English Softskill Assignment

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My name is Rafdhi here i want to share about 9 tenses u can uses daily, and this blog for my exam too. lets see how 9 tense use :

1     1.       Simple Present Tense

Here I want to share about tenses in English, the first tense is “simple present tense” like the name this one have very simple formula to get that tense.

here I give example like this :

Simple Present Tense Formula	Example
Positif (+): ·         S + V-1 ·         S +/- auxiliary (do/does) + bare infinitive ·         S + be (am/is/are)	She likes eating out
	The children are naughty.
Negatif (-): ·         S + auxiliary (do/does) + not + bare infinitive ·         S + be(am/is/are) + not	She doesn’t like eating out
	The children aren’t naughty
Interogatif (?): ·         Do/Does + S + bare infinitive ·         Be(am/is/are) + S	Does she like eating out
	Are the children naughty

2.       Simple Past Tense

Simple past tense is formed from verb-2 (past tense) or linking verb "be" (was, were). What is verb-2? Verb-2 is a bare infinitive with the addition of -ed, -en, -d, -t, -n, or -ne for regular verbs or inconsistent forms of irregular verbs. Lets see example for this tenses :

Simple Past Tense Formula	Example
Positif (+): ·         S + Verb-2 (past tense) ·         S + be(was/were)	The teacher came
	I was a stamp collector
Negatif (-): ·         S + did + not + bare infinitive ·         S + be(was/were) + not	I wasn’t a stamp collector
	The teacher didn’t come
Interogatif (?): ·         Did + S + bare infinitive be(was/were) + S	Did the teacher come
	Was I a stamp collector

3.       Present Continuous Tense        

Present continuous tense is formed with auxiliary verb "be", in the form of is / am / are - because of present tense, and present participle (V1-ing). Generally this tense only occurs in the action of dynamic verb, not stative verb. Why so? because in general only dynamic verb has a continuous form.

Hope you understand after see this example :

Present Continuous Tense Formula	Example
positif (+) ·         S + be (am/is/are) + present participle	The ships are sailing
	He is smiling
negatif (-) ·         S + be (am/is/are) + not + present participle	The ships are not sailing
	He is not smiling
interogatif (?) ·         be (am/is/are) + S + present participle?	are the ships sailing
	Is he smiling

1     4.       Past Continuous Tense

Past continuous tense is done with auxiliary verb "be", in the first place - because of past (past), and present participle. It is for a single subject (me, her, her, that, and the third person's pronoun) and for plural subjects (you, them, us, plural).

Example for Past Continous Tense :

Past Continues Tense Formula	Example
positif (+) ·         S + be (was/were) + present participle (v-ing)	The team was running
	The workers were queuing
negatif (-) ·         S + be (was/were) + not + present participle (v-ing)	The team was not running
	The workers weren’t queuing
interogatif (?) ·         be (was/were) + S + present participle (v-ing)?	Was the team running
	Were the workers queuing

1     5.       Present Perfect Tense

Present perfect tense is a verb form used to express an action or situation that has started in the past and still continues until now or has been completed at a certain point in time in the past but the effect is still continuing.

Present perfect tense is formed with auxiliary verb "have" or "has", and past participle (verb-3). Have used for I, you, they, we, while has for he, she, it, and a single third person. While the past participle can be a regular or irregular verb.

Here this example :

Present Perfect Tense Formula	Example
positif (+) ·         S + aux. verb(have/has) + V-3/past participle	I have read the book
	He has left
negatif (-) ·         S + aux. verb(have/has) + not + V-3/past participle	I have not read the book
	He hasn’t left
interogatif (?) ·         aux. verb(have/has) + S + V-3/past participle	Have I read the book
	Has he left

1     6.       Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Present perfect continuous tense is a verb form used to express completed action at a point in the past or an action has started in the past and continues to the present.

Present perfect continuous tense is formed with auxiliary verb have or has, been and present participle (v1-ing). Have been used for I and you, plural pronoun (they, we), plural noun (men, girls), and compound subject (Rafa and me); while the third person has singular pronoun (singular third person pronoun) he, she, and it, and singular noun.

After this we can see this example :

Present Perfect Continuous Tense Formula	Example
positif (+) ·         S + have/has + been + V1-ing/present participle	She has been driving
	The toddlers have been sleeping
negatif (-) ·         S + have/has + not + been + V1-ing/present participle	She has not been driving
	The toddlers haven’t been sleeping
interogatif (?) ·         have/has + S + been + V1-ing/present participle	Has she been driving
	Have the toddlers been sleeping

1     7.       Past Perfect Tense

The past perfect tense is a verb form used to indicate that an action has been completed at a point in the past before another action takes place.

Past perfect tense is formed with auxiliary verb "had", and past participle (verb-3). Had been used both for singular and plural subjects. While the past participle can be irregular or regular verb.

Here this example :

Past Perfect Tense Formula	Example
positif (+) ·         S + had + past participle (V-3)	My brother had slept
	They had come
negatif (-) ·         S + had + not + past participle (V-3)	My brother hadn’t slept
	They hadn’t come
interogatif (?) ·         had + S + past participle (V-3)	Had my brother slept
	Had they come

1     8.       Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Past perfect continuous tense is a verb form used to express an action (with a certain duration of time) completed at a certain point in time in the past.
Past perfect continuous tense is formed with auxiliary verb had and been and present participle. In general, the past perfect continuous tense only occurs in the action of dynamic verb, not stative verb because it is generally only dynamic verb which has a continuous form.

Example for this :

Past Perfect Continuous Tense Formula	Example
positif (+) ·         S + had + been + V1-ing/present participle	Lia had been walking
	The labors had been demonstrating
negatif (-) ·         S + had + not + been + V1-ing/present participle	Lia had not been walking
	The labors hadn’t been demostrating
interogatif (?) ·         had + S + been + V1-ing/present participle	Had Lia been walking
	Had the labors been demonstrating

9.       Simple Future Tense

Simple future tense is a verb form used to state that an action takes place in the future, spontaneously or planned.

Simple future tense is formed from the capital "will" or "shall" and bare infinitive (form verb form) or formed from the capital phrasal of "be going to" and bare infinitive (base form verb).

Example :

Simple Future Tense Formula	Example
positif (+) ·         S + will + bare infinitive ·         S + be (am/is/are) going to + bare infinitive	You will win
	They are going to come
negatif (-) ·         S + will + not + bare infinitive ·         S + be (am/is/are) + not + going to + bare infinitive	You won’t win
	They aren’t going to come
interogatif (?) ·         Will + S + bare infinitive ·         Be (am/is/are) + S + going to + bare infinitive?	Will you win
	Are they going to come

That’s nine tenses usually u use for daily, hope this blog helpfully to understand tenses in English. Thank u !

Referensi : https://www.wordsmile.com/category/verb