Cara mudah menghapal tenses hanya dengan mengingat kunci atau ciri-ciri sifat Tenses Berikut :
1. Present : V1 s/es
2. Past : V2
3. Perfect : Have + V3
4. Continous : Be + Ving
5. Future : Will + Bare Infinitif
6. V1 dari will : Will
7. V2 dari Will : Would
8. Bentuk ToInfinitif dari be : to be
9. Bentuk Bare Invinitif dari be : be
10. Bentuk V1 s/es dari be : is/am/are tergantung subjek
11. Bentuk V2 dari be : was/were tergantung subjek
12. Bentuk V3 dari be : been
13. Bentuk V-ing dari be : Being
Berikut pembentukan rumus keenambelas tenses Bahasa Inggris berdasarkan ciri-ciri diatas :
1. Simple Present (simple + present)
S + V1 s/es
2. Present Continous (S + present + continous)
S + V1 s/es + be + Ving
S + (V1 s/es -> be) + Ving
S + is,am,are + Ving
3. Present Perfect (S + present + perfect)
S + V1 s/es + Have + V3
S + (V1 s/es -> Have) + V3
S + Have/Has + V3
4. Present Perfect Continous (S + present + perfect + continous)
S + V1 s/es + Have + V3 + Be + Ving
S + (V1 s/es -> Have) + (V3 -> Be) + Ving
S + Have + Been + Ving
5. Simple Past (simple + past)
S + V2
6. Past Continous (S + past + continous)
S + V2 + be + Ving
S + (V2 -> be) + Ving
S + Was/Were + Ving
7. Past Perfect (S + past + perfect)
S + V2 + have + V3
S + (V2 + have) + V3
S + had + V3
8. Past Perfect Continous (S + past + perfect + continous)
S + V2 + have + V3 + be + Ving
S + (V2 -> have) + (V3 -> be) + Ving
S + had + been + Ving
9. Simple Future (Simple + Future)
S + Will + Bare Infinitif
S + Will + V1
10. Future Continous (S + future + continous)
S + Will + Bare Infinitif + be + Ving
S + Will + (Bare Infinitif -> be) + Ving
S + Will + be + Ving
11. Future Perfect (S + future + perfect)
S + Will + Bare Infinitif + have + V3
S + Will + (Bare Infinitif -> have) + V3
S + Will + have + V3
12. Future Perfect Continous (S + future + perfect + continous)
S + Will + Bare Infinitif + have + V3 + be + Ving
S + Will + (Bare Infinitif -> have) + (V3 -> be) + Ving
S + Will + have + been + Ving
13. Simple Past Future (Simple + Past + Future)
S + V2 + will + Bare Infinitif
S + (V2 -> will) + Bare Infinitif
S + Would + V1
14. Past Future Continous (S + past + future + continous)
S + V2 + Will + Bare Infinitif + be + Ving
S + (V2 -> Will) + (Bare Infinitif -> be) + Ving
S + Would + be + Ving
15. Past Future Perfect (S + past + future + perfect)
S + V2 + Will + Bare Infinitif + have + V3
S + (V2 -> Will) + (Bare Infinitif -> have) + V3
S + Would + have + V3
16. Past Future Perfect Continous (S + past + future + perfect + continous)
S + V2 + Will + Bare Infinitif + Have + V3 + be + Ving
S + (V2 -> Will) + (Bare Infinitif -> Have) + (V3 -> be) + Ving
S + Would + Have + Been + Ving