The Objective of this research is to describe the types and the forms of
English tenses that appear on English Grammar 2 for class four book. The subject
of this research is English textbook entitled “English Grammar 2 for Class Four”
published by Gontor Darussalam Press.
This study was carried out through qualitative research using content
analysis method. Content analysis is about finding or discovering patterns.
Krippendorff (2013: 24) defines content analysis as a research technique for
making replicable and valid conclusions based on the context of its use. Content
analysis research will produce the same inferences in the same context even
though the research is conducted by other people. The most common method of
data analysis would be the content analysis method. The purpose of this study is
to collect and analyze data related to what types of tenses are in the grammar book
for grade 4 at the Darul Amien Islamic Boarding School.
The result of the research shows the tenses that appear in the textbook
entitled English Grammar 2 for Class Four, there is 11 tenses: The simple present
tense, the present continuous tense, the simple past tense, the past continuous
tense, the present perfect tense, the present perfect continuous tense, the past
perfect tense, the past perfect continuous tense, the future tense, the future
continuous tense, and the future perfect tense.