Verbal Simple Present Tense

Patern :

(+) S + Verb 1 + O/c

(-) S + don’t/doesn’t + Verb1 + O/c

(?) Do/Does + S+ Verb1 + O/c

Note :

a. Untuk she, he, it + v1+ s/es

b. Do = I, We, They

c. Does = She, He, It

Subject = orang yang melakukan sesuatu kegiatan (pelaku utama)

 I = saya

 We = kami/kita

 They = mereka

 She = dia perempuan

 He = dia laki-laki

 It = dia ( digunakan untuk nama benda dan hewan)

Verb = kata kerja (sesuatu yang dikerjakan)

Object/complemen = Penerima tindakan atau kegiatan yang dilakukan oleh pelaku utama

Example:

(+) (-) (?)

1. I go to school.

2. She buys a book.

3. We play the game.

4. They eat the breads.

5. He plays his toy.

Exercise

1. (+) Toni plays badminton with his friend

(-)

(?)

2. (+)

(-) A bird doesn’t fly at the sky

(?)

3. (+)

(-)

(?) Do you wear a jacket?

Translation

1. (+)

(-)

(?)

2. (+)

(-)

(?)

3. (+)

(-)

(?)
Multiple Choice

1. Tiara ___ her room once a week.

a. To clean
b. Clean
c. Cleans
d. Cleaning

2. Anya ___ always ___ to the library every Friday.

a. Do not, goes
b. Does not, go
c. Do not, went
d. Does not, gone

3. My mother and I ___ to market every morning.

a. Go
b. Goes
c. Went
d. Gone

4. Every morning, my mother always ___ me up

a. Waken
b. Wake
c. Woke
d. Wakes

5. We always ___ on karaoke once every month.

a. Sang
b. Sings
c. Sing
d. Sung

6. I ___ not ___ peanuts because I am allergic.

a. Does, eat
b. Do, ate
c. Do, eat
d. Do, eaten

7. She does not ___ violin, she plays piano.

a. Playing
b. Played
c. Plays
d. Play
8. Burger and French Fries ___ my favorite foods.
a. Is
b. Are
c. Does
d. Do

9. My brother and I ___ mount Arjuno this holiday.

a. Hikes
b. Hiking
c. Hike
d. Hiked

10. The students ___ not ___ the assignment, so they got D.
a. Does, finish
b. Does, finishes
c. Do, finish
d. Do, finished
 Exercise
1. She ..... breakfast every day
a. Eat b. Eats c. Eating
2. Papa .... bicycle to his office
a. Ride b. Riding c. Rides
3. Its cloudy, so I ... the umbrella with me.
a. Brings b. Bring c. Bringing
4. He ... not want to eat anything
a. Is b. Does c. Do
5. Mama.... the rice and I.... her
a. Cooks, helps
b. Cooks, help
c. Cook, help
6. (+) He eats bread every morning
(-)
7. (+)
(-) They do not go to the movie
8. (+) We sing a song
(-)
9. Every night Andi.... a glass of milk
a. Drinking b. Drinks c. Drunk
10. The dog.... Andi’s leg
a. Bites b. Biten c. Bite

Translation
1. Mama cooks rice and I help her
2. They go to the movie
3. We do not play the football
4. He eats breakfast every morning
5. The cat bites Hanna’s hand
Exercise Simple Present Tense         c. next week
A. Multiple Choice d. next time
1. She … not work because she has flu. 9. We .... in the city of the year
        a. is a. Do
        b. does b. Living
        c. do c. Live
        d. be d. Life
2. Alina … song every night.
        a. sings
        b. sing B. Fill the blanks with s/es!
        c. is
        d. does 1. I____________at a bank. (work)
3. My father … tea every morning. 2. She____________with her parents. (live)
        a. drink 3. Cows____________on grass. (feed)
        b. drinks 4. He____________a handsome salary. (earn)
        c. drinking 5. Jane____________to be a singer. (wants)
        d. is 6. Emily____________delicious cookies.
4. They … a test every week. (make)
        a. does 7. Ana and her husband____________in
        b. has Singapore. (live)
        c. do 8. Ronny and Samantha____________to play
        d. have card games. (like)
5. Dolph: Please call me if you need 9. Sophia____________English very well.
Jack: No. I … need your help. (speak)
        a. do not 10. Martin____________for a walk in the
        b. does morning. (goes)
        c. not 11. My grandfather____________his pet dog.
        d. am not (adore)
6. She is a student. She … at school. 12. Plants____________water and sunlight to
        a. studying make their food. (need)
        b. study
        c. studies C. Answer the questions
        d. does
7. We … soccer match. 1. (+) My father makes
        a. watched breakfast
        b. watching (-)
        c. watches (?)
        d. watch
8. My brother rides a bike to school … 2. (+)
        a. every day (-) She does not write a letter every
        b. last day day
 (?)
3. (+)
(-)
(?) Do I speak Italian every week?

