Tense merupakan bentuk-bentuk waktu dalam bahasa Inggris yang digunakan untuk menyatakan kapan suatu peristiwa atau kejadian terjadi. Tenses atau kala dalam bahasa Indonesia memiliki dua macam, yaitu present dan past.
Contoh Tenses Positif Negatif Interogatif juga termasuk Contoh 16 Tenses in English. Materi Contoh Tenses Positif Negatif Interogatif ini memberikan beberapa contoh kalimat berupa kalimat postif [+], kalimat negatif [-], dan dan kalimat interogatif atau pertanyaan [?]
1. Simple Present Tense
Rumus:
[+] S + Verb I + O
[-] S + don’t/doesn’t + Verb I + O
[?] Do/does + S + Verb I + O
Contoh Kalimat Simple Present Tense:
[+] They play tennis on Sunday. (Mereka bermain tenis pada hari Minggu)
[-] They don’t play tennis on Sunday. (Mereka tidak bermain tenis pada hari Minggu)
[?] Do they play tennis on Sunday? (Apakah mereka bermain tenis pada hari Minggu)
2. Present Continuous Tense
Rumus:
[+] S + is/am/are + Verb I + ing + O
[-] S + is/am/are + not + Verb I + ing + O
[?] Is/am/are + S + Verb I + ing +O
Contoh Kalimat Present Continuous Tense:
[+] The boy are talking about you. (Anak itu sedang membicarakanmu)
[-] The boy aren’t talking about you. (Anak itu tidak sedang membicarakanmu)
[?] Are the boy talking about you? (Apakah anak itu sedang membicarakanmu?)
3. Present Perfect Tense
Rumus:
[+] S + have/has + Verb III + O
[-] S + haven’t/hasn’t + Verb III + O
[?] Have/has + S + Verb III + O
Contoh Present Perfect Tense:
[+] Laura has bought a hat. (Laura telah membeli topi)
[-] Laura hasn’t bought a hat. (Laura tidak telah membeli topi)
[?] Has Laura bought a hat? (Apakah Laura telah membeli topi?)
4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Rumus:
[+] S + have/has + been + Verb I + ing + O
[-] S + haven’t/hasn’t + been + Verb I + ing + O
[?] Have/has + S + been + Verb I + ing + O
Contoh Kalimat Present Perfect Continuous Tense:
[+] Mischa has been living in Batam since 1990. (Mischa telah sedang tinggal di Batam sejak 1990)
[-] Mischa has not been living in Batam since 1990. (Mischa tidak sedang tinggal di Batam sejak 1990)
[?] Has Mischa been living in Batam since 1990? (Apakah Mischa telah sedang tinggal di Batam sejak 1990?)
Contoh Tenses Positif Negatif Interogatif lainnya antara lain sebagai berikut:
6. Simple Past Tense
Rumus:
[+] S + Verb II + O
[-] S + didn’t + Verb II + O
[?] Did + S + Verb II + O
Contoh Kalimat Simple Past Tense:
[+] You sleep well last night. (Kamu tidur pulas tadi malam)
[-] You didn’t sleep well last night. (Kamu tidak tidur pulas tadi malam)
[?] Did you sleep well last night? (Apakah kamu tidur pulas tadi malam?)
7. Past Continuous Tense
Rumus:
[+] S + was/were + Verb I + ing + O
[-] S + was/were + not + Verb I + ing + O
[?] Was/were + S + Verb I + ing + O
Contoh Kalimat Past Continuous Tense:
[+] She was cooking an hour ago. (Dia sedang memasak satu jam yang lalu)
[-] She wasn’t cooking an hour ago. (Dia tidak sedang memasak satu jam yang lalu)
[?] Was she cooking an hour ago? (Apakah dia sedang memasak satu jam yang lalu?)
8. Past Perfect Tense
Rumus:
[+] S + had + Verb III + O
[-] S + hadn’t + Verb III + O
[?] Had + S + Verb III + O
Contoh Kalimat Past Perfect Tense:
[+] He had gone to the beach. (Dia sudah pergi ke pantai)
[-] He had not gone to the beach. (Dia belum pergi ke pantai)
[?] Had he gone to the beach? (Apakah dia sudah pergi ke pantai?)
9. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Rumus:
[+] S + had + been + Verb I + ing + O
[-] S + hadn’t + been + Verb I + O
[?] Had + S + been + Verb I + ing + O
Contoh Kalimat Past Perfect Continuous Tense:
[+] Tika had been running along the street. (Tika telah sedang berlari sepanjang jalan)
[-] Tika hadn’t been running along the street. (Tika tidak telah sedang berlari sepanjang jalan?)
[?] Had Tika been running along the street? (Apakah Tika tidak telah sedang berlari sepanjang jalan?)
Jadi, itulah contoh tenses positif negatif interogatif yang paling lengkap dengan jenis dan rumusnya.