SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE /
PRESENT TENSE
( Bentuk Sekarang
Kebiasaan / kenyataan )
A.
Penggunaan
- Untuk
menyatakan peristiwa atau perbuatan yang berlangsung setiap hari /
berulang-ulang / kebiasaan sehari-hari (habitual action).
- Untuk
menyatakan suatu kejadian atau peristiwa yang merupakan kebenaran umum
(general truth).
B.
Keterangan waktu
Keterangan
waktu yang menunjukkan tenses adalah :
1. Adverb of frequency
- always - sometimes
- usually - occasionally
- generally -
seldom
- habibually -
rarely
- normally -
never
- often - ever
- frequency
2. Every
- every hour -
every night
- every day -
every Sunday
- every week -
every Monday
- every month -
every Wednesday
- every year -
every Saturday
- every morning -
every January
- every afternoon - every December
- every evening
3. Once
- once a day -
once a month
- once a week -
once a year
4. Twice
5. three times
6. four time
7. at noon
8. at night
9. at midnight
10. on
Sunday, Monday
11. in
the morning
12. in
the afternoon
13. in
the evening
C.
Susunan kalimat
1. Positive (+) : Subject + Verb I
(s/es)
Subject
|
Verb I (KK I)
|
Object
|
I
You
|
write
buy
|
a story
a shirt
|
We
They
He
She
It
|
clean
play
goes
gives
swims
|
the room
tennis
to school
a present
very fast
|
2. Negative (-) : Subject + do/does +
not + verb I
Subject
|
do/does
|
not
|
Verb I
|
Object
|
I
You
We
They
|
do
|
not
|
write
buy
clean
play
|
a story
a shirt
the room
tennis
|
He
She
It
|
does
|
goes
gives
swims
|
to school
a present
very fast
|
3. Interrogativ (?)
Do/does
|
Subject
|
Verb I
|
Object
|
Do
|
I
You
We
They
|
write
buy
clean
play
|
a story|
a shirt?
the room?
tennis?
|
Does
|
He
She
It
|
goes
gives
swims
|
to school?
a present?
very fast?
|
Present Simple Tense
How do we make the Present Simple Tense?
subject
|
+
|
auxiliary verb
|
+
|
main verb
|
|
|
do
|
|
base
|
There are three important exceptions:
- For positive sentences, we do not normally use the
auxiliary.
- For the 3rd person singular (he, she, it), we add s
to the main verb or es to the auxiliary.
- For the verb to be, we do not use an auxiliary,
even for questions and negatives.
Look at these examples with the main
verb like:
|
subject
|
auxiliary verb
|
|
main verb
|
|
+
|
I, you, we, they
|
|
|
like
|
coffee.
|
He, she, it
|
|
|
likes
|
coffee.
|
-
|
I, you, we, they
|
do
|
not
|
like
|
coffee.
|
He, she, it
|
does
|
not
|
like
|
coffee.
|
?
|
Do
|
I, you, we, they
|
|
like
|
coffee?
|
Does
|
he, she, it
|
|
like
|
coffee?
|
Look at these examples with the main
verb be. Notice that there is no auxiliary:
|
subject
|
main verb
|
|
|
+
|
I
|
am
|
|
French.
|
You, we, they
|
are
|
|
French.
|
He, she, it
|
is
|
|
French.
|
-
|
I
|
am
|
not
|
old.
|
You, we, they
|
are
|
not
|
old.
|
He, she, it
|
is
|
not
|
old.
|
?
|
Am
|
I
|
|
late?
|
Are
|
you, we, they
|
|
late?
|
Is
|
he, she, it
|
|
late?
|
How do we use the Present Simple Tense?
We use the present simple tense
when:
- the action is general
- the action happens all the time, or habitually, in the
past, present and future
- the action is not only happening now
- the statement is always true
John
drives a taxi.
|
past
|
present
|
future
|
|
It
is John's job to drive a taxi. He does it every day. Past, present and
future.
|
Look at these examples:
- I live in New York.
- The Moon goes round the Earth.
- John drives a taxi.
- He does not drive a bus.
- We meet every Thursday.
- We do not work at night.
- Do you play football?
Note that with the verb to be,
we can also use the present simple tense for situations that are not general.
We can use the present simple tense to talk about now. Look at these
examples of the verb "to be" in the present simple tense - some of
them are general, some of them are now:
Am
I right?
Tara is not at home.
You are happy.
|
past
|
present
|
future
|
|
The
situation is now.
|
I
am not fat.
Why are you so beautiful?
Ram is tall.
|
past
|
present
|
future
|
|
The
situation is general. Past, present and future.
|
This page shows the use of the
present simple tense to talk about general events. But note that there are some
other uses for the present simple tense, for example in conditional or if
sentences, or to talk about the future. You will learn about those
later.
The simple present tense is used to
discuss permanant situations and the frequency of events.
To
have
|
Short
form
|
Other
Verbs (to work)
|
I have
|
I've
|
I work
|
he has
|
he's
|
He works
|
she has
|
she's
|
She works
|
it has
|
it's
|
It works
|
you have
|
you've
|
you work
|
we have
|
we've
|
we work
|
they have
|
they've
|
they work
|
Statements
+
|
Statements
-
|
Questions
|
Short
answer
+
|
Short
answer
-
|
I work.
|
I don't work.
|
Do I work?
|
Yes, I do.
|
No, I don't.
|
He works.
|
He doesn't work.
|
Does he work?
|
Yes, he does.
|
No, he doesn't.
|
She works.
|
She doesn't work.
|
Does she work?
|
Yes, she does.
|
No, she doesn't.
|
It works.
|
It doesn't work.
|
Does it work?
|
Yes, it does.
|
No, it doesn't.
|
You work.
|
You don't work.
|
Do you work?
|
Yes you do.
|
No, you don't.
|
We work.
|
We don't work.
|
Do we work?
|
Yes we do.
|
No, we don't.
|
They work.
|
They don't work.
|
Do they work?
|
Yes they do.
|
No, they don't.
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