present tense

Standard Competency :• To comprehend and express the

meaning of short functional and simple monolog essay texts in the form of recount text, narrative, and procedure that have contextual in habitual activities to access knowledge

Basic Competency :• To respond and express the meaning

within simple monolog texts that uses the variety of writing accurately, fluently, and used in habitual activities to accesss knowledge in recount text

Indicators:

• Using Simple present tense in positive, negative and interrogative sentences

• Using Simple present tense in verbal and non verbal sentences

• Using the simple present tense In making recipes or procedures

The simple present is used:•to express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations, emotions and wishes:I smoke (habit); I work in London (unchanging situation); London is a large city (general truth)

•To give instructions or directions:You walk for two hundred meters, then you turn left.•to express fixed arrangements, present or future:Your exam starts at 09.00

Examples:•For habitsHe drinks tea at breakfast.She only eats fish.•For repeated actions or eventsWe catch the bus every morning.It rains every afternoon in the hot season.They drive to Monaco every summer.

•For general truthsThe Earth revolves around the Sun.•For instructions or directionsOpen the packet and pour the contents into hot water.You take the No.6 bus to Watney and then the No.10 to Bedford.•For fixed arrangements His mother arrives tomorrow.Our holiday starts on the 26th March

Adverb of TimeAlways Never EveryOftenSeldomUsuallySometimes

Subject Verb 1 Object

I buy some books

You write a story

We study English

They play football

He goes to school

She gives a present

It runs very fast

A. VERBAL SENTENCEAffirmative Form

S +V1(-s/-es) +Object

NEGATIVE FORMS+ do/does+ not+ V1+ object

Subject Do/does Not Verb 1 Object

I do not buy some books

You do not write a story

We do not study English

They Do not play football

He does not goes to school

She does not gives a present

it does not runs very fast

INTERROGATIVE FORMDo/does+ S+ V1+ Object?

Do/does Subject Verb 1 Object

Do I buy some books?

Do you write a story?

Do we study English?

Do they play football?

Does he go to school?

Does she give a present?

Does it run very fast?

1. Verbs ending in –y: the third person changes the –y to –ies :

fly → flies, cry → cries

Exception: if there is a vowel before the –y :

play → plays, pray → prays

2.Add –es to verbs ending in: -ss, -x, -sh, -ch :

he passes, she catches, he fixes, it pushes

B. NON VERBAL SENTENCE

AFFIRMATIVE FORM S+ to be(am/is/are)+

noun/adjective/adverbNEGATIVE FORM

S+ to be+ not+ noun/adjective/adverbINTERROGATIVE FORM

To be+ S+ noun/adjective/adverb

Affirmative Interrogative Negative

I am a student Am I a student? I am not a student

You are clever Are you clever? You are not clever

We are teachers Are we teachers? We are not teachers

They are in library Are they in library? They are not in library

He is diligent Is he diligent? He is not diligent

She is a beautiful girl Is she a beautiful girl? She is not a beautiful girl

It is a cat Is it a cat? It is not a cat

Any Question?

Test (10 items):1.2.34.5.6.7.8.9.10.

Key answer:1.2.34.5.6.7.8.9.10.

References:

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Pramono H., Pramono P., and Setyarini S.,:30 menit pandai berbahasa inggris. Yogyakarta: Penerbit Andi, 2005