The Simple Present Tense

A. BENTUK KALIMAT

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1. Kalimat Nominal

Positive

Subject	to be	complement
I	Am	complement
you/we/they	Are	complement
she/he/it	is	complement

Contoh:

1. She is here every Monday.(Dia berada disini setiap hari Senin)

2. We are at cinema every night.(Kami berada di bioskop setiap malam)

Negative

Subject	to be  not	complement
I	Am not	complement
you/we/they	Are not	complement
she/he/it	Is not	complement

contoh:

1. We are not at cinema every night.

2. He is not a poor man

Yes–no question

to be	Subject	Complement?
Am	I	Complement?
Are	you/we/they	Complement?
Is	she/he/it	Complement?

contoh:

1. is He a cleverest student?

2. are My t-shirt collections the best clothing?

WH–word Question/ question word (Qw)

Question word/Qw	tobe	subject	Complement?
Question word/Qw	Am	I	Complement?
Question word/Qw	Are	you/we/they	Complement?
Question word/Qw	Is	she/he/it	Complement

contoh:

1. what are your favorite meals?
2. Where is your house?

Keterangan

a. SUBJECT bisa berupa :

• Personal Pronoun ( kata ganti orang ) yaitu : I (saya), YOU (kamu), HE (dia laki-laki), SHE(dia perempuan), IT (dia benda), WE (kami/kita), THEY (mereka).

b. COMPLEMENT bisa berupa salah satu dari  :

• Noun ( kata benda ) seperti a teacher, a pen, an elephant, dictionaries, books, soldiers, etc.
• Adjective (kata sifat) seperti sad, happy, interesting, big, small, hot, cool, young, old, blue, black, thin, thick, etc.
• Noun (kata benda) seperti a car, a hotel, an apple, houses, a computer, etc.
• Adverb ( kata keterangan ) seperti at home, in the garden, in the morning, at the door, in the kitchen, here, there, etc

c. TO BE (kata kerja bantu)  terdiri dari :

• AM  digunakan untuk subject  I.
• IS digunakan untuk subject  SHE, HE, IT (orang ke tiga tunggal).
• ARE digunakan untuk subject  THEY, WE, YOU.