STRUCTURE I

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

ATIK MUHIMATUN ASRORIYAH , M. Pd.

UNIVERSITAS MA’ARIF NAHDLATUL ULAMA
Simple Present Tense
Used to describe:
• Habits
e.g. : I wake up at 04.30 a.m. every morning.
• unchanging situations (repeated action in the present time period)
e.g. : She goes to school on foot.
• general truths
e.g. : The sun rises in the east.
• fixed arrangements (facts)
e. g. : The Queen of England lives in Buckingham Palace.
Simple Present Tense
 SENTENCES
There are two kinds of sentences, nominal and verbal sentence.
• Nominal sentence is a sentence that has predicate not a verb, but can be an
adjective, noun or adverb, then the nominal sentence should be inserted auxi
liary verb to be like 'is, am, are’
• Verbal sentence is a sentence that has predicate a verb.

Nominal sentence Verbal sentence

 I am happy.
 You are a girl.
 They are nurses.
 We are students.
 She is 22 years old.
 My brother is diligent.
 It is a cat.
 I like listening to music.
 You run fast.
 They play soccer in the field.
 She cooks for dinner.
 He works at the store.
 It chirps every morning.
 Sentence Classify
Nominal sentence
a. Positive nominal sentence
This sentence is often also called affirmative sentence, in general, this phrase is used to situatio
n, position or rank.
For example:
Santana is a beautiful girl.
They are students in elementary school.
He is my lecture.
b. Negative nominal sentence
This will be negative sentences by adding ‘not' after to be.
For example:
Santana is not a beautiful girl.
They are not students in elementary school.
He is not my lecture.
c. Interrogative nominal sentence
Interrogative nominal sentences are form by putting ‘to be’ at the beginning of sentence.
For example:
Is Santana a beautiful girl?
Are they students in elementary school?
Is he my lecture?
 Sentence Classify
Verbal sentence
a. Positive nominal sentence
This sentence is often also called affirmative sentence, in general, this phrase is used to declare
an event or action.
For example:
They walk to the school.
I help my mother after school.
He takes some pictures at there.
b. Negative verbal sentence
This will be negative sentences by adding 'do / does + not' before verb.
For example:
The do not (don’t) walk to the school.
I do not (don’t) help my mother after school.
He does not (doesn’t) take some pictures at there.
c. Interrogative verbal sentence
Interrogative verbal sentences are form by putting ‘do/does’ at the beginning of sentence.
For example:
Do they walk to school?
Do I help my mother after school?
Does he take some picture at there?
 FORMULA
• Verbal Sentence

• Nominal Sentence

(+) S + to be + A.N.A ( Adjective,

Noun, Adverb )
Forms
(-) S + to be + not + A.N.A

(?) to be + S + A.N.A ?