THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

a) Function:
• To talk about daily routines (membicarakan kegiatan rutin/ sehari-hari)
• To talk about habitual actions (kebiasaan)
• To talk about fact (fakta)

b) Adverb of time (keterangan waktu)

o Every … (day, Sunday, week, month, etc)
c) Adverb of frequency:
o once, twice, three times, four times, etc
o always, usually, generally, often, sometimes, occasionally, seldom, rarely, never

d) Pattern : (Pola Kalimat)

(+) Affirmative : kalimat berita
Subject verb Object
I / You / We / They verb 1 Object
He / She / It verb 1+s/es Object

I am noun/ adjective
He / She / It is noun/ adjective
You / We / They are noun/ adjective

Examples:

1) I take the motorcycle to the office

2) The train to Bekasi leaves every hour.
3) George sleeps seven hours every night during the week.
4) A snake has no legs.
5) The sun rises in the east.
6) We are students.
7) The President of Indonesia is Joko Widodo.

(-) Negative : kalimat penyangkalan

Subject verb Object
I / You / We / They do not verb 1 Object
He / She / It does not verb 1 Object

I am not noun/ adjective

He / She / It is not noun/ adjective
You / We / They are not noun/ adjective

1) She doesn’t read Harry Potter books every day.

2) My brother doesn’t take a nap in the afternoon.
3) They don’t watch new movies every Sunday.
4) I don’t go to school by bike.
5) Mr Jusuf Kala isn’t The Vice President of Indonesia.
6) Mr. John is not my English teacher.
7) We are not football fans of MU.

(?) Interrogative : Kalimat tanya

 Subject verb Object
Do I / You / We / They verb 1 Object?
Does He / She / It verb 1+s/es Object?

Am I noun/ adjective?
Is He / She / It noun/ adjective?
Are You / We / They noun/ adjective?

1) Does she read a Harry Potter book?

2) Does your father have break fast every morning?
3) Do they watch a new movie every day?
4) Do you play basketball every morning?
5) Am I your friend?
6) Are you okay?
7) Is she your mother?

 Bentuk spelling kata kerja pada orang ketiga (She, He, It), tergantung dari akhiran kata kerja
(verb) tersebut.
1. Untuk kata kerja yang berakhiran -o, -ch, -sh, -x, atau -z, tambahkan -es.
 go – goes
 catch – catches
 wash – washes
 kiss – kisses
 box – boxes
 fix – fixes

2. Untuk kata kerja (Verb) yang berakhiran konsonan + Y, hilangkan Y, dan tambahkan -ies.
 carry – carries
 study – studies
 worry – worries
 marry – marries

3. Sedangkan, untuk kata kerja yang berakhiran vokal + Y, cukup tambahkan -s.
 play – plays
 say – says
 enjoy – enjoys
Contoh Kalimat
1. She carries a suitcase.
2. Mira studies Maths very hard.
3. Mother always washes our clothes everyday.
4. That boy usually enjoys playing games
5. Kikan watches TV every afternoon.

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Examples:
 1. You often … to shool 5 minutes before start.
A. come
B. comes

2. Sandra sometimes … her mother.

A. help
B. helps

1. I seldom … fried rice for breakfast.

A. eat
B. eats

2. My mother always … some food in the morning.

A. prepare
B. prepares

3. Snakes … give birth but they lay eggs.

A. don’t
B. doesn’t

4. The teacher … like angry, he is very patient.

A. doesn’t
B. don’t

5. Hanna ... always happy.

A. is
B. are

6. Does John … his parents once a year?

A. visit
B. visits

7. On weekends, my familly and I sometimes … for a picnic.

A. goes
B. go

8. Do your brothers … at colleges?

A. study
B. studies

9. You ... always at home on weekends, sometimes visit my parents.

A. aren’t
B. am not

10. They never … back home late in the afternoon.

A. come
B. comes
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ADVERB OF FREQUENCY MEANING (ARTI)

Always selalu
Usually biasanya
Generaly umumnya
Often sering
Sometimes kadang
Occasionally kadang
Seldom jarang
Rarely jarang
Never tidak pernah

