SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Functions of Simple Present Tense

1. To express daily activities or routines.

2. To express facts or truths.

3. To express scheduled events.

Forms of Simple Present Tense:

• Declarative (+) Nominal Sentence (S + am/is/are + complement)

• Declarative (+) Verbal Sentence (S + V1 (-s/-es-ies) + complement)

Samples of Declarative Sentence (+)

Nominal:

+ I am a student. (fact/truth)

+ She is in the classroom. (fact/truth)

Verbal:

+ The students go to school by bus. (routine)

+ The school bus leaves at 7 o'clock every morning. (scheduled event)

Forms of Simple Present Tense:

• Declarative (-) Nominal Sentence (S + am/is/are + NOT + complement)

• Declarative (-) Verbal Sentence (S + do/does + NOT + V1 + complement)

Samples of Declarative Sentence (-)

Nominal:

- I am not a student.

- She is not in the classroom.

Verbal:

- The students do not go to school by bus.

- The school bus does not leave at 7 o'clock every morning.

Forms of Simple Present Tense:

• Interrogative (?) Nominal Sentence ( am/is/are + S + complement ? )

• Interrogative (?) Verbal Sentence ( Do/Does + S + V1 + complement ? )

• WH-Question Word + Do/Does + S + V1 + Complement ?

Samples of Interrogative Sentence (?)

Nominal:

- Are you a student?

- Is she in the classroom?

- Why is she in the classroom?

Verbal:

- Do the students go to school by bus?

- Does the school bu leave at 7 o'clock every morning?

- What time does the school bus leave every morning?

Multiple Choice

_____ he a doctor?

• Is

• Are

• Do

• Does

Multiple Choice

A fish ______ in the water.

• live

• lives

• doesn't live

• don't live

Multiple Choice

Why _____ you angry?

• is

• are

• do

• does

Multiple Choice

A: How ______ the students do to school?

B: They go to school on foot.

• is

• are

• do

• does