TENSE

SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE ( yang akan terjadi )

A.  Pola Kalimat Simple Future Tense

(+) Subject + will/shall +verb 1 + object
(-) Subject + will/shall + not + verb1 + object
(?) Will/shall + subject + verb 1 + object

Contoh Kalimat Simple Future Tense:
(+) I will eat rice tommorow
(-) I will not eat rice tommorow
(?) will you eat rice tomorrow?

B.     Penggunaan Simple Future Tense
Pola Simple Future Tense digunakan untuk menyatakan perbuatan yang akan dilakukan.
Contoh:

Ø  I shall visit you tomorrow. (Saya akan mengunjungimu besok.)

Ø  She will come here tomorrow. (Dia akan datang ke sini besok.)

C.  Keterangan waktu

·         tommorow: besok

·         next        : yang akan dating

·         later        : kemudian

·         tonight    : malam ini

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE ( yang sedang terjadi )

A.  Pola kalimat simple present tense

(+) Subject + verb1 (s/es) + object

(-) Subject + do/does + not + verb1 + object

(?) Do/does + subject + verb1 + object

Example :

(+) He reads a book every day. 

(-) He does not reads a book every day.

(?) Does he read a book every day?

B.  Penggunaan simple present tense

Ø  Untuk kegiatan sehari – hari

Ø  Untuk kebiasaan

Ø  Untuk kebenaran umum

C.  Keterangan waktu

·         Now   : sekarang

SIMPLE PAST TENSE ( yang sudah terjadi )

A.      Pola Kalimat
(+) Subject + verb 2 + object
(-) Subject + did + not + verb 1 + object
(?) Did subject + verb 1 + object

Example :
(+) He closed the door
(-) He did not lose the door
(?) Did he close the door?

B.      Penggunaan simple past tense

Ø  Untuk menyatakan kejadian yg terjadi di masa lampau

C.      Keterangan waktu

• yesterday : kemarin
• last week : minggu lalu
• last year : tahun lalu

Degrees of comparison
POSITIVE	COMPARATIVE	SUPERLATIVE
bright	brighter	brightest
black	blacker	blackest
bold	bolder	boldest
clever	cleverer	cleverest
cold	colder	coldest
fast	faster	fastest
great	greater	greatest
high	higher	highest
kind	kinder	kindest
long	longer	longest
small	smaller	smallest
strong	stronger	strongest
sweet	sweeter	sweetest
tall	taller	tallest
young	younger	youngest

Example :

Superlative	Comparative	Positive
Iron is the most useful of all metals.	Iron is more useful than any other metal.	No other metal is so useful as iron.

Superlative	Comparative	Positive
Rain water is the purest water.	Rain water is purer than any other water.	No other water is so pure as rain water.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Very few animals are as fast as cheetah.	Cheetah is faster than most other animals.	Cheetah is one of the fastest animals.