Simple Present Tense

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

A.  Illustration

Hi, I am Rizal. I am a university student. My friends say I am smart. But I think I am diligent. My father is a Policeman. He is at his office now. My mother is teacher, she is at her school. We often go somewhere in every weekend.

              The Present Tense indicates that an action is present, now, relative to the speaker or writer. Generally, it is used to describe actions that are factual or habitual.

1.     Present tense with to be

The sentence in the bold are called Simple Present tense with to be. It use if the sentences are nominal sentences.

The pattern of the sentences, if it positive we use:

Subject+ am/is/are+ N/Adj/Adv

Ø  I am Rizal (Rizal is noun)

Ø  She is angry (angry is Adjective)

Ø  They are at school (at school is Adverb of place)

If it negative we just put not in the sentences:

Subject+ am/is/are+ not+ N/Adj/Adv

Ø  I am not Rizal

Ø  She is not angry

Ø  They are not at school

If it interrogative/Yes or No Question:

Am/is/are+ Subject+ N/Adj/Adv? Yes, S+ to be / No, S+ to be+ not

Ø  Are you Rizal? Yes, I am / No, I am not

Ø  Is she angry? Yes, She is / No, she is not

Ø  Are they at school? Yes, they are / No, they are not

2.     Present tense with verb

a.       Used to describe events that is scheduled (by nature or by people).

Ø  Example: The Super Bowl starts at 6:15 p.m.

b.      Can convey a sense of the future, especially with verbs such as arrive, come, and leave that suggest a kind of plan or schedule.

Ø  Example: The train from Malang arrives this afternoon at two o'clock."

c.       Used to talk about permanent situation

Ø  I work at British

Ø  She lives at Patimura street no 7

The pattern of the sentences, if it positive we use:

Subject+ Verb 1 (s/es)+ Object/Complement

Ø  I play football everyday

Ø  He likes reading a comic

Ø  They watch drama competition

If it negative we put do not/ does not before verb in the sentences:

Subject+ do/ does not+ Verb 1+ Object/Complement

Ø  I do not play football

Ø  He does not like reading comic

Ø  They do not watch drama competition

If it interrogative/Yes or No Question:

Do/ does+ Subject+ O/C? Yes, S+ do/ does / No, S+ do/does+ not

Ø  Do you play football?

Yes, I do / No, I do not

Ø  Does he like reading comic?

Yes, he does / No, he does not

Ø  Do they watch drama competition?

Yes, they do / No, they do not

B.     EXERCISE

1.      Fill the blank and Chose the correct verbs!

wake(s) up - open(s) - speak(s) - take(s) - do(es) - cause(s) - live(s) - play(s) - close(s) - live(s) - drink(s)

a.       Ann handball very well.

b.      I never coffee.

c.       The swimming pool at 7:00 in the morning.

d.      It at 9:00 in the evening.

e.       Bad driving many accidents.

f.       My parents in a very small flat.

g.      The Olympic Games place every four years.

h.      They are good students. They always their homework.

i.        My students a little English.

j.        I always early in the morning.

2.      Chose the correct form of the verb to be - am/is/are!

a.       It Bottom of Form

b.      ____ cold today.

a.       I ____ at home now.

b.      They ____ Korean.

c.       There ____ a pen on the desk.

d.      My name ____ Nikita.

e.       We ____ from Ukraine.

f.       That ____ right.

g.      I ____ OK, thanks.

h.      Clara and Steve ____ married.

i.        She ____ an English teacher.

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