Tenses (Simple Present & Present Continous)

T E N S E S

I. PRESENT

   1. Simple Present Tense

    POLA:

Subject + Verb 1 + …. They /   We I   /   You

Subject + Verb s-es + ….     He  /   She  It

           

     FUNGSI:       

     a. Untuk menyatakan suatu kebiasaan (habitual action) atau kegiatan yang terjadi berulang – ulang dan terus menerus.

   Contoh :

 The students go to school everyday.

 She studies English twice a week.

 I go to church on Sundays

 We celebrate our independence day once in a year.

     b. Untuk menyatakan kebenaran umum (general truth).

         Contoh:

 The sun rises in the east and sets down in the west.

 The earth revolves round the sun.

 The pineapple never grows up on a tree.

      c. Digunakan dalam bahasa drama, komentar radio dan sejenisnya.

When the curtain rises, Juliet is writing on her desk. Suddenly the window opens and a masked man enters.

      KETERANGAN WAKTU:

1. Every morning/day/week/month/year
2. Once, twice, three times, four times, …
3. Adverb of frequency : always, usually, sometimes, often, never, seldom.

    2. Present Continuous Tense

      POLA :

Subyek + to be (is, am, are) + V-ing

      FUNGSI;

1. Untuk menyatakan suatu kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung pada waktu diucapkan.

Contoh:

 They are still playing at the moment.

 She is reading a novel now.

2. Untuk menyatakan kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung tetapi belum tentu sedang berlangsung ketika pernyataan diucapkan.

Contoh:

       I am learning French this year.

       Mr. Brown is teaching English.

      KETERANGAN WAKTU:    Now, at the moment, this afternoon, this evening, right now, today.

      Note : Ketika ada kata kerja seperti: Look!, Listen!, Watch!, Notice! ( Imperative), maka tenses

                nya Present Continuous.

      Contoh:     *  Look! The man is climbing.

                 *  Listen! The girls next door are singing my favourite song.