SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

By Anggita Sri Rachmawati

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DEFINITION

Simple Present Tense is a type of sentence that has a function to express an activity or fact that occurs in the present, and structurally or its arrangement, simple present tense uses only one verb.

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Present Tense is one of the forms of verb tenses. It simply describes the actions, truths(facts), future and situations. It is very easy to form and uses base form of the verb.

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It is a verb tense.  A ‘verb’ is an action word.  The ‘tense’ is the time of the action.  The ‘present’ is now. It shows how the past is connected to the present/now. The verb that used for simple present tense is verb 1.

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SUBJECT PRONOUNS

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​Before we go to the formulas, do you know subject pronouns in are English? Please try the game below!

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FORMULAS

(+) Subject + V1(-s/-es) + rest of the sentence

(-) ​Subject + do/does + not + V1 + rest of the sentence

(?) ​Do/Does + subject + V1 + rest of the sentence + ?

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EXAMPLE

(+) I study hard for exams.​

​(-) I do not study hard for exams.

​(?) Do I study hard for exams?

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(+)​He eats apples daily.

(-) ​He does not eat apples daily.

(?) ​Does he eat apples daily?

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