SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE (bentuk kebiasaan sederhana)
Kegunaan:
v Untuk menyatakan suatu kebiasaan atau kegiatan yang berulang.
v Untuk menyatakan kebenaran umum/ yg tak berubah.
v Untuk menyatakan keadaan/ kejadian umum pada saat si pelaku itu
berbicara.
q Verbal
sentence
v (+)I/you/we/they +
V1 +O
v he/she/it + V1 + O
v (-)I/you/we/they +
don’t +V1 + O
v he/she/it
+ doesn’t + V1 + O
v (?)do + I/you/we/they + V1 + O
v does + he/she/it + V1 + OContoh:
v (+) We go to
school every day.
v (-) We don’t go to
school every day.
v (?) Do we go
to school every day?
v (+) The sun rises
in the east.
v (-) The sun doesn’t
rises in the east.
v (?) Does the sun
rise in the east?
q Nominal sentence
(+) S + am/is/are +
adjective/verb/adverb
(-)
S + am/is/are + not + adjective/verb/adverb
(?) am/is/are + S +
adjective/verb/adverb?
Contoh:
(+) She is
at home.
(-) She isn’t
at home.
(?) Is
she at home?
Time signals:
Now, at present, at the moment,
nowadays, today.
Tomorrow, tonight, soon, next time,
next week, tomorrow at 7 p.m.