Simple Present Tense

PRAKASITA CLASSROOM

SIMPLE
PRESENT TENSE

Priyanto, S.Pd. M.Si.

SMP N 2 Salatiga

What we are going
to discuss

The function

The structure

The example

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Simple present tense

Definition

Simple Present Tense is a form of time used to express an
action or activity that lasts / happening at the present time in a
simple form, activity or work that is done repeatedly, daily
habits, events or acts that have nothing to do with time, and to
express a general truth.

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Simple Present Tense use a kind of "TO BE 1" and
"VERB 1“ TO BE 1 consists of: am, is, are (for more
information, see the following table).

I am do/ don’t
do/ don’t
1 Does/Doesn’t
We
You are
They

He
She Is
It

“ NOTES:
DO and DOES use the interrogative
sentence.

DO NOT (DO NOT) and DOES NOT (DOES
NOT) is used in negative sentences.

TO BE 1 (am, is, are) used when a sentence
is no element verb (NON VERB)

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Simple Present Tense formula

Expressing Simple Present Tense
sentence that uses the verb (VERB)

+ Subject + Verb 1+ Object
- Subject + DO NOT / DOES NOT + Verb 1 + Object
? DO / DOES + Subject + Verb 1 + Object?
? Question Word + DO / DOES + Subject + Verb 1?

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Example:
+ I speak English everyday
She speaks English everyday

- I do not speak English
She does not speak English

? Do you speak English?
Answer: Yes I do, or No, I do not
Does she speak English?
Answer: Yes She does, or No, She does not

? Why do you speak English everyday?

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Penting

Only on a positive sentence, for the subject "He, She, It",
the use of the verb (VERB) should end with "s / es." The
addition of "s / es" to the verb (inifinitive) is as follows:

A. In general, the verb is B. Verbs ending in the letters "ch,
directly coupled with the o, s, sh, x" plus the suffix "-es", for
suffix "-s", for example: example:
oPass – Passes
oWork – Works oFinish – Finishes
oWrite – Writes oTeach – Teaches
oSpeak – Speaks

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Lanjutan

C. The verb that ends with D. While the verb ending E. If the verb begins with
the letter "y" and begins with in the letter "y" that begins the letter auxiliary verbs
a consonant, the suffix "y" with a vowel, simply (Modal Auxiliaries), then
was changed to "i" and then coupled with the suffix "-s" do not get the extra "s /
added "-es", for example: only, for example: es", for example:

›Study - Studies ›Buy - Buys ›He Will work

›Carry - Carries ›Play - Plays ›Can she open

›Cry - Cries ›Say - Says ›He Must close

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Expressing Simple Present Tense sentence
that does not use the verb (Non VERB)

+ To be Subject + Verb + 1 + Non Object

- Subject + To be 1 + NOT + Non Verb + Object

? To be 1 + Subject + Verb + Object Non?

? Question Word + To be 1 + Subject + Verb + Object Non?

Example + She is a teacher.

- I am not a teacher.

? Are you a teacher?

Answer: Yes I am, or No, I am not

? What are you?

Answer: I am a teacher

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Funcntion of simple present tense

To tells about daily habits, example;

1. The students of SMP 2 Salatiga study hard
everyday

2. She visits the library twice a month.
3. He is a teacher.
4. They are here now

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Funcntion of simple present tense

To tells about daily habits, example;

1. A year has twelve months.
2. The sun rises in the East.
3. Ice is cold
4. Fire is hot

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THANKS!

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