Deborah Tirtania Chrisna Pake Seko SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE Prepared by : Deborah Tirtania Chrisna Pake Seko English Department University of Mataram 2017
What is tense ? Tense is the form a verb takes to show the time it happened. What is simple present tense ? A tense that is used to describe habits, unchanging situations, general truths, and fixed arrangements.
THE FUNCTION OF SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE To express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations, emotions and wishes: I smoke (habit) I work in London (unchanging situation) London is a large city (general truth) I feel good (emotions) I wish I can have a big house (wishes)
THE FUNCTION OF SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE To give instructions or directions: You walk for two hundred meters, then you turn left. To express fixed arrangements, present or future: Your exam starts at 09.00
THE FORMULA OF SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE Positive : S + V1 (-s/-es) Negative : S + do/does + not +V1 Interrogative : Does/do + S + V1 Note : Always use V1 The third singular person (she, he, it) is always followed with a V1 + -s/-es and uses “does”
EXERCISE ! Diane (wash) __________ her hair every other day or so. The river Nile (flow) _________ into the Mediterranean. I __________ (not/believe) that George is 80 years old. Dedy (have) _______ six children. ______ (do) Mr. Agung have Fortuner ? Does Kanti _______ (eat) Bakso every Sunday ? She ______ (not/forget) to bring me lunch. The United Nation ___ (be) an international organization founded in 1945.
The rules for adding s/es to the verb with subject (she,he,it) : Setiap kata kerja yang berakhiran ‘s’, ‘o’, ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘x’ dan ‘z’ selalu di tambah dengan akhiran ‘ES’ : kisses, fixes, finishes, discusses, catches, etc. Setiap kata yang berakhiran Y dan sebelumnya adalah huruf mati, maka di tambah akhiran ‘ES’ : studies, carries, flies, replies, etc. Kata kerja yang berakhiran dengan Y namun diawali dengan huruf Vokal, maka cukup di tambah dengan ‘S’ : buys, plays, says, lays, etc.