SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
Simple Present
Tense is a form of a sentence that
states an act or event happened in the now or occurence who is a habitual
daily.
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The use of the
Present Tense :
a. To express habitual
action
Example :
(+) Stella
reads comic every week.
(+) They
are at bookshop every month.
b. To declare the act
wich expresses a general truth
Example :
(+) The
sunrises in the east.
(+) The
world is around.
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The verb use in the
usual time Present Tense is :
1. Always
2. Generally
3. Normally
4. Usually
5. Never
6. Sometimes
7. Every.....
(day,month,week,year,etc)
8. Once a while
9. Often
10. Regularly
Etc.....
A. NOMINAL
Present Tense
Formula : S + To
Be (Am, are, is) + .........
Pattern A : S + To Be
+ .........
I am
You are
They
are
We
are
He
is
She
is
It is
Example :
(+) I
am here every Sunday.
(+) Bobi
and Angel are cousins.
(+) Susi
is at library every Sunday.
If want to make negative sentence then
added –not after To Be (is, am, are).
(-) I
am not here every Sunday.
(-) Bobi
and Angel are not cousins.
(-) Susi
is not at library every Sunday.
If want to make
interrogative sentence then added an auxiliary before Subject is :
-To Be (is, am, are).
(?) Am
I here every Sunday ?
(?) Are
Bobi and Angel cousins ?
(?) Is
Susi at library every Sunday ?
B.
VERBAL Present Tense
Formula : S +
V1 (S/Es) + .......
Pattern B : S +
V1 (S/Es) +
.......
I V1
You V1
They V1
We V1
He V1 (S/Es)
She V1 (S/Es)
It V1 (S/Es)
Example :
(+) We Study
English at School.
(+) Tika
watches TV in the afternoon.
(+) He goes
to the office at 6 o,clock.
If want to make
negative sentence then added –not Do/Does.
(-) We
do not study Eglish at School.
(-) Tika
does not watch TV in the afternoon.
(-) He
does not go to the office at 6 o,clock.
If want to make
interrogative sentence then added an auxiliary before Subject is :
-
Do to I / you / They
/ We.
-
Does to He / She /
It.
(?) Do
we study English at school ?
(?) Does
Tika watch TV in the afternoon ?
(?) Does
he go to the office at 6 ,clock ?
If want to make
interrogative sentence that requires a long answer, can put WH-Question before
the sentence.
Example :
1. Why does she enjoy Mathematic
class ?
Because the teacher
is handsome.
2. What do you need ?
I need one spoon of sugar.
3. Where do you buy
English book ?
I buy English book at
Gramedia book store.
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A sentence in the
verbal form an auxiliary (can / may/ must), then it doesn’t happen the addition
to the basic word thought the third single of subject.
Example :
1. I can speak Japanese.
2. You may not be noisy
in this classroom.
3. He must obey a
traffic regulation.
