Present Tense

 

To express habits,general trurths  ,repeatedactions or unchanging situatuions,emotions and wishes: ‘’ I wor in London ( unchanging situation)

“ I smoke ( habit) ; ‘’ London is a large a city ( general truth) to give instructions or directions : ‘’You walk for two hundred meters,then you turn right .To express fived arrangement ,present or future : ‘’Your exam start at 08.00

Habitual actions
Example: __ Yohanes get up at 5 o’clock every morning

__  I always  do my homework after dinner

Repeated actions
Example : __ We visit ourgrandma in Jakarta twite a year
__  I go to school everyday
General truth

Example : __  A week has 7 days

__  Water boils at 100 celcius  degree

Nominal sentence

• S + Tobe + adjective/noun /adverb
• S + Tobe+ not + adjective /noun/adverb
• Tobe + S + adjective /noun/ adverb

Example : ( + )   Dhina is beautiful girl
( – )   Dhina is not beautiful  girl
( ? )   is Dhina beautiful girl?
Verbal sentence

• S + V₁ + or s/es ( he,she,it) + O + Compliment *
• S + do/does + O + Compliment
• Do/does + S + O + Compliment

Example  :   ( + )   They watch Tv in the living room
( –  )    We do not  eat meat
( ?  )    Do we eat meat ?
Adverb Used :  always ,usually,often,never,seldom,sometimes,normally,etc