1. What is simple sentence?

A simple sentence is the most basic sentence that we have in English. It has just one
independent clause, which means only one subject and one predicate. A simple sentence is also the
shortest possible sentence, it can have as little as two words! Overall, a simple sentence is exactly what
is sounds like-simple!
a. Simple Present Tense
1) Penggunaan
a) Digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu perbuatan, peristiwa, atau pekerjaan yang bisa
dilakukan.
Examples:
(1) Rina usually goes to office at eight o’clock every morning.
(2) We usually have breakfast before going to school.
(3) They usually go to bed at nine o’clock every evening.
b) Digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu kejadian atau peristiwa yang sudah terjadi (umum).
Examples:
(1) A years is twelve months.
(2) A week is seven days.
(3) I study five days in a week.
c) Digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu perintah atau permintaan kepada orang kedua atau
lawan bicara.
Examples:
(1) Please, sit down.
(2) They ask me to do their homework.
(3) He wants me to come to his house.
d) Digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu kejadian atau peristiwa yang sudah pasti (sudah
ditentukan/ dijadwalkan) dan akan terjadi maupun akan dilaksanakan pada waktu yang
akan datang.
Examples:
(1) Persib team plays is Gelora 10 November Stadion next week.
(2) Roni arrives at Ampel Surabaya every Thursday.
2) Keterangan Waktu
Keterangan waktu yang menunjukkan Simple Present Tense adalah:
a) Adverb of frequency
(1) Always selalu
(2) Usually biasanya
(3) Generally biasanya
b) Every
(1) Every morning setiap pagi
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 (2) Every afternoon setiap siang/ sore
(3) Every evening setiap petang
c) Once sekali
(1) Once a year sekali setahun
(2) Once a month sekali sebulan
(3) Once a week sekali seminggu
d) Twice dua kali
e) At noon pada siang hari
f) At midnight pada tengah malam
g) At night pada malam hari
h) On Monday pada hari senin
i) In the evening dipetang hari
j) In the afternoon disiang hari
k) In the morning dipagi hari

3) Susunan Kalimat
a) Positive (+) : Subject + Verb 1 (s/es)
Subject Verb 1 (KK 1) Object
I write a story
You buy a shirt
We clean the room
They play tennis
He goes to school
She gives a present
It swims very fast

(1) Pada umunya bentuk dasar kata kerja (invinitive) ditambah ‘s’ (untuk He, She, It)
To begin begins mulai
To bring brings membawa
To drink drinks minum
(2) He, She, It ditambah ‘s’ atau ‘es’ pada kata kerjanya dengan ketentuan sebagai
berikut:
Kata kerja yang berakhiran dengan huruf berdesis (ch, c, ss, sh, x, z) atau yang
berakhiran dengan huruf ‘o’:
To go goes pergi
To discuss discusses membahas
To do does mengerjakan

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 (3) Kata kerja yang berakhiran dengan huruf ‘Y’, didahului oleh huruf mati
(konsonan), maka ‘y’ menjadi ‘I’ dengan tambahan ‘es’:
To carry carries membawa
To cry cries menangis
To fly flies terbang
(4) Ada beberapa kata kerja yang hanya ditambah ‘s’ walaupun dibaca berdesis
ataupun berakhirkan dengan ‘y’ sebab didahului dengan huruf vokal:
To buy buys membeli
To play plays bermain
To close closes menutup
Examples:
(a) My sister always tries to speak English.
(b) He goes to Bali once a month.

b) Negative (-) : Subject + do / does + not + Verb 1

Do / does Subject Verb 1 Object
I write a story ?
Do You buy a shiry ?
We clean the room ?
They play tennis ?
He go to school ?
Does She give a present ?
It swim very fast ?
Examples:
(1) I don’t eat an egg for breakfast.
(2) He doesn’t watch Television everynight.

c) Interrogative (?) : Do /Does + Subject + Verb 1 ?

Do / Does Subject Verb 1 Object
I write a story ?
Do you buy a shirt ?
We clean the room ?
They play tennis ?
He go to school ?
Does she give a present ?
It swim very fast ?
Example:
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 (1) Do they live in small village?
(2) Does he get up at 5 o’clock every morning?

b. Simple Past Tense

1) Pengunaan
Digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu perbuatan, pekerjaan, atau peristiwa yang terjadi
pada waktu lampau.
Example:
a) He faced a lot of problems last year.
b) They bought television last month.
2) Keterangan waktu
Keterangan waktu yang di pergunakan untuk simple past tense adalah:
Yesterday kemarin
Ago yang lalu
Last (day, week, month, year) yang lalu
3) Susunan kalimat
(1) Positive (+) : Subject + Verb II (kata kerja bentuk II)
Subject Verb II Object
I called him
You confined the schedule
We edited a magazine
They bought a jacket
He came here
She drank water
It began to study

(2) Negative (-) : Subject + did not / didn’t + Verb I

Subject did not / didn’t Verb I Object
I call him
You did not / didn’t confine the schedule
We edit a magazine
They buy a jacket
He come here
She did not / didn’t drink water
It begin to study

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 (3) Interrogative (?) : Did + Subject + Verb I ?
Auxiliary verb Subject Verb I Object
I call him ?
Did you confine the schedule ?
We edit a magazine ?
They buy a jacket ?
He come here ?
Did she drink water ?
It begin to study ?

