Bagaimana
mempelajari Tenses dasar yang sebenarnya
Ada banyak cara
mempelajari tenses itu, diantaranya adalah kita harus memahami waktu. Seperti
waktu lampau, waktu sekarang dan waktu yang akan datang. Lalu apa bahasa
inggrisnya waktu sekarang itu, waktu sekarang bahasa inggrisnya adalah Present
Tense. Lalu apa bahasa inggrisnya waktu lampau, waktu lampau adalah Past Tense.
Lalu apa waktu yang akan datang itu, waktu
yang akan datang adalah Futur Tense.
Saya akan
paparkan susunan tenses dasar itu. Tenses-tenses ini sebaiknya di hapal, tahu
artinya dan harus hapal juga beserta auxiliary-nya (kata kerja bantunya). Diantara
tenses-tenses itu sebagai berikut.
No
|
Nama Tenses
|
Auxiliary
|
1
|
Present tense
to be
|
am, are, is
|
2
|
Past tense to
be
|
Was, were
|
3
|
Simple present
tense
|
Do, does
|
4
|
Simple past
tense
|
Did
|
5
|
Present
continuous tense
|
Am, are, is
verb1 ing
|
6
|
Past
continuous tense
|
Was, were
verb1 ing
|
7
|
Present future
tense
|
Will, shall
|
8
|
Present
perfect tense
|
Have, has
verb3
|
Coba sekarang
kita perhatikan contoh-contoh kalimatnya.
No
|
Nama Tenses
|
Contoh Kalimat
|
1
|
Present tense
to be
|
He is very
diligent
|
|
|
She is a nurse
|
|
|
We are at
school now
|
|
|
|
2
|
Past tense to
be
|
He was very
lazy last month
|
|
|
He was a
doctor last year
|
|
|
They were at
school yesterday
|
|
|
|
3
|
Simple present
tense
|
He always
watches news every morning
|
|
|
They never
smoke
|
|
|
|
4
|
Simple past
tense
|
I walked to
school yesterday morning
|
|
|
He got up at
4.30 yesterday
|
|
|
|
5
|
Present
continuous tense
|
She is cooking
rice now
|
|
|
They are playing
football now
|
|
|
|
6
|
Past
continuous tense
|
My mother was
watching television last night
|
|
|
We were
studying English yesterday afternoon
|
|
|
|
7
|
Present future
tense
|
I will buy
your car next month
|
|
|
We shall work
at his company next week
|
|
|
|
8
|
Present
perfect tense
|
We have had a
new teacher
|
|
|
I have eaten
at my home just now
|
|
|
She has seen
her teacher
|
Jika sudah
mengahapalkan susunan tensesnya maka cobalah berusaha menghapalkan
contoh-contoh kalimatnya. Tidak hanya dihapalkan, tetapi juga dipahami dari
tenses-tenses itu. Pahami ciri-ciri dari setiap tenses itu. Tentu saja
tenses-tenses itu memiliki ciri dan perbedaan masing-masing.