SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE DAN CONTOH LATIHAN SOAL LENGKAP

A. TUJUAN

1. Siswa dapat memahami konsep Simple Present Tense.

2. Siswa dapat membuat kalimat menggunakan Simple Present Tense.

B. MIND MAPPING

C. MATERI SINGKAT

Simple Present Tense

1. POLA

a. Verbal Simple Present (Simple Present yang menggunakan kata kerja)

+ Subject + Verb 1 + Object

I speak English.

She speaks English.

- Subject + DON'T / DOESN'T + Verb 1 + Object

I don't speak English.

She doesn't speak English.

? DO / DOES + Subject + Verb 1 + Object?

Do you speak English?

Does she speak English?

? Question Word + DO/ DOES + Subject + Verb 1 + Object?

Why do you speak English everyday?

b. Nominal Simple Present (Simple Present yang tidak mempunyai kata kerja)

+ Subject + To be + Non Verb / Object

You are a teacher.

She is a teacher.

- Subject + To be + NOT + Non Verb / Object

You are not a teacher.

She is not a teacher.

? To be + Subject + Non Verb / Object?

Are you a teacher?

Is she a teacher?

? Question Word + To be + Subject + Non Verb / Object?

What are you?

Where is your sister?

2. Penggunaan

a. Sesuatu yang dilakukan berulang-ulang

Contoh:

I play football.

b. Fakta atau sesuatu yang umum

Contoh:

Jakarta is the capital city of Indonesia..

c. Kegiatan yang sudah direncanakan

Contoh:

The plane arrives tonight at 9 P.M..

d. Sesuatu yang terjadi sekarang

Contoh:

I am a Junior High School student.

3. Kata keterangan waktu untuk Simple Present Tense:

Every hour, every minute, every morning, everyday, in the morning, once a week, on Sunday, at five o’clock and so on.

D. LATIHAN SOAL

Change into negative and interrogative form!

1. (+) I read a mystery novel now.

(- )

(?)

2. (+) A bus to Bogor leaves at 9 o’clock today.

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3. (+) My family exercises together every Sunday.

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(?)

4. (+) The phone rings several times.

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5. (+) My sister and I go to the mountain this holiday.

(-)

(?)

6. (+) My grandfather plants some vegetables in his garden.

(-)

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7. (+) My husband likes coffee for breakfast.

(-)

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8. (+) I know this area very well.

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9. (+) We watch a play at the theater.

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10. (+) Gary works ten hours a day.

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Write the correct form of the auxiliary verb "To be" in present tense.

Example: I (be) am happy.

11. I (be)           tired.
12. I (be)           late!
13. He (be)           cool.
14. She (be)           pretty.
15. It (be)           fast.
16. You (be)           nice.
17. They (be)           funny.
18. Tiffany and Uma (be)             my friends.
19. Salwa (be)           kind.
20. The test (be)           hard.

Underline the correct words in the brackets.

21. Della (love, loves) candy.

22. The girls (dance, dances) well.

23. The teacher (teach, teaches) us grammar.

24. The baby (cry, cries).

25. The shop (open, opens) at 9 o’clock.

26. They (grow, grows) fruit plants.

27. We (enjoy, enjoys) playing games.

28. Banu (write, writes) short stories online.

29. Birds (fly, flies) in the sky.

30. The cow (eat, eats) grass.

Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verbs in brackets!

My name .........(be) Diana and this .......(be) my family.

My mother’s name .......(be) Mae. She .......(be) a housewife and she .......(be) 50 years old. She ..........(get up) at 4 o’clock every morning. She ............(clean) our house regularly. She ...........(cook) well. She.............(like) watching news on TV, but she .............(not like) soap opera. She usually............(meet) her friends at home and she ..............(make) delicious cakes. She .......(be) the best mom.

My father’s name .......(be) Budi. He .......(be) 55 years old and he .......(be) thin. He..............(work) at school. My father .............(like) watching football matches on TV. He always ............(take) a shower at 6:00 and ...........(leave) home at 6:30.He ...........(ride) the motorcycle and ...........(arrive) at school at 7 o’clock. He really .........(like) his job even though he .........(not earn) much. He ..........(come back) home at 3 o’clock in the afternoon and ..........(play) with me.