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BAB II
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

A. Penggunaan
Simple Present tense digunakan untuk: (a) menyatakan

aktifitas yang rutin dikerjakan, (b) menyatakan kebenaran umum,
(c) menyatakan kegiatan yang dikerjakan di masa yang akan datang,
tetapi sudah menjadi rutinitas.
Keterangan waktu yang biasanya digunakan dalam Simple
Present Tense adalah: everyday (setiap hari), always (selalu), often

(sering), seldom (jarang), never (jarang), sometimes (kadang-
kadang), usually (biasanya), once a week (seminggu sekali), once a
month (sebulan sekali), once a year (setahun sekali), etc.

B. Rumus dan Contoh Kalimat
Verbal Non-verbal
(+) S + V 1 (s/es) + O (+) S + to be 1 + C
E.g: We speak English. E.g: We are happy.

(-) S + Do / Does + not + V 1 + O (-) S + to be 1 + not + C
E.g: We do not speak English. E.g: We are not happy.
(?) Do / Does + S + V 1 + O? (?) to be 1 +S + C?
E.g: Do We speak English? E.g: are We happy?
(?S+) QW.S + V 1 (s/es) + O? (?S+) Qw.S + to be 1 + C?

E.g: Who speaks English? E.g: Who is happy?
(?S-) QW.S + Do / Does + not + (?S-) Qw.S + to be 1 + not +
V 1 + O? C?
E.g: Who does not speak English? E.g: Who is not happy?

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