Simple Present Tense

SYAIFUNNISA PUSPA KENCANA

What is it?
•The tense used to express an action or activity
taking place or happening at the present time in a
simple form, or activities performed repeatedly, or
daily habits, or acts that have nothing to do with time
Adverbs of
• always

Time
• never
• seldom/rarely
• sometimes
• usually
• often
• everyday, every week, every year, etc
• once a week, twice a day, etc
 Nominal vs Verbal
Sentence
Nominal
A sentence where the
Verbal
Those, which start
predicate consists of noun,
with a verb.
adjective, numeral or other
words which is not a verb and
VS
Generally used to
must follow grammatical rule.
declare an act of a
habit or performed
at certain times.
Nominal
Sentence
 Positive
S + to be (am, is, are) + Noun/Adjective/Adverb
Examples:
I am in the classroom (adverb)
You are sad (adjective)
 Negative
S + to be (am, is, are) + not + Noun/Adjective/Adverb
Examples:
I am not in the classroom (adverb)
You are not sad (adjective)
 Introgative
To be (am, is, are) + S + Noun/Adjective/Adverb
Examples:
Are you in the classroom? (adverb)
Are you sad? (adjective)
 Verbal
Sentence
Positive
S + V1 + s/es + O
Examples:
She goes to library twice a week (Singular)
You often buy a book (Plural)
Negative
S + do/does + not + V1 + O
Examples:
She does not go to library twice a week (Singular)
You often do not buy a book (Plural)
Introgative
Do/does + S + V1 + O
Examples:
Does she go to library twice a week ? (Singular)
Do you often buy a book? (Plural)
Verb (infinitive) that ends in the conconant letters the
suffix is "-s"
Verb (infinitive) that ends in the letters "ch, o, s, sh, x,
z" the suffix is "-es"
Verb (infinitive) that ends with the letter "y" and is preceded by
a consonant (consonants), then the suffix "-y" was changed to
"i" and then added "-es"
Verb (infinitive) that ends with the letter "y" is preceded by a
vowel (vocals), plus enough with the suffix "-s
 Read Paragaraph
•Nancy and James are good
friends .They speak good
German . Nancy works in a
restaurant downtown
James is a librarian . The
and
Below
children play in the garden
every weekend . James and
Nancy visit church together
every Friday.

Find the simple present tense....

 EXERCISE
Choose the correct word, please....
1. She always ________ in dance competitions.(participate/participates)
2. Mohan ________ every morning.(jog/jogs)
3. I _______ in France.(live/lives)
4. Jane ______ in a multinational company.(work/works)
5. Doctors ______ that junk food be avoided.(recommend/recommends)
6. He _____ angry very quickly.(get/gets)
 EXERCISE
Fill in the blanks, please.....
a)My mother is a teacher. She _______ English.
b)Rohan is my best friend. He _______ soccer.
c) _____ you know the way out of this building?
d) What ______ your father do?
e) You can't ______ without water.
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