Simple Present Tense

1. Simple Present Tense

Pola:

S + V1 + O

Penggunaan

1. Menyatakan suatu kebiasaan (habitual action) atau kegiatan yang terjadi berulang-ulang dan atau terus menerus

-          My sister lives in Kuningan.

-          Everynight the watchman turns on all the light and walks around the building every half an hour.

-          I go running three times a week.

2. Menyatakan kebenaran umum(general truth)

-          The sun rises in the east.

-          The earth revolves around the sun.

3. Membicarakan hal yang akan datang, dalam hal ini berkenaan dengan jadwal, program, acara, atau kegiatan lain yang terencana dan atau berseri.

-          We begin lesson next week

-          What time does the film start?

-          The train arrives at 10.20.

4. Stative verbs; kata kerja yang menunjukkan waktu sekarang tetapi selamanya tidak boleh dalam bentuk continuous melainkan harus dalam bentuk non-continuous.

appear              know               owe                           taste   belong             like                  prefer                         understand   believe             love                 realize                        want   forget              mean                remember                  wish   hear                 mind                seem   hate                 need                see   have                 own                 smell

                                                                       

-          Do you like Jakarta ? (bukan are you liking Jakarta).

-          I need two papers now. (bukan I am needing two papers now).

-          The hamburger tastes delicious.(bukan the hamburger is tasting delicious).

-          Now I know how to do the job properly. (bukan now I am knowing).