SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Present tense is a sentence which is talking about an event or a moment happen in

daily life.
How do we use the Simple Present Tense?
We use the simple present tense when:

the action is general

the action happens all the time, or habitually, in the past, present and future

the action is not only happening now

the statement is always true

Part of present tense:

1). Do
(+) Subject + Verb I + Object +

subject : I, You, We, They

( -) Subject + DO NOT + Verb I + Object +

(?) DO + Subject + Verb I + Object +
EX :

You study english everyday

You dont study english everyday
Do you study english everyday?

2). Does

(+) subject + Verb I + e/es + Object +

(-) Subject + DOES NOT + Verb I + Object +

Subject : she, he, it

(?) DOES + Subject + Verb I +

EX :

She gives a book

She doesnt give a book
Does she give a book ?

Note :
Letter S/Es, eliminated at vb. which subjecta of third person singular of
if/when sentence in the form of :
1. Interogative
2. Negative
3. add auxiliary ( can-may-must etc )

3). To be
(+) Subject + To be (am, is, are) + Non Verb +

Subject : I

:Am

(-) Subject + to be + not + Non verb

is

(?) To be + Subject + Non Verb

are : we, they

EX :

He is a teacher
He is not a teacher

: he, she, it

Is he a teacher ?
Look at these examples with the main verb like:
subject

auxiliary verb

main verb

I, you, we, they

like

coffee.

He, she, it

likes

coffee.

+
I, you, we, they

do

not

like

coffee.

He, she, it

does

not

like

coffee.

Do

I, you, we, they

like

coffee?

Does

he, she, it

like

coffee?

Look at these examples with the main verb be. Notice that there is no auxiliary:
subject

main verb

Am

French.

Are

French.

He, she, it

Is

French.

Am

not old.

You, we, they

Are

not old.

He, she, it

Is

not old.

Am

late?

you, we, they

late?

he, she, it

late?

+ You, we, they

? Are
Is

Adverb of time usually used of simple present tense :

a. adverb of time
every time
every week
every month
every year
every night
twice a week
once a month

EX ; They visit their parents once a year

b. Adverb of frequency
always
generally
rarely
sometimes
seldom
ever

never
hardly
often
EX : Rani usually helps his friend

Note :
There are three important exceptions:
1. For positive sentences, we do not normally use the auxiliary.
2. For the 3rd person singular (he, she, it), we add s to the main verb or es to
the auxiliary.
3. For the verb to be, we do not use an auxiliary, even for questions and
negatives.

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

ARRANGED BY :
EKA SRIMULIATI

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IPAL KUINDRA

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YENNI SRI MULYANI

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GIDEON WDP

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AQUACULTURE STUDY PROGRAM

AGRICULTURE FACULTY
SRIWIJAYA UNIVERSITY
INDRALAYA
2010