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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
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Example
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Positif (+):
·
S + V-1
·
S +/- auxiliary (do/does) +
bare infinitive
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She likes eating out
|
The children are naughty.
|
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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
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Does she like eating out
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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
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Example
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Positif (+):
·
S + Verb-2 (past tense)
·
S + be(was/were)
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The teacher came
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I was a stamp collector
|
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Negatif (-):
·
S + did + not + bare infinitive
·
S + be(was/were) + not
|
I wasn’t a stamp collector
|
The teacher didn’t come
|
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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
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Example
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positif (+)
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The ships are sailing
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He is smiling
|
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negatif (-)
·
S + be (am/is/are) + not + present participle
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The ships are not sailing
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He is not smiling
|
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interogatif (?)
·
be (am/is/are) + S + present participle?
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are the ships sailing
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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
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Example
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positif (+)
·
S + be (was/were) + present participle (v-ing)
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The team was running
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The workers were queuing
|
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negatif (-)
·
S + be (was/were) + not + present participle
(v-ing)
|
The team was not running
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The workers weren’t queuing
|
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interogatif (?)
·
be (was/were) + S + present participle
(v-ing)?
|
Was the team running
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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
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Example
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positif (+)
·
S + aux. verb(have/has) + V-3/past participle
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I have read the book
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He has left
|
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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
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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
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Example
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positif (+)
·
S + have/has + been + V1-ing/present
participle
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She has been driving
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The toddlers have been sleeping
|
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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
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Example
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positif (+)
·
S + had + past participle (V-3)
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My brother had slept
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They had come
|
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negatif (-)
·
S + had + not + past participle (V-3)
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My brother hadn’t slept
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They hadn’t come
|
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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.
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
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Example
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positif (+)
·
S + had + been + V1-ing/present participle
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Lia had been walking
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The labors had been demonstrating
|
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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
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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
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Example
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positif (+)
·
S + will + bare infinitive
·
S + be (am/is/are) going to + bare infinitive
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You will win
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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
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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 !
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