4. (+) You eat fried rice every

Sunday
(-)
(?)

5. (+)
(-) He does not always tell us funny
stories
(?)

6. (+)
(-)
(?) Do he have a big apartment?

7. (+) They go to the market

every Friday
(-)
(?)

8. (+)
(-) Tom does not work every day.
(?)

9. (+)
(-)
(?) Do you play basketball every
Saturday?

10. (+) Martha and Kevin swim

at the pool every afternoon
(-)
(?)

D. Translation part C to Indonesian! Simple Past Tense

Pattern: I didn’t dump a banana peel into
the trash. (Aku tidak membuang
kulit pisang ke tempat sampah)
(+) S + Verb 2 + O/c + time signal
 Did the baby cry last
(-) S + did not + Verb1 + O/c + time signal
night? (Apakah bayi itu menangis
(?) Did + S+ Verb1 + O/c + time signal tadi malam?)
 2. Irregular verbs
Irregular verbs memiliki tiga bentuk Verb 1,
Verb 2, dan Verb 3
Note : Verb 2 ada dua macam Regular Contoh kalimat yang menggunakan kata kerja
verbs dan Irrregular verbs tak beraturan adalah sebagai berikut:

1. Regular verb  Shefell off the bike yesterday. (Dia

Pada verb ini, setiap kata kerja selalu jatuh dari sepeda kemarin.)
ditambahkan akhiran -ed, -d atau -
 They didn’t hurt the cat last
ied setelah kata kerja dasar atau kata kerja
night. (Mereka tidak menyakiti
bentuk pertama. Namun, kamu perlu
kucing itu tadi malam.)
perhatikan beberapa aturan ini ya!
 Did she keep the money last
 Jikakata kerjanya berakhiran -e, week? (Apakah dia menyimpan
tambahkan saja -d. uang itu minggu lalu?)
Misalnya, simple past
tense dari move menjadi moved.

 Jika kata kerjanya berakhiran

konsonan, tambahkan saja -ed.
Misalnya,
dari dump menjadi dumped. 

 Untukkata kerja yang berakhiran

-y, -y biasanya berubah menjadi –i
jika mengikuti konsonan, lalu
tambahkan -ed.
Misalnya dari cry menjadi cried.
Contoh dari regular verb dalam suatu kalimat:

