SIMPLE PRESENT

MATERI E-LEARNING LIK BAHASA INGGRIS — UNIVERSITAS NURUL JADID

SIMPLE PRESENT
PENGGUNAAN
Simple Present digunakan untuk membuat kalimat yang berisi, 1) fakta, 2) kebenaran umum, 3) sesuatu yang tidak akan
berubah, 4) kebiasaan atau rutinitas, 5) deskripsi sifat/watak.1
Dengan kata lain, Simple Present berfungsi untuk menyatakan sesuatu yang berulang-ulang terjadi dan mendeskripsikan
sesuatu yang menjadi realitas.2

1 Bradhiansyah T. Suryanto, Durratul Hikmah, dan M. Sofyan A. Pranata. English Time: Designed for Non-English Students. (Probolinggo: Pustaka Nurja, 2019), 74
2 Dorling Kindersley. English for Everyone: English Grammar Guide. (New York: DK Publishing, 2016), 9
SIMPLE PRESENT
KETERANGAN WAKTU
Simple Present biasanya juga menggunakan keterangan waktu (signal words) seperti, 1) always (selalu), 2) usually (biasanya),
3) often (sering kali), 4) sometime (terkadang), 5) seldom (jarang), 6 ) rarely (amat jarang), 6) ever (pernah), 7 never (tidak
pernah).3

3 Bradhiansyah T. Suryanto, Durratul Hikmah, dan M. Sofyan A. Pranata. English Time: Designed for Non-English Students. (Probolinggo: Pustaka Nurja, 2019), 74
SIMPLE PRESENT
KETERANGAN WAKTU
100% always (a) Darul always eats breakfast.
usually (b) Edi usually eats breakfast.
often (c) They often watch TV.

50% sometimes (d) We sometimes watch TV.

seldom (e) David seldom drinks milk.
rarely (f) Luthfi rarely drinks milk.
0% never (g) I never drink alcohol.
SIMPLE PRESENT
FORMULA
1. Kalimat Verbal
Positif:
Subject + verb (-s/-es) + object KONTRAKSI
Negatif:
do not don’t
Subject + do/does + not + verb + object
does not doesn’t
Interogatif:
Do/Does + subject + verb + object ?
5W1H + do/does + subject + verb + object ?
SIMPLE PRESENT
ORANG KE TIGA TUNGGAL
I I do not
You You do not
eat eat
We We do not
They They do not

He He does not
She eats She does not eat
It It does not
KALIMAT VERBAL
POSITIF
Subject Verb Object*

I study English.

Ahmad lives in Paiton.

She always sleeps early.

Muhammad never speaks Arabic to his parents.

* Hanya kata kerja transitif (transitive verbs) yang membutuhkan objek.

KALIMAT VERBAL
NEGATIF
Subject do/does not Verb Object*

I do not study Arabic.

We do not drink alcohol.

He does not usually go to the party.

Joko does not always wash his cloth.

* Hanya kata kerja transitif (transitive verbs) yang membutuhkan objek.

KALIMAT VERBAL
INTEROGATIF
5W1H do/does Subject Verb Object*

Do you learn English every night?

Do they always drink coffee?

When does Ali usually sleep at night?

Why does she close her eyes?

* Hanya kata kerja transitif (transitive verbs) yang membutuhkan objek.

SIMPLE PRESENT
FORMULA
2. Kalimat Nominal
Positif:
Subject + be (am/is/are) + complement KONTRAKSI
Negatif:
is not isn’t
Subject + be (am/is/are) + not + complement
are not aren’t
Interogatif:
Be (Am/Is/Are) + subject + complement ?
5W1H + be (am/is/are) + subject + complement ?
SIMPLE PRESENT
BE (AM/IS/ARE) I am I’m

You You’re
We are We’re
They They’re

He He’s
She is She’s
It It’s
KALIMAT NOMINAL
POSITIF
Subject be (am/is/are) complement*

We are a student in this university.

He is always my hero.

This bag is heavy.

My sister is a nurse.

* Complement adalah kata atau frasa yang terletak setelah kata kerja tertentu semisal be (am/is/are), become, seem, appear, dll.
KALIMAT NOMINAL
NEGATIF
Subject be (am/is/are) not complement*

You are not a nauhty boy.

We are not usually late to come to class.

Ali and Edi are not lazy to learn English.

Your keys are not on the tabe.

* Complement adalah kata atau frasa yang terletak setelah kata kerja tertentu semisal be (am/is/are), become, seem, appear, dll.
KALIMAT NOMINAL
INTEROGATIF
5W1H be (am/is/are) Subject complement*

Are you tired?

Is Aisha always sleepy in the class?

Is your room big?

Where are your parents?

* Complement adalah kata atau frasa yang terletak setelah kata kerja tertentu semisal be (am/is/are), become, seem, appear, dll.
 SOAL LATIHAN
Do the exercises of your book (English Time) on page 75—77!
REFERENCES

Azar, B. and Hagen, S. A. 2014. Basic English Grammar (4th Edition). White Plains: Pearson
Education

Dorling Kindersley. 2016. English for Everyone: English Grammar Guide. New York: DK Publishing

Murphy, R. 2015. Essential Grammar in Use (4th Edition). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Suryanto, B. T., Hikmah, S., and Pranata, M. S. A. 2019. English Time: Designed for Non-English
Students. Probolinggo: Pustaka Nurja