Bentuk kata kerja Simple Present Tense digunakan
untuk menerangkan kejadian atau kegiatan
yang :
a. terjadi secara
berulang-ulang, yaitu yang
terjadi sehari-hari yang sudah
merupakan suatu kebiasaan.
Contoh :
I go to school by bus every day
He is always busy in the morning
He comes here every Saturday
We study English twice a week
They are free in the afternoon
My
grandfather never smokes cigars
b. bersifat
umum atau tetap.
Kejadian atau kegiatan tersebut tidak ber-
ubah dari dulu, sekarang dan bahkan sampai waktu yang akan datang.
Contoh :
The sun rises in the east and sets in
the west
The sun is in the sky
The sun shines during the day
Wood floats on water but iron sinks
The earth moves round the sun
Sugar is sweet
c. tetap untuk sementara. Kejadian atau kegiatan tersebut ada kemungkin-
an
berubah di masa yang akan datang.
Contoh
:
Mr Harun writes novels
My friend prefers tea to coffee
Mira speaks English and French well
Yanti
always has a glass of milk in the morning
John likes films better than stages
d. terjadi
pada waktu yang
akan datang yang sudah direncanakan atau
dijadwalkan sebelumnya. Hal ini terutama digunakan untuk menerangkan
suatu perjalanan.
Contoh
:
We
leave Bandung
at 10 o'clock next Tuesday and
arrive in Jakarta
at 10 o'clock. We spend two hours there and leave again at 3.30.
at 10 o'clock. We spend two hours there and leave again at 3.30.
When
does you father get back from his journey?
LATIHAN
Setelah membacalah penggunaan bentuk kata kerja Simple
Present Tense
bagian A
sampai D, termasuk
penjelasan yang manakah kalimat-kalimat
berikut ini, A,B,C,
atau D?
1. (….) We have
breakfast before we go to work
2. (….) The moon
shines during the night
3. (….) Water boils
at 100 o C
4. (….) What time
does the concert begin?
5. (….) His family
comes from West Java
6. (….) Diamonds
twinkle like stars
7. (….) My father
sells cakes in the market
8. (….) I haven't got
enough time to discuss it now because my
plane
leaves in twenty minutes
9. (….) The
exhibition starts on Saturday next week
10.(….) The park opens half an hour after sunrise and
closes
half an hour before sunset
"duniaku"
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