-) It doesn’t open the door
(+) Does it open the door?

2. Simple Past Tense
This tenses is used to denote that a event on the past.
The formula is :
(+) S+V2
(-) S+did+not+V1
(?) Did+S+V1?

The question :
a) I (try) my best (S:she)
(+) She tried my best
(-) She didn’t try my best
(?) Did she try her best
b) We (like) the beach so much (S:he)
(+) He liked the beach so much
(-) He didn’t like the beach so much
(?) Did he like the beach so much?
c) She always (drink) fresh water every morning (S:you)
(+) You always drank fresh water every morning
(-) You always drink fresh water every morning
(?) You always drink fresh water every morning

3. Present/Past Continous Tense
Present continuous is used to talk the action while going on now or planning on future. Whereas past continous is used to pronounce that a action while certain to time happen on the past.
The formula is :
(+) S+be+Ving
(-) S+be+not+Ving
(?) Be+S+Ving?
Ex : They are going to campus by bus
(-) They are not going to campus by bus
(?) Are they going to campus by bus?

4. Simple Future Tense
This tenses is used to explain that a action happen on future, according spontaneous or planned
The Formula is :
(+) S+will+V1
(-) S+will+not+V1
(?) Will+S+V1?
Ex : They will go to campus by bus
(-) They will not go to campus by bus
(?) Will they go to campus by bus?

5. Present Perfect Tense
This tenses is used to pronounce a activity or the situation has start on the past and has finish to a certain point in time or still continous until now.
The formula is :
(+) S+has/have+V3
(-) S+has/have+not+V3
(?) Has/have +S+V3?
Ex : They have gone to campus by bus
(+) They has gone to campus by bus
(-) They has not gone to campusby bus
(?) Has they gone to campus by bus?

The Question :
1) She (drink) coffee. (S. Past)
(+) She drank coffee
(-) She didn’t drink coffee
(?) Has she drankcoffee?
2) They (start) the course. (Pr.Perfect)
(+) They have started the course
(-) They have not started the course
(?) Have they started the course?
3) Ana and Linda (open) the account. (Past Cont)
(+) Ana and Linda was opening the account
(-) Ana and Linda was not opening the account
(?) Was Ana and Linda opening the ccount?
4) The bank (close) at 5pm. (S.Present)
(+) The bank close at 5pm
(-) The bank doesn’t close at 5pm
(?) Does the bank close at 5pm?
5) The dog (run) through the park. (S.Past)
(+) The dog ran through the park
(-) The dog didn’t run through the park
(?) Did the dog run through the park?

Okey, it is 5 tenses that we learn at English class. I so seriously when we learn about this tenses because I never understand and memories the formula about tenses, whereas I learn English language since I sit at elementary school until now. Hehehe....

But now I have some memories the tenses formula that we learn, now I want to truly learn English language. I know this is still not too late to I learn English language truly!

Okey, thanks to read my post, see you, goodbye.