Simple Present Tense
Penggunaan
1. Untuk menunjukkan fakta permanen Kalimat-kalimat yang menyatakan fakta
yang selalu berlaku benar,
contoh: Fish lives in water.The sun rises from the east.
2. Untuk menunjukkan fakta sekarangKalimat-kalimat yang menyatakan fakta
yang benar untuk sekarang
Contoh. She is a college student now.I am a secretary.
3. Untuk menunjukkan tindakan kebiasaanTindakan-tindakan ini diulangi secara
teratur sehingga dianggap sebagai sebuah realita sekarang.
Contoh. He gets up at 5 o’clock.
They always come on Mondays.
Penanda yang khas:
Adverbs of frequency:
-always, every ..., often, normally, usualy, sometimes, seldom, never
-once, twice, three times, four times, etc.
Pola
1. 1.Kalimat yang mengandung verba
Subject Verb Example
I, You, We, They V I Write a Letter
You Prepare the meeting
They work hard
We discuss the problems
She, He, It V-s He reads the report.
She handles the files.
The compay grows rapidly.
V-es (untuk semua verba He discusses the problems
berakhiran huruf –s, -ss, -x, with me.
-o, -sh, -ch) She goes to the office.
She misses the meeting.
Note.Verba berakhiran –y She tries hard to finish it soon
setelah konsonan: diubah –
i+ -es
2. Kalimat yang tidak mengandung verba
Subject Be Example
I am I
am a secretary
.
(N)
I am in my office
.
(Adv.)
I am happy. (Adj.
They, We, You Are You are my director
.
(N)
You are good employees. (N)
They are friendly. (Adj.)
We are in the meeting room.
(Adv.)
She, He, It is He is dilligent. (Adj.)
She is here. (Adv.)
He is the manager. (N)
It is ten o’clock. (Adv.
Note. Setelah be dapat diikuti kata benda (nomina), kata sifat (adjectiva), kata
keterangan waktu/tempat (adverbia).
A. Choose one of the four choices that you think is the right answer then cross (x) on your
chosen answer!
1. She _____ her dog everyday
a. To feed
b. Feed
c. Feeds
d. Feeding
2. I ____ always ____ to the dentist
a. Do not, go
b. Does not, go
c. Do not, went
d. Does not, went
3. When __ you ____ a shower?
a. Do, took
b. Do, take
c. Do, taken
d. Do, taking
4. Q: Do you like to sing?
A: …
a. Yes, I likes to sing
b. Yes, I like to sing
c. Yes, I am liking to sing
d. Yes, I liked to sing
5. Tom and I ____ ____ together.
a. Do surfing
b. Don’t surfing
c. Do surfs
d. Don’t surf
6. I ___ breakfast every day at 7 AM
a. Eat
b. To eat
c. Ate
d. Eaten
7. Q: How do you go to school?
A: We ___ the bus to school
a. Rode
b. Ridden
c. Ride
d. Riding
8. Q: When do you do your homework?
A: …
a. I have did my homework at 6 PM
b. I did my homework at 6 PM
c. I do my homework at 6 PM
d. I am doing my homework at 6 PM
9. Q: Do you enjoy playing in the park?
A: …
a. No, I doesn’t enjoy playing in the park
b. No, I no enjoy playing in the park
c. No, I don’t enjoy playing in the park
d. No, I don’t enjoys playing in the park
10. Q: Does he love his mother?
A: …
a. He love his mother
b. He loves his mother
c. He to love his mother
d. He is loving his mother
B. Choose the correct form of simple present verb!
1. He (go/goes) to Solo every Sunday.
2. They (pray/prays) at the mosque every Friday.
3. Melia (study/studies) Mathematic on Mondays.
4. The earth (move/moves) around the sun.
5. Indonesian people usually (eat/eats) rice.
6. The sun (set/sets) in the west.
7. Mr. Gunawan (teach/teaches) Biology.
8. The sun (rise/rises) in the east.
9. Rini (sleep/sleeps) at 09.00 every night.
10. Sutadi (swim/swims) at the swimming pool every Sunday.
C. Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct form of simple present tense!
1. We _________ our nation anniversary every August. (celebrate)
2. They _________ three times a day. (eat)
3. The students __________ football every Sunday. (play)
4. Matini __________ at ten o’clock. (sleep)
5. She ________ at five o’clock. (get up)
6. He ________ his clothes twice a week. (wash)
7. Rinaldi ________ to his uncle’s home every week. (go)
8. The boys _________ TV every night. (watch)
9. He _________ twice a day. (take a bath)
10. I _________ a letter to Anna every month. (write)
D. Write and combine with your own words
read – John reads in the morning
1. read
2. sing
3. study
4. work
5. arrive
6. leave
7. practice
8. write
9. watch
10. finish
11. mix
12. pass
13. go
14. have
15. pray
