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    This document discusses the simple present tense in English. It defines the simple present tense as the tense used to express actions or activities that occur in the present time, repeatedly, or as daily habits. It provides examples of adverbs of time used with the simple present tense and explains the differences between nominal and verbal sentences. It then gives examples of positive, negative, and interrogative forms of both nominal and verbal sentences in the simple present tense. Finally, it provides exercises for the reader to practice identifying and using the simple present tense.

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    This document discusses the simple present tense in English. It defines the simple present tense as the tense used to express actions or activities that occur in the present time, repeatedly, or as daily habits. It provides examples of adverbs of time used with the simple present tense and explains the differences between nominal and verbal sentences. It then gives examples of positive, negative, and interrogative forms of both nominal and verbal sentences in the simple present tense. Finally, it provides exercises for the reader to practice identifying and using the simple present tense.

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    This document discusses the simple present tense in English. It defines the simple present tense as the tense used to express actions or activities that occur in the present time, repeatedly, or as daily habits. It provides examples of adverbs of time used with the simple present tense and explains the differences between nominal and verbal sentences. It then gives examples of positive, negative, and interrogative forms of both nominal and verbal sentences in the simple present tense. Finally, it provides exercises for the reader to practice identifying and using the simple present tense.

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    This document discusses the simple present tense in English. It defines the simple present tense as the tense used to express actions or activities that occur in the present time, repeatedly, or as daily habits. It provides examples of adverbs of time used with the simple present tense and explains the differences between nominal and verbal sentences. It then gives examples of positive, negative, and interrogative forms of both nominal and verbal sentences in the simple present tense. Finally, it provides exercises for the reader to practice identifying and using the simple present tense.

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    Simple Present Tense

    SYAIFUNNISA PUSPA KENCANA


    What is it?
    •The tense used to express an action or activity
    taking place or happening at the present time in a
    simple form, or activities performed repeatedly, or
    daily habits, or acts that have nothing to do with time
    Adverbs of
    • always

    Time
    • never
    • seldom/rarely
    • sometimes
    • usually
    • often
    • everyday, every week, every year, etc
    • once a week, twice a day, etc
    Nominal vs Verbal
    Sentence
    Nominal
    A sentence where the
    Verbal
    Those, which start
    predicate consists of noun,
    with a verb.
    adjective, numeral or other
    words which is not a verb and
    VS
    Generally used to
    must follow grammatical rule.
    declare an act of a
    habit or performed
    at certain times.
    Nominal
    Sentence
    Positive
    S + to be (am, is, are) + Noun/Adjective/Adverb
    Examples:
    I am in the classroom (adverb)
    You are sad (adjective)
    Negative
    S + to be (am, is, are) + not + Noun/Adjective/Adverb
    Examples:
    I am not in the classroom (adverb)
    You are not sad (adjective)
    Introgative
    To be (am, is, are) + S + Noun/Adjective/Adverb
    Examples:
    Are you in the classroom? (adverb)
    Are you sad? (adjective)
    Verbal
    Sentence
    Positive
    S + V1 + s/es + O
    Examples:
    She goes to library twice a week (Singular)
    You often buy a book (Plural)
    Negative
    S + do/does + not + V1 + O
    Examples:
    She does not go to library twice a week (Singular)
    You often do not buy a book (Plural)
    Introgative
    Do/does + S + V1 + O
    Examples:
    Does she go to library twice a week ? (Singular)
    Do you often buy a book? (Plural)
    Verb (infinitive) that ends in the conconant letters the
    suffix is "-s"
    Verb (infinitive) that ends in the letters "ch, o, s, sh, x,
    z" the suffix is "-es"
    Verb (infinitive) that ends with the letter "y" and is preceded by
    a consonant (consonants), then the suffix "-y" was changed to
    "i" and then added "-es"
    Verb (infinitive) that ends with the letter "y" is preceded by a
    vowel (vocals), plus enough with the suffix "-s
    Read Paragaraph
    •Nancy and James are good
    friends .They speak good
    German . Nancy works in a
    restaurant downtown
    James is a librarian . The
    and
    Below
    children play in the garden
    every weekend . James and
    Nancy visit church together
    every Friday.

    Find the simple present tense....


    EXERCISE
    Choose the correct word, please....
    1. She always ________ in dance competitions.(participate/participates)
    2. Mohan ________ every morning.(jog/jogs)
    3. I _______ in France.(live/lives)
    4. Jane ______ in a multinational company.(work/works)
    5. Doctors ______ that junk food be avoided.(recommend/recommends)
    6. He _____ angry very quickly.(get/gets)
    EXERCISE
    Fill in the blanks, please.....
    a)My mother is a teacher. She _______ English.
    b)Rohan is my best friend. He _______ soccer.
    c) _____ you know the way out of this building?
    d) What ______ your father do?
    e) You can't ______ without water.
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