A Description of Tenses Used in John Grisham’s Novel “The Theodore Boone”

Abstract

The title of this paper was The Description of Tenses Used in John Grisham Novel The Theodore Boone. In this paper, the writer discussed about the using of English tenses found in the novel. The total tenses found in the novel were 89. Those kinds of tenses were Present Tense (11,2%), Past Continuous Tense (7,8%), Past Tense (76,4%) and Future Tense (4,4%). The most dominant tenses occurred was Past Tense and the less dominant tense was Future Tense.

Kertas Karya ini berjudul The Description of Tenses Used in John Grisham’s Novel “The Theodore Boone”. Dalam kertas karya ini, penulis membahas mengenai penggunaan tenses didalam novel. Total tenses ditemukan dalam novel sebanyak 89. Jenis-jenis tenses tersebut yaitu Present Tense sebanyak (11,2%), Past Continuous Tense sebanyak (7,8%). Past Tense sebanyak (76,4%) dan Future Tense sebanyak (4,4%). Tenses yang dominan digunakan ialah Past Tense dan Future Tense yang cenderung tidak digunakan.