Simple Present adalah bentuk waktu yang digunakan untuk menyatakan perbuatan yang sedang dikerjakan atau kebiasaan sehari - hari
Rumus
1. Bentuk nominal
- I/You/We/They + To Be (am/are)
- He/She/IT + To Be (Is)
contoh :
I am here every Monday
She is very beautiful
2. Bentuk verbal
-I/You/We/They + VERB 1
-He/She/It + VERB 1 (s/es)
contoh :
She goes to school every day
We go to school every day
Dibawah ini akan diberikan contoh penggunaan simple present tense :
- The sun rise in the east
- He goes to the office at 8 o'clock
- The fire is hot
- Are you a new student here?
- Do you speak indonesia?
- Does he go to school every day?
- I am not a teacher
- They don't study japanese
- She doesn't speak indonesia well
Tanda waktu yang digunakan pada simple present tense :
- every day (setiap hari)
- every other day (dua hari sekali)
- every sunday (setiap hari minggu)
- every week (setiap pekan)
- always (selalu)
- generally (umumnya)
- as arule (lazimnya)
- usually (biasanya)