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Fathiya Afiifah
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SIMPLE
Definition PRESENT
Use TENSE
Formula
Example Sentences
What is a Simple
Present Tense?
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Si t
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P r es
T e n s e
The Simple Present Tense is a tense
form used to express actions that
occur regularly, routinely, or are
generally done in the present time
When is the Present
Tense used?
Present tense is used when someone
wants to express an event or a general
fact that is happening right now. In
addition, simple present tense is also used
in conditional sentence type 0 and
conditional sentence type 1 sentence
patterns followed by simple future tense.
The structure of a “sentence”. So, we can say a
sentence if it consists of the following 3 things:
S : Subject
P : Predicate
C : Complement
But, there are only 2 things that are mandatory,
namely the subject and predicate
SIMPLE PRESENT
TENSE FORMULA
In a verbal sentence, after the subject will be
followed by a verb (V). Meanwhile, in nominal
sentences, after the subject will be
accompanied by a non-verb which is commonly
known as an auxiliary verb or to be.
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sim formula
t e n s e
In general, the simple present tense
formula is:
-for positive sentences with a verbal
pattern, Subject + Verb 1(s/es) +
Complement
-If the pattern is nominal, then the
present tense formula becomes, Subject
+ Auxiliary Verb (to be) + Complement.
Nominal Simple
Present Tense
Here is the simple present tense formula that you can use:
(+) Affirmative: Subject + To be + Complement
(-) Negative: Subject + To be + Not + Complement
(?) Question: To be + Subject + Complement
Examples of simple present tense with nominal sentence patterns:
(+) Affirmative: I am an international school student
(-) Negative: She is not an international school student
(?) Question: Is she an international school student?
Verbal Simple
Present Tense
The simple present tense formula for verbal patterns is:
(+) Affirmative: Subject + Verb 1 (+ s/es) + Complement
(-) Negative: Subject + Do/Does Not + Verb 1 + Complement
(?) Question: Do/does + subject + verb 1 + Complement ?
Here are some sentences that show the use of Simple Present Tense
(+) Affirmative
She wants to be a doctor
Cows eat grass (-) Negative
They speak English at the office She does not (doesn't) want to be a
doctor
Cows do not (don't) eat meat
(?) Question
They do not (don't) speak English at
Does she want to be a doctor?
the office
Do cows eat grass?
Do they speak English at the office?
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Simple Present Tense BY Fathiya Afiifah
