SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
(Simple present tense digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu perbuatanatau kegiatan yang berlangsung atau terjadi pada waktu sekarang bentuk sederhana, kegiatan yang dilakukan berulang-ulang, kebiasaan sehari-hari, dan suatu kebenaran umum/ general truth.)
Pattern Verbal (Dengan Kata Kerja)
( + ) Subyek + Verb 1 + (s/es) + O/C
( – ) Subyek + do/does + not + Verb 1 + O/C
( ? ) Do/does + Subyek + Verb 1 + O/C
Pattern Nominal (Tanpa Kata Kerja)
( + ) Subyek + to be (am, is, are) + O/C
( – ) Subyek + to be (am, is, are) + not + O/C
( ? ) To be (am, is, are) + Subyek + O/C
Time signal (Keterangan waktu) yang dipakai:
- Today : Hari ini
- Every day : Setiap hari
- Every week : Setiap minggu
- Every month: Setiap bulan
- Every year : Setiap tahun
- Every (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday)
- Once a week: Seminggu sekali
- Once a month: Sebulan sekali
- Once a year : Setahun sekali
Contoh kalimat Simple Present Tense Verbal:
(+) I kick the ball.
(-) I don’t kick the ball
(?) Do I kick the ball?
(+) He kicks the ball.
(-) He doesn’t kick the ball
(?) Does he kick the ball?
Contoh kalimat Simple Present Tense Nominal:
(+) I am smart.
(-) I am not smart.
(?) Am I smart?
(+) He is handsome.
(-) He is not handsome.
(?) Is he handsome?
Contoh Dialog
Ali : Hey Guys! Does Andi go to Bandung once a month?
Nia : What? I don’t think so. Andi goes to Bandung once a year.
Ali : He always says with me like that.
Nia : I am his neighbor so I know him.
Ali : Okay, I believe you!
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
(Simple past tense adalah kalimat yang menyatakan bahwa suatu kejadian terjadi pada saat/masa lampau)
Pattern Verbal (Dengan Kata Kerja)
( + ) Subyek + Verb 2 + O/C
( – ) Subyek + did + not + Verb 1 + O/C
( ? ) Did + Subyek + Verb 1 + O/C
Pattern Nominal (Tanpa Kata Kerja)
( + ) Subyek + to be (was/were) + O/C
( – ) Subyek + to be (was/were) + not + O/C
( ? ) to be (was/were) + Subyek + O/C
Time signal (Keterangan waktu) yang dipakai:
- This morning (tadi pagi)
- Yesterday (Kemarin)
- Last night (Tadi malam)
- Last week
- Last year
- Last month
- Last (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, …)
- Two weeks ago
- Three weeks ago
Contoh kalimat Simple Past Tense Verbal:
(+) I played football yesterday.
(-) I didn’t play football yesterday.
(?) Did I played football yesterday?
(+) He played football yesterday.
(-) He didn’t play football yesterday.
(?) Did He played football yesterday?
Contoh kalimat Simple Past Tense Nominal:
(+) I was very busy last week.
(-) I was not very busy last week.
(?) Was I very busy last week?
(+) They were very busy last week.
(-) They were not very busy last week.
(?) Were they very busy last week?
Contoh dialog:
Ali : Did you study last night?
Nia : Yes, I did. How about you?
Ali : I did not study last night. I helped my mother to make a cake.
Nia : Wow! Did you so busy yesterday?
Ali : No, I did not. I was not too busy yesterday. I made cake after maghrib.
Nia : What did you do before maghrib?
Ali : I played basketball with my friends yesterday.
Nia : I am so sorry to hear that.
Exercise:
Choose the correct answer!
- Did your father (plant, plants, planted) corn?
- The doctor didn’t (go, went, gone) to the public health centre.
- Mita (play, plays, played) hide and seek last night.
- They (write, wrote, written) a letter this morning.
- Wina (tell, told, telling) a story last week.
- The giant (destroy, destroys, destroyed) the temples and houses last year.
- They didn’t (dig, digs, dug) a deep well.
- The singer (sing, sang, sung) ‘Maju Tak Gentar’ song this morning.
- She (play, plays) Volleyball every week.
- It (eat, eats) bone every morning.
- Did Roni (collect, collects, collected) limestone near the well?
- The doctor (sit, sits) on the chair every morning.
- The student (study, studies) Math everyday.
- The teachers (teach, teaches) Match everyday.
Complete the dialog below!
Vita : (Do/Does) you (read/reads) a newspaper everyday?
Braja : No, I (don’t/doesn’t/didn’t). I (read/reads) a novel everyday.
Vita : (Do/Does) you (study/studies/studied) English everyday?
Braja : Yes, I (do/dies/did). I (study/studies/studied) English and (read/reads) novel everyday.
Vita : By the way, what (do/dies/did) you do last week? I (see, sees, saw) you in the bookstore.
Braja : I (buy/buys/bought) a book.
Vita : Okay I see. I must go now. See you!
Braja : See you.
Change Into positive, negative, or interrogative form!
1.(+) He is lazy
(-) He is not lazy.
(?) Is he lazy?
2.(+) Jaka arrived in Makasar Yesterday.
( -) Jaka didn’t arrive in Makasar Yesterday
(?) Did Jaka arrive in Makasar Yesterday?
3.(+) You were angry with me last week.
(-) You were not angry with me last week.
(?) Were you angry with me last week?
4.(+) He gives me white rose every my birthday.
(-) He doesn’t give me white rose every my birthday.
(?) Does he give me white rose every my birthday?
5.(+) Rara and Riri are twin.
(-) Rara and Riri are not twin.
(?) Are Rara and Riri twin?
