~SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE~

(ATURAN PENGGUNAAN AKHIRAN

“S” ATAU “ES” PADA SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE)

Salah satu ciri-khas dari Kalimat Simple Present Tense adalah

VERB atau Kata Kerjanya selalu diakhiri dengan huruf “S” atau
“ES” jika kalimatnya diawali oleh Subject HE, SHE, IT

1. VERB atau Kata Kerja pada Kalimat Simple Present Tense

yang diawali oleh Subject HE/SHE/IT pada umumnya akan
ditambahi dengan Huruf “S” di belakangnya.

Example (Contoh):
a. Read : Reads
- I = I read
- You = You read
- He/She/It= He reads / She reads / It reads
- We = We read
- You = You read
- They = They read

b. Cook : Cooks
- I = I cook
- You = You cook
- He/She/It= He cooks / She cooks / It cooks
- We = We cook
- You = You cook
- They = They cook

2. VERB atau Kata Kerja pada Kalimat Simple Present Tense

yang diawali oleh Subject HE/SHE/IT akan ditambahi
dengan Huruf “ES” di belakangnya jika VERB atau Kata
Kerja tersebut berakhir dengan huruf:

a. _____“-ss” Discuss -> Discusses (Membahas)

- I = I discuss
- You = You discuss
- He/She/It= He discusses /She discusses /
It discusses
- We = We discuss
- You = Discuss
- They = The discuss

b. _____“-ch” Teach -> Teaches (Mengajar)

- I = I teach
- You = You Teach
- He/She/It= He teaches / She teaches /
It teaches
- We = We teach
- You = Youteach
- They = They teach

c. _____“-sh” Brush -> Brushes (Menyikat)

- I = I brush
- You = You brush
- He/She/It= He brushes / She brushes /
It brushes
- We = We brush
- You = You brush
- They = They brush

d. _____“-x” Mix -> Mixes (Mencampur)

- I = I mix
- You = You mix
 - He/She/It= He mixes / She mixes / It mixes
- We = We mix
- You = You mix
- They = They mix

e. _____“-o” Go -> Goes (Pergi)

- I = I go
- You = You go
- He/She/It= He goes / She goes / It goes
- We = We go
- You = You go
- They = They go

f. _____“-z” Fizz  Fizzes (Mendesis)

- I = I fizz
- You = You fizz
- He/She/It= He fizzes / She fizzes / It fizzes
- We = We fizz
- You = You fizz
- They = They fizz

3. Jika VERB atau Kata Kerja pada Kalimat Simple Present

Tense tersebut berakhir dengan huruf “Y”

a. Jika di depan Huruf “Y” itu adalah Huruf Mati

(Consonant), maka huruf “y” nya dibuang dan diganti
dengan akhiran “-ies”

Cons +y = Study => Studies (Belajar)

- I = I study
- You = You study
- He/She/It = He studies / She studies /
 It studies
- We = We study
- You = You study
- They = They study

b. Jika di depan Huruf “Y” itu adalah Huruf Hidup (Vocal),

maka cukup ditambahi dengan huruf “-s” di belakang
Verb tersebut

Vocal +y = Play => Plays (Bermain)

- I = I play
- You = You play
- He/She/It = He plays / She plays / It plays
- We = We play
- You = You play
- They = They play