Simple Present Tense
Simple Present Tense is used to express:
1. Habits
1. He drinks tea at breakfast.
2. She only eats fish for lunch.
3. I always get up at 4 o’clock in
the morning.
4. We pray 5 times a day.
3. General truth
1. The sun rises from the east.
2. The earth revolves around
the sun.
3. A week has seven days.
4. Sugar has sweet taste.
2 friend.
2. Repeated
actions
1. We catch the bus every
morning.
2. It rains every afternoon.
3. She joins the art class on
Monday.
4. He goes to school with his
 STRUCTURE OF SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Structure of Verbal Sentence Structure of Nominal Sentences

(+) Subject + Verb1 (s/es) + Object

(+) Subject + (is/am/are) +
Complement
(-) Subject + do/does + not + Verb1
+ Object (-) Subject + (is/am/are) + not
+ Complement
(?) Do/does + Subject + Verb1 + (?) (is/am/are) + Subject +
Object Complement

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 The example of verbal sentences

(+) Affirmative sentence

Subject Verb1 (s/es) Object Adverb

(I/ You/ They/ We

speak English everyday
/ Tarjo and Paimin /(more than 1))

(He/ She/ It/ Budi /(only 1 person)) speaks English everyday

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 The example of verbal sentences

(-) negative sentence

Subject auxiliary Verb1 Object Adverb

(I/ You/ They/ We

/ Tarjo and Paimin /(more do not/don’t speak English everyday
than 1))

(He/ She/ It/ Budi /(only 1

does not/doesn’t speak English everyday
person))

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 The example of verbal sentences

(?) interrogative sentence

Auxiliary Subject Verb1 Object Adverb

(I/ You/ They/ We

Do speak English everyday
/ Tarjo and Paimin /(more than 1))

Does (He/ She/ It/ Budi /(only 1

speak English everyday
person))

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 The use of (s/es) in verb1

She
1. She cleans her room.
He It
2. She washes her
1. He speaks English. 1. It eats fish.
clothes.
2. He goes to school. 2. It catches the mouse

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 He/she/it + verb (es)

Anita watches tv He always does

He discusses the every Sunday his homework at
problem morning night

ss ch o

s sh x y

She focuses on her Ahmad washes his My brother fixes She studies
job shoes twice a month his friend’s english every
laptop thursday
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 The example of nominal sentences

(+) Affirmative sentence

Subject To be complement

I am happy

(He/ She/ It/ Budi /(only 1 person)) is happy

(You/ They/ We
/ Tarjo and Paimin /(more than 1)) are happy

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 The example of nominal sentences

(-) negative sentence

Subject To be not complement

I am not happy

(He/ She/ It/ Budi /(only 1 person)) is not happy

(You/ They/ We
/ Tarjo and Paimin /(more than 1)) are not happy

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 The example of nominal sentences

(?) affirmative sentence

To be Subject complement

Am I Happy?

Is (He/ She/ It/ Budi /(only 1 person)) Happy?

(You/ They/ We
Are / Tarjo and Paimin /(more than 1)) Happy?

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 Adverb of frequency

Adverb of frequency is used in simple present tense

✓ Always = selalu
✓ Usually = biasanya
✓ Ever = pernah
✓ Never = tidak pernah
✓ Often = sering
✓ Sometimes= kadang-kadang
✓ Once a day= sekali sehari
✓ Once in a while = sesekali
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