Ada 12 English tenses:
1. Present Simple Tense
2. Present Continuous Tense
3. Present Perfect Tense
4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense
5. Past Simple Tense
6. Past Continuous Tense
7. Past Perfect Tense
8. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
9. Future Simple Tense
10. Future Continuous Tense
11. Future Perfect Tense
12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Kalau kalian perhatikan, ada 3 kelompok utama:
a. Present tenses
b. Past tenses
c. Future tenses
Tiap kelompok punya 4 variasi:
a. Simple
b. Continuous
c. Perfect
d. Perfect Continuous
Aku dulu waktu belajar pakai singkatan SiConPPCon buat cara gampang ingat:
Simple
Continuous
Perfect
Perfect Continuous
Kalau kalian baca-baca di internet, sebagian ada yang sebut ini:
- Simple Present Tense
- Simple Past Tense
- Simple Future Tense
Tiga tenses di atas sama dengan Present Simple, Past Simple, dan Future Simple. Cuma masalah penyebutan aja.
Aku pakai yang Present, Past, dan Future-nya di awal supaya gampang ingat-ingatnya pakai rumus singkat di atas.