PRESENT TENSE

Posted by Muhammad Achrizal Haq Thursday, January 19, 2012

The simple present tense is used to express habits, general truth instructions or direction, fixed arrangement, etc.

~ Verbal Sentences.

            (+) S + V₁ (-s/-es) + Object.

            (-)  S + do/does + not + V₁ +  Object.

            (?) Do/does + S + V₁ + Object + ?

~ Non Verbal Sentences.

            (+) S  +  to be  +  noun / adjective / adverb.

            (-)  S  +  to be + not + noun / adjective / adverb.

            (?) To be  + S + noun / adjective / adverb + ?

Adverb of time:

Always            Every

Never              Often

Seldom            Usually

Sometime        Once / Twice   etc

Examples:

(+) You are a teacher.

(-)  You are not a teacher.

(?) Are you a teacher?