GROUP 3

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

1.Function
• To express daily activity or habit
Example: I go to school

• To express fact
Example:She is my sister

• To explain schedule
Example:the first lesson is chemistry
2.Pattern
a.nominal sentences

+ S+to be+adj

- S+to be+not+adj

? To be+S+adj?
b.verbal sentences

+ S+V1

- S+Do/Does+not+V1

? Do/does+S+V1
If the subject is She,He,It,add s/es
after the verb.
Adverb of Frequency:
1.Always
2.Usually
3.Rarely
4.Seldom
5.Ever
6.Never
7.Sometime
8.Often
 PRESENT CONTINOUS TENSE
1.Function
• To explain activity is doing during talk
Example:We are studying

• To explain activity had been prepared for will be done

in the future
Example:They are celebrating their anniversary next
week

• To explain change total,quality or ukuran

Example:The student are getting smarter
2.Pattern

+ S+to be+V-ing

- S+to be+not+v-ing

? To be+S+v-ing?
Adverb of Frequency
1.Now
2.At the moment
3.Tomorrow morning
4.nowadays
EXERCISE
1.Everyday I and my best friend…(go)to school on foot
2.Enough sleep…(give)good effect on someone’s mood
3.The food…(taste) good
4.The sun…(rise)in the east and …(set)in the west
5.Tina…(work)at laboratorium
6….your mother know about your plan?
7.How…(do)this machine…(work)?
8.Sam is a workaholic.He always…(spend)much of a time in the
office
9.The first lesson…(start)at 8.00
10.I…(not like)blood
11.The Brown…(celebrate)their anniversary this summer
holiday
12.I…(leave)for Surabaya tomorrow morning
13.My friends…(practice)at bacteriology laboratory
14.At the momen she…(listen)to her favourite music in
her room
15….You…(watch)your favourite channel?
16.We…(not prepare)our report
17.The number of school…(increase)in Bekasi
18.I…(do)my extended essay this semester
19.She…(write)her fifth novel these days
20.They…(travel)Indonesia by bicycles
1.go
2gives
3.tastes
4.rises and sets
5.works
6.does
7.does and work
8.spends
9.starts
10.don’t like
11.is celebrating
12.am leaving
13.are practicing
14.is listening
15.are and watching
16.aren’t preparing
17.is increasing
18.am doing
9.is writing
20.are travelling