Simple Present Tense

Meaning: The simple present tense is used to describe habits, unchanging situations, general truths,
and fixed schedules.
Affirmative

No Subject + To be (is/are/am)/Verb 1+ s/es + Object/Complement

1 + + The Ministry of
Susi
is Maritime Affairs and
Pudjiastuti
Fisheries
2 She + reads + Harry Potter books
every day
3 Water + freezes + at zero degrees
4 The Earth + revolves + around the Sun
5 I + am + his dad
6 He + catches + the bus every morning
Note:

- He is followed by Verb 1 + s/es

- She is followed by Verb 1 + s/es
- It is followed by Verb 1 + s/es

Negative

No Subject
1 Susi Pudjiastuti
2 She
3 They
4 I
5 He
Note:
isn’t, aren’t /
+ don’t / doesn’t + Verb 1 Object/Complement
+ is not + - The Ministry of Maritime
Affairs and Fisheries
+ doesn’t + read Harry Potter books
every day
+ don’t + watch new movies every sunday
+ am not + - his dad
+ doesn’t + catch the bus every morning

- If there’s only to be but no verb 1 in a sentence so it becomes (S + (is, am, are) + not + O) as
example number 1 and 4.

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 Question / Interrogative

No Do / Does + Subject Verb 1 Object/Complement Question

+ Mark
1 Does + she + read Harry Potter book ?
2 Do + they + watch a new movie every day ?
3 Do + you + play basketball every ?
morning
4 Does + he + catch the bus every morning ?

When Questions

do / Questions
No When + Subject Verb 1
does + Mark
1 When + does + she get up ?
2 When + do + you go to bed ?
3 When + does + the movie start ?

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