Simple Present Tense

By : Ni Wayan Manugandi, S.Pd.

 Expressing Asking for and
Giving Information

Asking for Information Responses Functions

• What does your mother • She always cooks Asking for an giving
do everyday? our meals information about
• Do you swim every everyday. someone’s habbit.
Saturday? • No, I don’t. I swim
• When do you usually every Sunday.
have breakfast? • At about six.
• Where do these • They live in the Asking for and giving
penguins live? Antartic. information about
• Where does the sun • The sun sets in general facts.
set? the west.
The purpose of Simple Present Tense

First, to show regular/frequent actions.

Example :
Tina always goes to school by bus on weekdays.
I never watch horror movies.
They sometimes send me emails.
Tommy often reads biographies of Indonesian’s heroes.
The purpose of Simple Present Tense

Second, to show general facts/truth.

Example :
The sun sets in the east.
Penguins live in Antarctic.
Water boils in one hundred degree.
Swans lay egg.
 The form of Simple Present Tense

Positive :
Subject + Verb (s/es) + Object + Complement
Subject Verb Object Complement
She Visits her parents every weekend
I always study Math every Monday

He, she, and it add –s/-es to the verb

 The form of Simple Present Tense

Negative:
Subject + does/do not + Verb + Object + Complement
Subject does/do not Verb Object Complement
She does not visit her sister every weekend.
I do not study Math on Mondays.

There is no –s at the end of the verb in the negative.

 The form of Simple Present Tense

Questions/ interrogative:
Do/does + Subject + Verb + Object + Complement + ?
Do/does Subject Verb Object Complement + ?
Does she visit her sister every weekend?
Do you study Math on Mondays?

There is no –s at the end of the verb in questions.

 Yes/No question in simple present:

This is how you answer for ‘yes/no’ question in simple

tense (nominal sentence, using noun or adjective).
Questions Answers
Are you happy? No, I am not/ Yes, I am
Is she your sister? Yes, she is/ No, she is not
 How to form verb in positive :

For most verbs just ad ‘s’ to the end of the verb

Verb 1 Verb + s/es
Sing Sings
Kick Kicks
Lie Lies
Love Loves
 How to form verb in positive :

For some words which end by ‘o’, ‘sh’, ‘ch’, ‘tch’, ‘x’, ‘z’,
‘ss’, you will need to add –es to the end of the verb.
Verb 1 Verb + s/es
Wash Washes
Teach Teach
Go Goes
Cry Cries [
 How to form verb in positive :

For some words which end by ‘consonant + y’, you will

need to change ‘-y’ into ‘-i’ then add –es to the end of
the verb.
Verb 1 Verb + s/es
Cry Cries
Study Studies
Dry Dries
Try Tries
Mr. Jones walk or walks?
a. Mr. Jones walks
The cat eat or eats?
b. The cat eats
You and I play or plays?
c. You and I play
A group of boys sing or sings?
d. A group of boys sings
 Adverb of frequency :

You can use always, usually, seldom, often, sometimes,

rarely, occasionally, never. These adverbs usually go
before the simple present verb.
Example :
The students sometimes visit the museum.
We always wash our hands before meals.
She usually wakes up late on Sundays.
Do you usually have breakfast?
 Adverb of time of simple present:

Use repeated adverb of times for this type of sentence,

such as: every…, in the evening (means every evening), at
8 o’clock (means at 8 o’clock everyday), in summer
(means every summer), on Sundays (mean every Sunday)
Example :
They usually have English on Wednesdays.
We always study at 7 o’clock.
My friends go to the beach in summer.