English for

Communication 1

By Rizka Rahmawati
PRESENT
SIMPLE
TENSE

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Formula
• first n second person : I and you
S+V1 (do) • plural subject: we, they, people, the
students

S+Vs/es • third person singular: he, she, it

(does) • singular subject: a man, a girl, water

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Functions

To talk about fact

To talk about
habitual action
To talk about fixed
schedule

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 • The sun rises from the east. EXAMPLE
• Indonesia has many beautiful
Fact islands. S

Habitual • My mother usually wakes up at

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action/ • We go fishing twice a month.
repetition
• The first train to Surabaya
Fixed departs at 7.15 a.m.
• The monthly meeting holds in
schedule the first Monday of the month.

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ADVERB OF FREQUENCY
100% 80% 60% 40% 20-30% 0%
always usually Often Sometimes Hardly ever never
Seldom
Rarely

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Verbs end with s/es
Final –s is added to most verbs. Many Work – works; read – reads;
verbs end in –e and final –s is simply suggest- suggests
added.
Write- writes; take – takes;
make – makes
The verbs ending in –sh, -ch, -ss, -x, -o get Wash – washes; Catch- catches;
a final –es. Discuss – discusses; Fix – fixes;
Do – does
If the verbs end in a –y coming after Cry – cries; Fly- flies; Try – tries
another consonant letter, -y is omitted and
 
–ies is added to the verb
Play-plays; Stay- stays
But if the verb ends in a –y coming after a
vowel, -s is simply added to the verb; -ies  
is not used

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Thank you