The Present Tense
The present tense shows clearly in English, tense is not the same as time. The present tense is not usually used to describe present time. In general, the simple present tense expresses events or situations that exist always, usually, habitually; they exist now, have existed in the past, and probably will exist in the future. Sometime the present tense is also called the present habitual. It is used for repeated, habitual actions. Adverbs of frequency are common time markers in the present tense. They tell how often an action is repeated: always, usually, often, sometimes, occasionally, seldom, rarely, hardly ever, never. The word ever is used in questions.
The sentence pattern of the simple present tense
S + + V1-s /-es + O + Complement
Example:
- It snows in Alaska
- I watch television every day
- She puts papers away in the garbage
- Auxiliary (do, does) for questions and negatives.
Example:
- Does he work in an office?
- Do they go to the cinema with your sister?
- Erna doesn’t clean the bathroom
- We don’t buy those expensive bags.
Exercise
Change the following sentences into negative and question form!
1. The policeman arrests the thief
2. They study Biology at the laboratory
3. The old woman sleeps on the bench
4. The surgeon operates the patient
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My name is Nurul, I am 15 years old and I am student of Cibungbulang Junior High School. I am interesting to answer your task here because it's related with material that I get in the school. Here are the answers:
1. (-) The policeman doesn't arrest
the thief.
(?) Does the policeman arrest
the thief.
2. (-) They don't study Biology at
the laboratory
(?) Do they study Biology at the
laboratory?
3. (-) The old woman doesn't sleep
on the bench.
(?) does the old woman sleep on
the bench?
4. (-) The surgeon doesn't operate
the patient
(?) Does the surgeon operate the
patient?
5. (-) My mother doesn't buy a new
a new stove in the
supermarket
(?) Does my mother buy a new
stove in the supermarket?
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