Metode Ini Aku Dapatkan Dari Ms. Nidya, Dosenku (facilitator In

metode ini aku dapatkan dari Ms. Nidya, dosenku (facilitator in my Pre-Departure Training) . Menurut dia, cara ini sudah terbukti ampuh dalam membantu banyak orang yang sedang belajar grammar tidak peduli tua atau muda. Terima kasih banyak untuk Ms. Nidya atas sharing ilmunya. Langsung aja deh kita bahas tenses yang sering bikin pusing itu (12 tenses yang sering dipakai). Caranya adalah kita buat matriks seperti tabel di bawah ini. Past Simple Continuous Perfect

Past Past Continuous Past Perfect Past Perfect Perfect Continuous Continuous

Present Present Present Continuous Present Perfect Present Perfect Continuous

Future Future Future Continuous Future Perfect Future Perfect Continuous

Contoh penerapannya adalah sebagai berikut:

Simple

Past She sang a song

Present She sings a song

Continuous Perfect

She was singing She had sung

She is singing She has sung

Future She will sing a song

She will be singing She will have sung Perfect Continuous She had been singing She has been singing She will have been singing

Clues: 1) All Simple use Verb 1 / Verb 2 2) All Future use will 3) All Continuous use to be 4) All Perfect use had/has/have + Verb 3 5) All Perfect Continuous use had/has/have + been + Verb-ing Simplifying Tenses The difference between one activity and two activities: 1) One activity --> "Simple" 2) Two activities : (a) At the same time --> "Continuous" vs "Simple" (Here, the longer action is "Continuous") e.g. : I was watching television when she knocked my door last night. (b) At sequence --> "Perfect" vs "Simple" (Here, the longer action is "Perfect") e.g. :

- I will have finished my report when my boss arrives tomorrow. - She had studied Japanese language before she went to Tokyo in 2008. Good luck! Hopefully you will not be confused anymore on Grammar.