Simple Present Tense

Pengertian: Waktu sekarang sederhana

Fungsi:

• Kebiasaan (Habits), contoh: We take a bath twice a day.
• Fakta / kebenaran (General truth), contoh: The sun rises in the east.

Time Signal:

• Everyday
• Usually
• Sometimes
• Seldom
• Rarely
• Always
• Never
• Often
• Twice, once

Form:

1.Subyek Tunggal (Singular Subject)

• She, he, it
• (+) S + V1 s/es
• (-) S + does not + V1
• (?) Does + S + V1 + ?

2. Subyek jamak (Prular Subject)

• I, you, we, they
• (+) S + V1
• (-) S + do not + V1
• (?) Do + S + V1 + ?

Contoh (Example):

1. Singular subject:

• (+) She goes to school everyday
• (-) She does not go to school everyday
• (?) Does she go to school everyday?

2. Prular Subject:

• (+) We eat hamburger everyday
• (-) We do not eat hamburger everyday
• (?) Do we eat hamburger everyday?