The function of the Simple Present Tense :

1.
To express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations,
emotions, and wishes.
I smoke (habit).
I live in French (unchanging situations).
French is a mode city (general truth).
I hope I can go to French (wishes).
2.

To give instructions or directions.

Go down this road, and then the first right. Its on the right.
3.

To express fixed arrangements, presents or future.

Your course finishes at 5.00 p.m.

The formula of the Simple Present Tense :

a.

Without Verb :

(+) S + to be + Object / Compliment

(-) S + to be + not + Obj. / Comp.
(?) To be + S + Obj. / Comp. + ?
Example : (+) I am beautiful.
(-) I am not beautiful.
(?) Am I beautiful?
b.

With Verb :

(+) S + V1 + Compliment
(-) S + do/does + not + V1 + Compliment
(?) Do/does + S + V1 + Compliment + ?

J If the subject is third person singular (he, she, it, John, Mary, the book, etc.), the
verb uses the s/-es form.
Example : (+) I play computer.

>> He plays computer.

(-) I dont play computer.

>> He doesnt play computer.

(?) Do I play computer?

>> Does he play computer?

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Riskys Daily Activity

Risky usually gets up at 4 oclock in the morning. Then, she cleans my room and
takes a bath. She puts on her clothes and prays. She helps her parents before she
has breakfast in the dinning room, and she never forgets to wash her hands before
having breakfast.
After breakfast at about 6 oclock, she goes to school. She goes to school by
motorcycle because her school is far from her house. She arrives at school at about
6.15. After school, she usually has lunch and takes a nap.
In the afternoon, she does her homework and sometimes watches TV. In the
evening, she stays at home with her parents and studies her lessons. Then, she
goes to bed at about 09.30 pm.
The paragraph above uses simple present to tell about Riskys activity. How do we
know that?
First of all we have to know the verb used in it, because tense is the changing of the
verb. Lets have a look the verb in that paragraph. All the verbs used in that
paragraph are simple verbs or V1 such as get, clean, take a bath, put and so on.
Those verbs are added with s/es because of the subject, the third singular subject
(she, he, it). To make it more clearly, look at the table below!

Verbal
Patterns
Example sentences
(+) I/You/They/We + V1
(- ) I/You/They/We + do not + V1
(?) Do + I/You/They/We + V1?

(+) She/He/It + V1(s/es)

(- ) She/He/It + does not + V1
(?) Does + She/He/It + V1?
They get up at 4 oclock every morning.
They do not get up at 4 oclock every morning.
Do they get up at 4 oclock every morning?

Yes, they do

No, they dont

He gets up at 4 oclock every morning.

He does not get up at 4 oclock every morning.
Does he get up at 4 oclock every morning?
Yes, he does

No, he doesnt

You see the different sentences above? They are similar in tense but different in
using the verbs. Look at the verb get in the table above! Seeing the table above,
we can conclude that if the subject she, he and it, the verb should be added by
s/es. However, when the subjects I, you, they and we, the verb should not be
added by s/es.

How to put s/es after the verb?

To put s/es in the verbs when the subject she, he and it, you should look at the end
of the verb. If the verb ends with ch, -sh, -ss, -x and -o, the verb should be added
by es. The other endings are just added by s. But remember it only happens when
the subjects she, he and it.
Example

watches TV before sleeping.

Push = pushes

Watch = watches

: She always

: He always pushes the door every time he wants to

enter the room.

Kiss = kisses

: My mother seldom kisses me

Box = boxes

: The boxer boxes another boxer hard.

Do = does

: He never does his homework himself instead of

cheating his friends.

The rule of putting -s/-es after the verb ending with y

The verb ending with y preceded by consonant, it is added by es.
Example:
Study = studies

: He studies his lessons everyday.

 Fly = flies

: It often flies on my shoulders.

Cry = cries

: She seldom cries in the night.

Bury = buries

: He buries his cats death.

Modify = modifies : She often modifies her blog.

But when the verb ending with y preceded vocal, it is added just by s
Example:
Play = plays

: He plays badminton every night.

Buy = buys

: She buys a new book twice a week.

Enjoy = enjoys

: A cat enjoys eating a mouse.

Beside all of those rules above, the verbs are just added by s.
Example:
Open = opens

: She always opens her door early in the morning.

Close = closes

: He closes his door every time he wants to sleep.

Type = types

: She types her daily activity in her laptop.

See = sees

: Henry sees the mountain every other day.

Nominal
Patterns
Sentence examples
I am

You/ They/ We + are

She/ He/ It + is
I am a teacher.

You are students.

They are in the market.

We are diligent.

She is smart.
He is in Australia.
It is cute.

It is nominal rule. It uses to be (is/am/are) to relate between a subject and a

complement (ANA: Adjective, Noun and Adverb). The most important thing in this
part is that you should know the exact to be for the subjects. You may not put are
after subject I because every subject, I, you, they, we, she, he, it, has their own to
be.

Note:
You may note combine between VERBAL sentence and NOMINAL sentence.
Example:
I am study.
But
I study.

or

I am a student.

She is goes to market.

But
She goes to market. or

She is in the market.

Usage
This tense is used to express:
1.

Habitual action

To know whether the sentence is habitual action or not, we can look at the time in it.
For example, She always washes her clothes in the morning. Look at the adverb of
time always in that sentence. It is one of the adverbs of time that show the
sentence is simple present tense. Here are other adverbs of time that are used to
tell habitual action.

Often

Seldom

Always

Everyday

Every month

Every morning

Twice a week

Once a month

Never

Sometimes

Usually

Barely

Regularly

Frequently

Rarely

Ever (?)

2.

General Truth/ Permanent Statement

When you talk about the general truth or permanent statement that everybody will
know or it is always in that place, you should use simple present. You may not use
other tenses instead of simple present tense.
Example:

Fire is hot

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

A week has seven days.

A month has twelve months.

Everybody will admit the truth of the statement above. No one will say fire is cold
instead of a crazy man. Then, when you talk about the sun rises, it is a permanent
statement. It always rises in that place, in the east.

3.

Time table

When you talk about the schedule, we can use simple present.
Example:

The class starts at 7 p.m.

The bus leaves the station in the afternoon.

Although, it implies future time, you are still able to use simple present.

Check your understanding!

Change the verbs in the brackets based on the subjects and kinds of sentences
below!

1.

John ________(cook) in the kitchen every morning.

2.

Henry_______(go) to school everyday.

3.

Benny often________(give) me money.

4.

Ricky always________(wash) her dirty clothes.

5.

They_______(play) football every afternoon.

6.

Sandy and Salsa _______(be) students of SMKN 1 Rasau Jaya.

7.

They _________(be) handsome but cruel.

8.

I _________(speak) to foreigner everyday.

9.

We _________(not see) the mountain everyday.

Change the sentences below into negative and interrogative!

1.

She speaks English once a week.

2.

He always comes here on Sunday.

3.

They never play table tennis.

4.

We often jump like a frog.

5.

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