Simple Present Tense

 Simple present tense

Present tense indicates that the condition is going on or exists now.


The formula of Simple present tense :

• Nominal :

(+ ) S + to be + Complement (noun, adjective, and adverb).

( - ) S + to be + not + Complement.

( ? )to be + S + Complement + ?

Example :

(+ ) Budi always late to go to school

( - ) Budi is not always late to go to school

( ? )Is Budi always late to go to school ?

• Verbal :

(+ ) S + Verb 1(s/es) + O.

( - ) S + do/does + not + Verb 1 + O.

( ? )do/does + S + Verb 1 + O + ?

Example :

(+ ) I usually have a breakfast in the morning.

( - ) I do not usually have a breakfast in the morning.

( ? )Do you ussually have a breakfast in the morning?

Answer:

-Yes, Ido

-No,i don't

Simple present tense used to show :

• Daily routines or habitual action :

Example :

(+ ) Joko always swims in the afternoon.

( - ) Joko does not always swim in the afternoon.

( ? )Does Joko always swim in the afternoon?

• An action that happen in the present time if followed with stative verbs. Example of stative verbs are : know, understand, have, believe, hate, need, hear, love, appear, see, like, seem, smell, want, taste, wish, sound own and etc.

Example :

(+ ) They understand the problem now.

( - ) They don’t understand the problem now.

( ? )Do They understand the problem now?

Note :

1. In positive sentences or affirmative, add s/es to the main verbs of the sentences whose subject is the third person singular (he, she, it ). And if the sentences whose subject I, you, we, and they, so the verbs still in the main verbs.

2. In negative sentences, after subject he, she, and it used “does not”, and after subject I, you, we, and they used “do not”.

3. In interrogative sentences, in front subject he, she, and it used “does”, and in front subject I, you, we and they used “do”.

/thanks /makasih