1. I’m never late for our English class. I’m … on time

A. generally
B. usually
C. always

2. James goes to the beach only once a year. He … goes to the beach
A. rarely
B. never
C. sometimes

3. I … eat junkfood because I know it’s not very healthy.

A. always
B. often
 C. seldom

4. We visit our grandparents three or four times …

A. the month
B. a month
C. month

5. I went to a restaurant last week, but I … eat at home.

A. seldom
B. usually
C. never

6. He’s never angry. He … has smile on his face.

A. always
B. seldom
C. occasionally

7. Father … watch dramas on TV because he hates them. News shows are much better.
A. generally
B. sometimes
C. never

8. We … go to play football twice a week, on Wednesday and Friday.

A. occasionally
B. generally
C. rarely

9. She doesn’t … finish work early because she is often busy.

A. never
B. always
C. usually

10. We … need to hang out to refresh our mind.

A. seldom
B. sometimes
C. often

Choose the correct verb form for the sentences below.

 On Weekend my family and I usually ... 1 ... (do / does) some work together. My

mother ... 2 ... (prepare / prepares) some food for breakfast. My father and Fathir, my

brother ... 3 ... (wash / washes) his motorcycle and bicycle. I myself ... 4 ... (sweep /

sweeps) the floor. After that, my father ... 5 ... (take / takes) care of his pets, some birds.

After finishing our work, we ... 6 ... (enjoy / enjoys) lunch together. In the afternoon

I ... 7... (don’t / doesn’t) like sleeping but I sometimes … 8 … (watch / watches) TV

while Fathir often ... 9 ... (listen / listens) to a radio. Koko ... 10 ... (play / plays) with

his friends. They usually ... 11 ... (go / goes) to football field. He ... 12 ... (come / comes)

back home late in the afternoon. We ... 13 ... (is / are) in the diningroom at seven to eat

dinner. I always ... 14 ... (wait / waits) for Sunday even it ... 15 ... (is / are) sometimes

tiring.
Rumus

Untuk membentuk kalimat tense ini, biasanya digunakan kata kerja bentuk dasar atau Verb 1. Kecuali untuk kata
ganti orang ketiga, menggunakan Verb 1 + s/es. Seperti ditunjukkan pada table dibawah ini.

Subject Verb The Rest of the

Sentence
I / You / They / We go to the school by bus
She / He / It goes to the school by bus
Macam – macam Kalimat Simple Present Tense

Simple Present Tense Affirmative

Untuk membentuk kalimat affirmative, rumusnya adalah

S + Verb (1) / Verb dasar / to be (is, am, are) + O

Contoh simple present tense affirmative :

 Susi Pudjiastuti is the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.

 She reads Harry Potter books every day.
 They watch new movies every Sunday.

Simple Present Tense Negative

Untuk membentuk kalimat simple present tense negative, biasanya menggunakan

tambahan don’t atau doesn’t sebelum kata kerja, kecuali To Be dan Modal, rumusnya adalah

S + Don’t / Doesn’t + Verb (1) + O

Jika kata kerja / verb nya berupa To Be, maka rumusnya menjadi

S + (is, am, are) + not + O

Contoh simple present tense negative:

 Susi Pudjiastuti is not the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.

 She doesn’t read Harry Potter books every day.
 They don’t watch new movies every Sunday.

Perhatikan, untuk subjek bentuk ketiga (she, he it), setelah kata don’t atau doesn’t, bentuk verb tidak
ditambahkan s/es.

Simple Present Tense Interrogative

Untuk membentuk kalimat interogative / kalimat pertanyaaan, biasanya menggunakan tambahan do atau does di
depan kalimat. Rumusnya adalah sebagai berikut
 Do / Does + S + Verb 1 + O

Kata do digunakan jika subjeknya adalah I, you, they, atau we. Namun, kata does digunakan jika subjeknya
adalah bentuk orang ketiga (She, He, It).

Contoh simple present tense interrogative :

 Does she read a Harry Potter book?

 Do they watch a new movie every day?
 Do you play basketball every morning?

Apabila kata kerja (verb) berupa To Be atau Modal, maka jangan menggunakan kata do atau does.

Contohnya :

 Is Susi Pudjiastuti the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries?

 Are you new staff of Wall Street English?
 Are they football fans of Persija Jakarta?