Pengertian Simple Past Future Tense
(Simple) Past future tense atau “future in the past” adalah suatu bentuk kata kerja untuk membicarakan masa depan dari perspektif masa lalu.
1. Rumus simple past future tense
Berikut rumus untuk kalimat positif, negatif, dan interogatif.
Verbal : menunjukkan adanya pekerjaan yang dilakukan si subject
| Rumus Simple Past Future Tense | Contoh Simple Past Future Tense |
| kalimat positif (+) S + would + bare infinitive S + was/were + going to + bare infinitive | He would forgive you. Lia was going to give two beautiful scarfs to her friend. |
| kalimat negatif (-) S + would + not + bare infinitive S + was/were + not + going to + bare infinitive | He wouldn’t forgive you. Lia wasn’t going to give two beautiful scarfs to her friend. |
| kalimat interogatif (?) would + S + bare infinitive? was/were + S + going to + bare infinitive ? | Would he forgive you? Was Lia going to give two beautiful scarfs to her friend? |
Non Verbal : menunjukkan keadaan si subject
| Bentuk kalimat | Rumus |
| kalimat positif (+) | Subj + would + be + adjective/adverb/noun/pronoun |
| kalimat negatif (-) | Subj + would + not + be + adjective/adverb/noun/pronoun |
| kalimat interogatif (?) | would+ Subj + be + adjective/adverb/noun/pronoun ? |
2. Subject verb agreement
| Subject | Verb | verb | Verb (be) |
| She | Would | was | |
| He | Would | was | |
| It | Would | was | |
| Benda tunggal (singular noun ) – Upin – Student – Mouse | Would | was | |
| I | Would | Should | was |
| You | Would | were | |
| They | Would | were | |
| We | Would | Should | were |
| Benda jama (plural noun ) – Upin and Ipin – StudentS – Mice | Would | were |
3. Time Expressions
Berikut beberapa time expression (keterangan waktu) yang dapat digunakan pada simple pastfuture tense.
| Time | Contoh |
| General time in Past | yesterday (kemarin) |
| This + time (tadi…..) | this morning (tadi pagi) |
| Last + time | last night (semalam) last week (minggu lalu) last Month (bulan lalu) last Year(tahun lalu) last time (waktu yang lalu) |
| Cardinal number + time + ago | one hour ago (satu jam lalu) 2 days ago(2 hari lalu) 3 weeks ago (tiga mingg lalu) A months ago (satu bulan lalu) A year ago (satu tahun lalu) |
| In + month / year | in January (di bulan Januari) in 1999 (pada tahun 1999) |
| On + day | on Saturday (pada hari Sabtu) |
| when + S + verb-2 | when he arrived (Ketika dia tiba) when I was stuck in traffic jam (Ketika saya terjebak macet) |
4. Fungsi dan Contoh Kalimat
Simple past future tense untuk menyatakan suatu aksi yang akan dilakukan secara sukarela (would).
Contoh :
| I knew you would prepare all the things for the meeting. (Saya tau kamu akan mempersiapkan segala hal untuk pertemuan tersebut.) |
Bentuk kata kerja ini dapat digunakan untuk menyatakan aksi yang direncanakan (was/were going to).
Contoh :
| 1 | They said that they were going to visit Lombok. (Mereka mengatakan bahwa mereka akan mengunjungi Lombok.) |
| 2 | I thought she was going to enroll the course. (Saya pikir dia akan mendaftar kursus tersebut.) |
Tense ini dapat digunakan untuk membuat janji (would).
Contoh :
| 1 | My uncle told me that he would come on time. (Paman saya mengatakan pada saya bahwa dia akan datang tepat waktu.) |
| 2 | She promised she would give me a box of banana cake. (Dia berjanji dia akan memberi saya sekotak bolu pisang.) |
Simple past future tense dapat digunakan untuk membuat prediksi (would dan was/were going to).
Contoh :
| 1 | My father had a strong feeling that the weather would be warm. (Ayah saya punya perasaan kuat bahwa cuaca akan hangat.) |
| 2 | I thought that the authorities were going to investigate all allegations of fraud. (Saya pikir otoritas itu akan menyelidiki semua dugaan penipuan.) |