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Chapter 9
Chapter 9
TENSES
Simple Present Tense
Pola kalimat : Subject + Infinitive (Verb1) + Object
Untuk menyatakan :
1. Kebiasaan sehari-hari :
o I have breakfast at 7.00.
o I get up early in the morning.
2. Pekerjaan yang sering dilakukan :
o I always visit my grandmother.
o He often comes late.
3. Kebenaran umum :
o The earth goes round the sun.
o The river Amazon flows into the Pasific Ocean.
4. Suatu pernyataan pada saat sekarang :
o I love him.
o He likes coffee.
o John is a clever boy.
Catatan :
Jika kata kerja dalam bentuk present ini digabungkan dengan subjek orang ketiga tunggal → ditambah
akhiran -s. Ada beberapa aturan dalam mencantumkan akhiran -s ini, yaitu :
1. Untuk kata kerja pada umumnya, ditambahkan -s. Contoh :
o Play >> plays
o Eat >> eats
o Run >> runs
2. Untuk kata kerja yang berakhiran -s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, -z, dan -o, tambahkan -es. Contoh :
o Catch >> catches
o Miss >> misses
o Fix >> fixes
o Go >> goes
3. Untuk kata kerja yang berakhiran konsonan +y, -y diganti dengan -ies. Contoh :
o Fly >> flies
o Cry >> cries
o Hurry >> hurries
Beberapa adverb of time yang sering digunakan → every day, every week, today, tonight, this week, dan
lain-lain.
Selain itu adverb of frequency atau kata keterangan yang menerangkan “seberapa sering”, → often,
always, generally, usually, seldom, sometimes, dan lain-lain.
6. Mother ______ the food by the time the children come home.
A. cooked
B. will cook
C. has cooked
D. will have cooked
7. The children are watching TV now because they ______ their homework.
A. are doing
B. had done
C. have done
D. were doing
8. I ______ the street when it began to rain.
A. am walking down
B. have walked down
C. have been walking down
9. The team ______ along the river-bank when they, accidentally, found a big cave.
A. were walking
B. are walking
C. will walk
D. walked
10. Dian and Harris hardly ever join our class discussion, ______?
A. did they
B. didn’t they
C. don’t they
D. do they