Simple Present Tense

 Syarat penggunaan simple present ada dua:
1. Sesuatu yang benar sejak dulu, sekarang, dan kemudian
2. everyday activities atau habitual activities (kebiasaan;rutinitas)


Formula

Subject  +  tobe (is,am,are)

Note: digunakan jika subject diikuti oleh adjective atau noun.

          Is digunakan jika subject-nya singular yaitu he, she, it atau noun yang dapat digantikan dengan subject pronoun he, she atau it;

         Am jika subject-nya I

         Are jika subject-nya you, we, atau they.

Contoh:

   1. She is pretty
   2. The elephant is very big
   3. The girls are in the garden.
   4. Is she pretty?
   5. Is the elephant big?
   6. Are the girls in the garden?


     Nah, silahkan diperhatikan Subject yang di cetak tebal. Contoh no. 1 dan 2 menggunakan is karena subjectnya singular. sedangkan "the girls" merupakan plural jadi pake' are.


Formula

 Subject + Verb1 + Object + Modifier
 Ciri-ciri: biasanya menggunakan kata : everyday, every week, always, often, usually, sometimes, seldom, never, on (Mondays)

 Note: Kata kerja harus ditambah (-s / -es) jika Subjectnya singular (he, she, it)
        
Biar lebih mudah kata kerja yang harus ditambah "-es" adalah kata kerja yang   berakhiran dengan huruf “o, x, ch, y, th, s,  dan sh” .

Contoh:

Verb1                             Verb1 + es                               Meaning
 go                                        goes                                   pergi
 do                                       does                                   mengerjakan
 box                                      boxes                                 bertinju
 watch                                   watches                              menonton
 catch                                    catches                               menangkap
 study                                    studies                                belajar
 cry                                       cries                                    menangis
 fly                                        flies                                     terbang
 try                                        tries                                    mencoba
 press                                    presses                               menekan
 pass                                     passes                                 lulus
 smash                                  smashes                               memukul
 brush                                   brushes                                menggosok
 bath                                     bathes                                 mandi
 sooth                                   soothes                                menenangkan
 wash                                    washes                                mencuci
   
Contoh:

Example:

(+) She reads a magazine everyday.

(-) She doesn’t read magazine everyday.

(?)  Does she read a magazine everyday?


-        He never watches TV.

-        The train arrives at 9 a.m.

-        I read a novel everyday.

-        They visit their grandparents on Saturdays.



Negative Form

Bentuk negatif dari kalimat dalam Simple Present Tense dibuat dengan menambahkan kata bantu ‘do’ atau ‘does’ (tergantung dari subject kalimat)  dan not, seperti terlihat dalam formula berikut,

Subject + (does/do) + not + Verb1


Yes/No Questions

Yes/No Questions untuk Simple Present Tense dibuat juga dengan kata bantu does/do. Perhatikan formula berikut:

Does/Do + Subject + Verb1 + Object + Modifier?


Note: "Does" hanya digunakan untuk subject singular.



 Exercise

1. I (live / lives) in Malang.

2. You (look / looks) great.

3. Desi (love / loves) chocolate.

4. They (watch / watches) football match on Saturdays.

5. They (don't like / doesn't like) playing football.

6. She (don't eat / doesn't eat) her meals every morning.

7. (Do / Does) you like cooking?

8. (Do / Does) dogs like fish?

9. (Is / Are / Am) the boy your classmate?

10. (Is / Are / Am) your father a banker?




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Source: swarabhaskara.com; Betty Azar:Understanding and Using English Grammar; www.autoenglish.org

Posted in: JUNIOR HIGH