Action Verb
Kata-kata kerja yang tergolong action verb antara lain yang
menyatakan activity(aktivitas), process (proses), dan momentary
action (aksi berdurasi pendek). Action verbmemiliki bentuk
progressive/continuous, dan tentu saja bentuk simple dan perfect.
Beberapa contoh action verb sebagai berikut.
Action Verb
Activities: eat, listen, play, walk, work
Process: change, grow, melt, shorten, widen
Momentary Actions: hit, jump, knock
Stative Verb
Kata kerja yang tergolong stative atau non – action verb antara lain
yang menyatakan
perception/cognition (merujuk pada hal-hal dalam pikiran)
relation (mendeskripsikan hubungan antara hal-hal)
Berikut beberapa contoh stative verb.
stative verb
perception/cognition: adore, believe, desire, detest, dislike, feel,
forgive, guess, hate, hear, imagine, impress, intend, know, like, love,
mean, mind, perceive, prefer, realize, recall, recognize, regard,
remember, satisfy, see, smell, suppose, taste, think, understand, want,
wish
relation: be, belong to, concern, consist of, contain, cost, depend on,
deserve, equal, fit, have, include, involve, matter, need, owe, own,
possess, require, resemble, seem, sound
I love Monday.
1 (Saya suka hari senin.)
Tita/she/he/it be is
I be am
Lihat juga:
Subject-Verb Agreement
Berikut rumus simple present tense untuk kalimat positif, negatif, dan
interogatif.
Rumus Simple Present Tense Contoh Simple Present Tense
kalimat positif (+): She likes eating out
adverb of frequency
always (selalu)
often (sering)
usually (biasanya)
sometimes (kadang-kadang)
seldom (jarang)
never (tidak pernah)
3 days a week (3 hari per minggu)
twice a month (dua kali sebulan)
8 hours a day (8 jam per hari)
every day (setiap hari)
every month (setiap bulan)
three times a week (tiga kali seminggu)
She sends much money to her parents in the village every month.
(Dia mengirimkan banyak uang kepada orangtuanya di desa setiap bulan.)
The sun rises from the east and sets in the west.
(Matahari terbit dari ufuk timur dan tenggelam di ufuk barat.)
I live in Jakarta.
(Saya tinggal di Jakarta)
She is so beautiful.
(Dia sangat cantik.)
He’s angry.
3 (Dia marah.) [tidak general: terjadi sekarang]
You add a glass of coconut milk into a pan and then boil it.
(Kamu tambah segelas santan ke dalam panci lalu rebus.)