Simple Present Tense
Simple Present Tense
Simple present tense adalah tenses yang digunakan ketika suatu kejadian
sedang berlangsung saat ini atau kejadian yang berlangsung berulang kali
(kebiasaan). Tenses ini merupakan tenses yang paling sering digunakan
dalam bahasa Inggris.
Rumus
Untuk membentuk kalimat tense ini, biasanya digunakan kata kerja bentuk
dasar, atau Verb 1. Kecuali untuk kata ganti orang ketiga, menggunakan Verb
1 + s/es. Seperti ditunjukkan pada table dibawah ini.
Rumus positive:
S +V1(s,es)+ o+ adverb of time
Subject Verb The Rest of the sentence
I / You / go to the school by bus
They / We
She / He / It goes to the school by bus
Bentuk spelling kata kerja pada orang ketiga (She, He, It), tergantung dari
akhiran kata kerja (verb) tersebut.
1. Untuk kata kerja yang berakhiran -O, -CH, -SH, -X, atau -Z, tambahkan -
ES.
go – goes
catch – catches
wash – washes
kiss – kisses
box – boxes
fix – fixes
2. Untuk kata kerja (Verb) yang berakhiran konsonan + Y, hilangkan Y,
dan tambahkan -IES.
carry – carries
study – studies
worry – worries
marry – marries
Sedangkan, untuk kata kerja yang berakhiran vokal + Y, cukup tambahkan -S.
play – plays
say – says
enjoy – enjoys
Contoh Kalimat
Berikut ini adalah contoh kalimat yang bisa kamu gunakan.
1. Untuk menunjukkan kejadian berulang yang berlangsung saat ini.
I take the motorcycle to the office
The train to Bekasi leaves every hour.
George sleeps seven hours every night during the week.
2. Untuk menunjukkan suatu fakta.
The President of Indonesia is Joko Widodo.
A snake has no legs.
Indonesia has 34 provinces, from Sabang to Merauke.
3. Untuk menunjukkan suatu kebiasaan (habit).
Doni gets up early at 5 o’clock every day.
John takes a bath twice a day.
Every year at Lebaran day, most of people travel to their hometown
Rumus Negative:
S+ do/does+ not +v1 +o + adverb of time
Do : dipakai untuk subjek : I, you, they, we
Does dipakai untu subjek : She, he, it
Berikut ini adalah contoh kalimat yang bisa kamu gunakan.
1. Untuk menunjukkan kejadian berulang yang berlangsung saat ini.
I don’t take the motorcycle to the office
The train to Bekasi doesn’t leave every hour.
George doesn’t sleep seven hours every night during the week.
3. Untuk menunjukkan suatu fakta.
A snake doesn’t have no legs.
Indonesia doesn’t have 34 provinces, from Sabang to Merauke.
4. Untuk menunjukkan suatu kebiasaan (habit).
Doni doesn’t get up early at 5 o’clock every day.
John doesn’t take a bath twice a day.
Every year at Lebaran day, most of people don’t travel to their
hometown.
Rumus Nominal:
Rumus Positive:
S+ tobe + noun (kt benda), adjective (kt sifat) , adverb (kt keterangan)
Examples:
Rumus negative:
1. I am not a student
2. She is not beautiful
3. We are not at home
Rumus interrogative:
Examples:
1. Am I a student?
2. Is she beautiful?
3. Are we at home?
Past Tense
Kegiatan/pekerjaanyang
dilakukan pada masa lampau
Past Tense ada 2:
1. Nominal (tidak ada kata
kerja/ dia hanya dipakai
untuk kata Benda, kata sifat
dan kata keterangan
2. Verbal
Nominal menggunakan Tobe
Tobe pada Past Tense ada 2
yaitu:
1.Was
2. Were
Was: I, she, he,it
Were: you, they, we
Rumus Nominal :
+(S+was/were+noun/
adjective/adverb)
-(S+was/were+not+
noun/adjective/adverb)
?(Was/were+s+noun/
adjective/adverb)
Contoh:
1. + Malachi was in Medan 2
months ago (adverb/kata
keterangan)
- Malachi was not in Medan
2 months ago
? Was Malachi in Medan 2
months ago?
2. +Sasa, Malachi and Agit
were Kindergarten students
(noun/kata benda)
- Sasa, Malachi and Agit
were not kindergarten
students
? Were Sasa, Malachi and
Agit kindergarten
students?
Yes, they were; no, they
were not
3. Malachi was small
(adjective/kata sifat)
4. Malachi and family were in
Lampung
5. Malachi was Lazy
Verbal :
+(S+ V2+ o + adverb of time)
-(s+did+not+v1+ o+adverb of
time)
?(Did+s+V+O+adverb of time)
Note: semua subjek
menggunakan kata Did
Example:
1. + We studied English last
week
- We did not study English
Last week
? Did we study English last
week?
yes, we did; no, we did not
2. Sasa mengikuti kelas online
tadi pagi
Sasa followed online class
this morning
Sasa did not follow online
class this morning
Did sasa follow online class
this morning?
Exercise:
1. Agit Cleaned the room
yesterday
Agit did not clean the
room yesterday
Did Agit Clean the room
yesterday?
2. We ate porridge last
month
- We did not eat porridge
last month
- Did we eat porridge last
month?
3. Malachi slept in room 2
hours ago
Malachi did not sleep in
room 2 hours ago
Did Malachi sleep in
room 2 hours ago?