PRESENT TENSE

IN A NUT SHELL
 FORMULA

• Kalimat Verbal
 S + Verb 1 /s/es

• Kalimat Nominal
 S + to be (is, am, are) + Complement
 FUNCTION OF
PRESENT TENSE
1. HABIT

• Events that happen repeatedly/regularly/usually.

Example:
I live in Bantul, Special Region of Yogyakarta.
I eat three times a day.
2. GENERAL TRUTH

• Fact or valid things.

Example:
The sun rises from the east and sets in the west.
Human body consists of 70% water.
3. FIXED SCHEDULE/PLAN

• It is to state event that will definitely happen in the future.

Example:
What time does the film start?
The train arrives at 7 AM.
4. IMPERATIVE

• It is used to give order (and curse)

Example:
Open the door!
Shut up!
Behave!
5. STATIVE VERBS

Verbs that can only be used in present tense (not progressive/ ‘-ing)

They are: know, believe, hear, see, want, understand, hate, love, like,
taste, need, appear, suppose, wish, belong, remember, prefer, sound, forget,
own, smell, seem.
 CONCLUSION

• Formula: Subject + Verb 1 or Subject + Subject To be

to be + Complement I am
He, She, It, singular noun is
• Present Tense is to show habit, general
You, We, They, plural noun are
truth, fixed plan, imperative, stative
verbs.
QUIZ!
1. LIZ AND JAMES ...... DINNER AT A RESTAURANT ON SATURDAYS,
BUT THEY ….. AT HOME NOW.

• A) never eat / are eating

• B) always eat / eat
• C) are always eating / eat
• D) usually eat / are eating
2. RICK......ME FOR SOME MONEY, BUT HE.......ME BACK.

• A) always asks / is always paying

• B) is always asking / is never paying
• C) has never asked / never pays
• D) never asks / has never been paying
3. MORE AND MORE PEOPLE...........OF CANCER THESE DAYS, AND WE
STILL...............NO CURE FOR IT.

• A) are dying / have

• B) die / have
• C) are dying / are having
• D) die / are having
4. YOUR CLOTHES ARE COVERED IN MUD, JASON!
............YOU............OUTDOORS IN THIS WEATHER?

• A) Are / playing
• B) Have / been playing
• C) Have / play
• D) Do / playing
5. WE...... IT STRANGE, BUT IRON AND FEATHER...... AT THE SAME
SPEED.

• A) find / fall
• B) have found / are falling
• C) are finding/fall
• D) have been finding / are falling