LESSON
4
Present Tense
Apakah Present Tense itu?
Present tenses –
Kalimat yang menggunakan kata kerja present (V1). Kaimat ini digunakan untuk
menyatakan tindakan atau keadaan yang berlangsung kini atau terjadi
berulang-ulang atau merupakan kebiasaan.
Pola Kalimat Present Tense
FORM
Bentuk
|
PATTERN
Pola
|
EXAMPLE
Contoh
|
|
+
|
Verbal
|
S + V1 (s/ es)
+ O
|
I eat bread.
|
Nominal
|
S + Linking
Verb + C
|
I am hungry.
|
|
?
|
Verbal
|
Do/ does + S +
V1 + O + ?
|
Do you eat
bread?
|
Nominal
|
Auiliary: am,
is, are + S + C +?
|
Are you
hungry?
|
|
-
|
Verbal
|
S + do/ does +
Not + V1 + O
|
I do not eat rice.
|
Nominal
|
S + Aux: am,
is, are + Not + C
|
I am not
hungry.
|
|
Contoh:
Nominal Sentence
Kalimat
yang tidak mengandung tindakan
AFFIRMATIVE
I am a student.
They are Indonesian.
We are students.
Mrs. Mercy is a teacher.
INTERROGATIVE
Are you a student?
Are they Indonesian?
Are we students?
Is Mrs. Mercy a teacher?
NEGATIVE SENTENCE
I am not a student.
They are not Indonesian.
We are not students.
Mrs. Mercy is not a teacher.
Verbal
Sentence
Kalimat
yg mengandung tindakan
AFFIRMATIVE
I go to school every morning.
They speak bahasa every day.
We study English twice a week.
The teacher explains the lesson.
INTERROGATIVE
Do you go to school every morning?
Do they speak bahasa every day?
Do we study English twice a week?
Does the teacher explain the lesson?
NEGATIVE
I go do not to school every morning.
They do not speak bahasa every day.
We do not study English twice a
week.
The teacher does not explain the
lesson.