1. (-) what is simple present tense ?

(optional mau dipake atau engga)

Simple present tense is use a verb to tell about things that happen continually
in the present.

(- ) Function (s) and give examples for each

1. Habitual Actions
- Daily habits/ dialy action
- Every day
ex: I eat rice, I drink a water, I breathe
2. General Truth
- general facts that cannot be changed
ex: The sun rises from east to west, one year there are 12 months, a
woman gives birth to a child

1. Formula present tense

Affirmative

We use affirmative form to make positive sentence. The formula is:

S + Verb (1) / Verb dasar / to be (is, am, are) + O (I, You,

We, They)
Subject + verb 1 (+ s/es) + object (He, She, It)
Example:

 I go to school
 She reads Harry Potter book everyday.
 They watch new movies every sunday.
 She goes to the school by bus.

Negative

We use negative form to make negative sentence.

Don't or doesn't use before the verb. The formula is:

S + Don’t / Doesn’t + Verb (1) + O

(don’t = i, you, we, they)

 (doesn’t = she, he it)

if the sentence does not have a verb, the sentence uses to be. The formula is

S + (is, am, are) + not + O

(is = she, he, it)

(am= i)

(are= you, we they)

for the subject she, he it. after the word don't or doesn't, the verb is not added s / es.

Example:

 Susi Pudjiastuti is not the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.

 She doesn’t read Harry Potter book everyday.
 They don’t watch new movies every sunday.

Interogative

We use interogative form to make question. The formula is:

Do / Does + S + Verb 1 + O

(do = i, you, we, they)

(does = she, he, it)

if the sentence has no verb, it does not use "do or does."

Example:

 Does she read Harry potter book ?

 Do they watch new movie everyday ?
 Are you new staff of Wall Street English ?
 Are they football fans of Persija Jakarta ?

2. Difference between the use of do/does and be (stepani)

Differences between the use of do/does
and be
- In simple present tense we use do/does as the basic verb and for actions. Example
"What do you want?"
 "What do you do?"
- Do is for l, You, They, We or plural noun

-Does is for he, she, it or singular noun

-Example:
(+) She does not go to class
(-) She doesn't go to class
(?) Does she go to class?

- The function of Be is for auxiliary verb &

common word
- In auxiliary verb (is, am, are, was, were)
In common word
- Be is for conjuctions of sentence
-Example:
1.

3.

4. There is and there are used in simple present tense sentences to indicate the
existence of objects (general truth).

There has / indicates the existence of something that is there. Besides that, it is also
about the location of an object, namely there. There are six goats at the farm ->
indicates there are 6 goats on the farm. That girl sometimes walks there -> that girl
sometimes walks there.

There in the sentence functions as an adverb, which becomes the word to start the
sentence. There is not a noun and is not the subject of the sentence being stringed.

 to be (is and are) serves as a predicate for the sentence.

There is is used to denote a single noun in a sentence that is equipped with a / an at

the beginning of a different word: there is an orange on the box

. example: there is some bread on the table.

There are is the plural form of there is where it uses a plural noun that ends with s /
es at the end of the noun: there are three lions at Safari.

The formula there is: (+) there is + singular noun, (-) there is + not + singular noun,
(?) Is there + singular noun +?.

There are: (+) there are + plural

noun, (-) there are + not + plural
noun, (?) Are there + plural noun +?.