 She moved to the other

division. (Dia pindah ke divisi Simple Past Tense
lain.)
A.
 1. My rabbit…………(sleep) on 3. I_______________to
the grass last night. Lombok island with my husband for
2. The summer honeymoon.
course…………..(begin) two weeks 4. I_______________too much
ago. meat today. I am not feeling well
3. I…………..(take) the gift now.
from my best friends yesterday. 5. He _______________some
4. Tata…………..(break) my foods for his family.
chair several hours ago. 6. I_______________lemonade
5. They…………..(go) to South made by Cinta yesterday.
Korea for honeymoon. 7. He_______________a
6. She…………..(see) me but balloon for his nephew.
she did not call me. 8. I_______________my
7. Tiara…………..(wear) a friends sitting at park. They had
beautiful dress in her birthday party picnic together.
last week. 9. They_______________that I
8. I have…………..(read) was thin. Now, I am fatter.
Andrea Hirata’s book, Laskar 10. The house was expensive and we
Pelangi, last month. _______________it by our credit
9. He should have………….. card..
(know) that she was so kind. C.
10. Jono…………..(feel) 11. Jimmy walked to school
embarrassed because he did not win today. Rebecca _____(drive) her car.
the game. Alison _____(ride) her bicycle.
11. We………….. Andy _____(take) the bus.
(misunderstand) their intention to 12. When Anthony slipped on the
invite us in their event. floor yesterday, he _____(fall) down
12. Have you…………..(write) a and _____(hurt) his leg. His leg is
letter for your father? very painful today.
13. They…………..(hear) a 13. I didn’t have any money this
gossip from the society that the fuel past three days that my friends
price would go down. _____(lend) me enough so I could
14. He…………..(forget) our pay for my meals.
anniversary this month. 14. We all had a good trip to the
15. The children………….. zoo last week. We _____(feed) some
(steal) my heart because of their tigers, lion, and also a black jaguar.
cuteness. 15. Sandra _____(leave) her
B. Choose and Change to Irregular Verbs home in a hurry this morning
because she overslept. That’s why
Pay – Think – Drink – See – Eat – Go – Take she _____(forget) to bring her
– Leave – Say – blow books.
16. Alicia called 911 yesterday
1. I _______________that he because someone _____(steal) her
was cute. bicycle while she was in the grocery
2. Mysister ______________a store, she looks so sad now.
message for me by email.
17. The kids _____(draw)
pictures of their parents in art class
yesterday.
18. I am not feeling good.
Yesterday I _____(feel) terrible, but
I’m feeling better today though I still
need some rest.
19. We went shopping yesterday
and _____(buy) some fruits and
vegetables.
20. I broke my mother’s favorite
vase this morning. It _____(fall) on
the floor and _____(break) into a
some pieces.
21. My cat isn’t very friendly
right now. Even, yesterday she
_____(bite) my neighbor’s hand.
Fortunately, my dog is too old and
doesn’t have sharp teeth to hurt my
neighbor.
22. Last night I _____(hear) my
dog barking loudly around 2 am, so I
_____(get) up to get investigate.

1. We…. in this restaurant 2 days ago

a. Ate
b. Eaten
c. Eating
 d. Eat c. Writing
2. I … in this sofa with d. Was writing
him yesterday 9. I … an elephant last
a. Sleeping night
b. Sleep a. Draw
c. Slept b. Drew
d. Sleped c. Drawn
3. …. He read novel last d. Drawing
night? 10. My teacher …. Me
a. Do about this mathematic last
b. Did year
c. Done a. Taught
d. Are b. Teaching
4. We…. to Aceh two c. Teaches
weeks ago d. Teach
a. Gone 11. I …. A cake to your
b. Come house last night
c. Went a. Bring
d. Go b. Brought
5. I …. This floor last c. Bring
morning d. Bringing
a. Swept 12. I …. His car last
b. Sweep night
c. Sweeps a. Drive
d. Sweeped b. Am
6. My brother … this c. Drove
novel last month d. Driving
a. Reading 13. The girl… a book
b. Reads last month
c. Read a. Brings
d. Readed b. Brought
7. I …. My wallet in this c. Bring
market one years ago d. Brings
a. Loose 14. He … a new car
b. Losed a. Bought
c. Lose b. Buy
d. Losing c. Buyer
8. My brother …. a letter d. Buys
for me last week
a. Write 15. My family …. to
b. Wrote beach yesterday
 a. Go
b. Going
c. Went
d. Wants
16. She bought a t-shirt
a. Tomorrow
b. Tonight
c. Today
d. Last Sunday
17. My friend… book to
me last day
a. Gives
b. Gave
c. Giving
d. Give
18. We … the cat lst
month
a. Catching
b. Caught
c. Catch
d. Catches
19. Maria … a picture 2
years ago
a. Send
b. Sant
c. Sent
d. Sends
20. My sister … a bread
for me a week ago
a. Make
b. Made
c. Makes
d. Making

Change to negative sentences and

interrogative sentences no 1-10 multiple
choice