SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
The simple present tense is used:
The Express habits, general truths, repeated Action or unchanging situations emotions and wishes:
p I sleep (habit)
p I work in Office (unchanging situation)
p Indonesia is large country (general truth)
To give intructions or directions:
f Youny walk for one hundred meter, then you turn left.
Express fixed arrangments, present of future:
vYour exam start at 10.00 am
Formula of Verbal Sentence:
Subject: I, you, we, they
Subject: He, she, it
+SUBJECT + INFINITIVE (V1) + S/ES
Subject: I, you, we, they
-SUBJECT + DO + NOT + INFINITIVE (V1)
Subject: He, she, it
-SUBJECT + DOES + NOT + INFINITIVE (V1)
Subject: I, you, we, they
?DO +SUBJECT + INFINITIVE (V1) ?
Subject: He, she, it
EXAMPLE:
+ Dayanna works hard everyday.
- Dayanna does not (doesn’t) work hard everyday.
? Does Dayanna work hard everyday?
Formula of Nominal Sentence
Subject: I, you, we, they, he, she, it
+SUBJECT + TO BE + NON VERB
Subject: I, you, we, he, she, it
-SUBJECT + TO BE +NOT + NON VERB
Subject: I, you, we, he, she, it
? TO BE + SUBJECT + NON VERB?
EXAMPLE:
+ She is a doctor.
- She is not a doctor.