2. Examples:
A simple sentence can be very short, but some are long too, so long as they only have one
subject-verb combination. Here, the subjects are orange and the verbs are green.
a. I ate.
b. I ate dinner.
c. I ate dinner with my brother and sister.
d. Last night, I ate dinner at a restaurant with my brother and sister.
As you can see, event though some of these sentence are long, each only has one subject
and one verb (one clause).

3. Parts of Simple Sentence

All sentences have one main important part: an independent clause. Sometimes, they also
include other words, like objects and / or modifiers.
a. Independent Clause
An independent clause has a subject and a predicate and makes sense on on its own as a
complete sentence. In fact, and independent clause itself is a simple sentence! Here are a few:
1) The cat ate.
2) He ate ice cream.
3) He went to the beach.
4) The wolf ate steak at the zoo.
So, you can see that all of the clauses above work as sentence. All sentence have
an independent clause, but all simple sentence have one independent clause.
b. Objects
An object is the word affectedby the verb or preposition is a sentence. Objects are usually
nouns or pronouns that answer questions like “who,” “what,” “where,” and “when?” Here,
the objects are purple.
1) The dog ate bacon. What did the dog eat?
2) The dog ate bacon at the park. Where did he eat it?
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 3) I took my dog to the park yesterday. When did you go?
so, you can see that the highlighted object answer the question above. They make the
sentences more informational than they would be without objects.

c. Modifiers
A modifiers is an adjective or adverb that “modifiers” other words in a sentence to make
it more descriptive. They help give a clearer idea about the things in the sentence. Here, the
modifiers are gray. Let’s start with a simple sentence:

The panda ate corn.

Now, let’s add modifiers:

The fat panda quickly at the buttery corn.

Modifiers make the sentence more detailed. We now know that panda was fat, that he ate
quickly, and that corn was buttery! Modifiers can make sentences much more interesting.

4. Types of Simple Sentence

There aren’t exactly different “types” of simple sentences, but they can be written in different
ways. As mentioned, sometimes they include modifiers or objects that make them longer.
a. Simple Sentence with Only a Subject and a Verb
As mentioned, simple sentence are the shortest possible complete sentences. You can
have a simple sentence with only a simple subject and a predicate, using only two or three words,
like this:
1) I see.
2) He ran.
3) We looked.
4) They cooked.

Though only two or three words, these are all independent clauses, so they work on their own as
complete sentences!

b. Simple Sentence with other Objects or Modifiers

Not all simple sentences are short. So long as it only has one subject and one predicate, a simple
sentence can actually be pretty long. Take a look at the extra words in these examples:
1) I see you behind the cotton candy machine!
2) He ran to the fair as fast as possible.
3) We ate buttery corn at the famous farmer’s market.

So, a simple sentence can use lots of modifiers and objects to sdd details, while at the same time
only describing one subject doing one thing.

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5. How to Avoid Mistakes
The most important thing to remember about simple sentences is that they never have more than
one subject or more than on predicate. In other words, there is only one subject doing one thing. A
simple sentence can have a compound subject (two people using the same verb), but than’s still just
one subject.
c. (WRONG) Maria went to the market and bought an apple. One subject, two verbs
d. (WRONG) Sandy drove to the market and the dog went with her. Two subject, two verbs
e. (CORRECT) Jose went to the market. One subject, one verb
f. (CORRECT) Maria and Jose went to the market. One compound subject, one verb

When you start adding more independent or dependent clauses to a sentence, you get a
compound, complex, or compound-complex sentence. But, a simple sentence is just simple-one
subject, one predicate.

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6. Test your Knowledge
1. True of False: Some simple sentence have more than one independent clause
a. True b.false
2. Why isn’t this a simple sentence?
I walked to the park with my dog and played fetch.
A Too many subjects C.. Too many verbs (walked/played)
B. Both a & b D. It is a simple sentences!
3. Why isn,t this a simple sentence?
My dog played fetch at the park.
A Too many subjects C both a & b

B Too many verbs D it is a simple sentences1

4. The most important thing to remember about simple sentence is:

a. They never have more than one subject or more than one predicate
b. They have to be short
c. They have to be long
d. They must have an adjective
Make each sentence a simple question
A. Exsmple: Frank speak English  Does Frank speak English?
1 You like studying.
2 We are happy.
3 He has a lot of money.
4 You are Australian.
5 They speak English.
6 She does a lot of spot.
7 They go to university.
8 Ryan is lazy.
B Make each sentence a negative sentence
Example: Frank plays the piano Frank does not play the piano.
1 Ryan likes money.
2 I speak Japanese.
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 3 They live in Sydney.
4 We are students.
5 I go to school.
6 Lucy does karate.
7 You have a big car.
8 We study a lot.

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