This document reviews the simple present and present continuous tenses in English grammar. It explains that the simple present tense is used to describe habitual or repeated actions and general truths, and can take time signals like "every day". The present continuous tense describes actions happening now and can take time signals like "now" or "at this moment". It provides examples of the patterns and uses of these tenses, including affirmative, negative and interrogative forms. It also discusses the use of adverbs of frequency and short answers with these tenses.
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Simple Present Tense
Simple Present Tense kita gunakan untuk mengungkapkan:
1. kegiatan yang dilakukan rutin (kebiasaan)
I wake up at 7 every day.
2. suatu fakta (kebenaran umum)
Water freezes at 0o Celsius.
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THE PATTERN OF SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
(+) Subject V 1 (-s / -es)
We
He
learn
reads
English every day.
Qur’an every evening.
(-) Subject don’t / doesn’t V 1
We
She
don’t
doesn’t
come
read
late to school every day.
comics very often.
(?) Do / Does Subject V 1
Do
Does
they
Mr. Budi
practice
drink
English every day?
coffee every morning?
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THE PATTERN OF SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
(?) 5W 1H Do / Does Subject V 1
How
Where
do
does
you
Mr. Budi
go
work
to school every day?
every day?
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Adverb of Frequency
Kita juga bisa menggunakan Adv. of Frequency dalam
kalimat Simple Present Tense.
Adv. of Frequency terletak di posisi setelah Subject dalam
kalimat positiv dan tanya.
(+) We sometimes walk to school.
( ? ) Do you usually bring a dictionary to school?
Adv. of Frequency terletak di posisi setelah don’t / doesn’t
dalam kalimat negative.
( - ) Mr. Budi doesn’t usually have breakfast every morning.
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Yes,
I do
You do
We do
They do
He does
She does
It does
No,
I don’t
You don’t
We don’t
They don’t
He doesn’t
She doesn’t
It doesn’t
Short Answer
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Short Answer
“Do you like studying English?” “Yes, I do.”
“Does Mr. Rahman like naughty students?” “No, he doesn’t”
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Present Continuous Tense
Simple Present Tense atau Present Progressive Tense kita
gunakan untuk mengungkapkan kegiatan yang sedang
terjadi / dilakukan
We are playing volleyball now.
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THE PATTERN OF PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
(+ Subject am/is/are V -ing
We
He
are
is
learning
reading
English right now.
Qur’an now.
(-) Subject am/is/are not V -ing
We
She
are
is
not
not
going
reading
to the zoo.
newspaper.
(?) 5W 1H am/is/are Subject V -ing
What
Are
is
they
Ali
learning
drinking
English now?
now?
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Murphy, R. and Smalzer, W. R. 2011. “Basic Grammar in
Use (3rd Edition)”. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press
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