1. SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
Suyatno, S.Pd

2. SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE Kalimat Verbal (+) S + V1(s/es) + O
(-) S + do/does + not + V1 + O
(?) Do/Does + S + V1+ O
Notes:
I/you/we/they : V1 / do
She/he/it/Ani : V1(s/es) / does
Jika sudah menggunakan does maka kata kerjanya tidak ditambah e/es

3. Examples :
(+) He speaks English.
You speak English.
(-) He doesn’t speak English.
You don’t speak English.
(?) Does he speak English?
Do you speak English?

4. Kalimat Nominal (+) S + is/am/are + Complement
(-) S + is/am/are + not + C
(?) Is/am/are + S + C?
C (complement) terdiri:
- Adjective: happy, good, sad,…
- Noun : student, driver,…
- Adverb: here, in the office,…
- Pronoun: mine, hers, yours,…

5. (+) He is happy.
(-) He isn’t happy.
(?) Is he happy?
I am sad
She is a student
They are in the office
This book is yours

6. Usage Menyatakan kebiasaan (habitual action): We eat rice everyday.
She usually cries.
Menyatakan kebenaran umum (general truth):
The sun rises in the east.
A year has 12 months.

7. Time Signal - everyday (setiap hari) - always (selalu)
- often (sering)
- seldom (jarang)
- never (tidak pernah)
- sometimes (kadang-kadang)
- on and off (kadang-kadang)
- steadily (terus menerus)
- occasionally (kadang-kadang)
- generally (umumnya)
- once a week (sekali seminggu)
- every … (setiap ….)