Belajar Bahasa Inggris (Present Tense)

Chapter 4

PRESENT TENSE

Present Tense is used to talk about something in general. And it is also used to talk about something which is happened repeatedly or habituallly activities.

e.g.  (+)  The earth goes round the sun

        (-)  The earth doesn’t go round the sun

  (?)  Does the earth go round the sun ?

(+)  I get up at 8 o’clock every morning

(-)  I don’t get up at 8 o’clock every morning

(?)  Do you get up at 8 o’clock very morning?

The pattern :

S +  Verb 1 (s/es)…………………………………… Everyday/today

S + don’t/doesn’t + Verb 1…………………… ……Everyday/today

Do/Does + S + Verb 1………………………………Everyday/today?

QW + Do/does  + S + Verb 1…………………….…Everyday/today?

We use the present simple when wse say how often we do things:

e.g. How often do you go to the dentist ?

       Mary doesn’t often drink tea.