1. Untuk menceritakan suatu aktifitas yang dilakukan berulang-ulang (repeatedly), atau kebiasaan
(habitually). Kita menggunakan kata keterangan (adverb of frequency) seperti always, usually,
sometimes, rarely, never dan sebagainya, atau keterangan waktu (adverb of time) seperti every
day, every week, twice a week , dan sebagainya.
Contoh :
I always go to school every 7 o'clock
My mother cleans the bathroom every twice a week
2. Untuk menjelaskan fenomena alam yang berhubungan dengan ilmu pengetahuan atau geografi
yang merupakan kebenaran fakta (general truth).
Contoh :
The sun rises in the east.
Water boils at 100 degress celcius.
3. Untuk menjelaskan segala sesuatu yang permanen. Misalnya tempat tinggal, pekerjaan,
kemampuan dan sebagainya.
Contoh :
- My uncle lives in Garut.
- I work as a teacher.
4. Untuk mengekpresikan opini, ide, persetujuan dan lain-lain dengan mengguunakan kata kerja
statif (stative verbs) yaitu kata kerja yang tidak bisa dibentuk bentuk continuous (verb + ing).
Kata-kata kerja itu adalah think, believe, understand dan sebagainya.
Contoh :
- I think he is a good boy.
- She believes whatever I say.
My father thinks that have a cat as a pet is better. (Ayahku beranggapan bahwa mempunyai
kucing sebagai peliharaan itu lebih baik)
My mother gets angry when i got bad scores. (Ibuku marah kalau aku dapat nilai jelek)
He doesn't play football anymore, since his legs hurts badly. (Dia tidak bermain sepak bola lagi
semenjak kakinya sakit banget)
Don't you wanna play with me? (Tidakkah kamu ingin bermain denganku?)
I don't know if you love my bestfriend. (Aku tidak tahu jika kamu sangat mencintai sahabatku)
Mrs. Desi says that Selena's voice is very beautiful. (Ibu desi berkata bahwa suaranya selena
bagus sekali)
Mr. Jokowi is the 7th president of Indonesia. (Bapak Jokowi adalah presiden ke 7 Indonesia)
Don't lie to me, I don't like it. (Jangan berbohong kepadaku, aku ga suka)
My mother goes to the market every twice a week. (Ibuku pergi ke pasar dua kali dalam
seminggu)
Gina goes by foot everyday to her school. (Gina pergi ke sekolah setiap harinya dengan berjalan
kaki)
It gets hot when summer comes (Panas banget kalo udah musim panas)
I like korean movies and songs. (Saya suka film dan lagu korea)
They Plays basketball after the school ends. (Mereka bermain basket ketika sekolah berakhir)
Translate the sentence below into English (Simple present tense)
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3. Jangan berbohong padaku, aku tidak suka itu.
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4. Seekor kucing mempunyai empat kaki
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5. Ibuku suka memasak setiap hari
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Mr. Jackson is an American teacher, but he lives and works in Denpasar. He teaches English at SMP 8.
He is a very good teacher. His students like him.
His wife is an Indonesian. She comes from Medan. They have one son and one daughter. Both of them
are primary school student’s
Mr. Jackson’s house is made of wood. It has five rooms; a kitchen, a bathroom, a living room, and two
bedrooms. The Jacksons have a housemaid to help Mrs. Jackson to do the house work. Their maid
comes from Bantul.