Simple present tense

Simple present tense is used to show an event(s) that happen now. It can be used for show habitual act or ,  repeated action, to tell the general truth, to show request or order and to show an event on scheduled/ listed.

 Pattern: S + V-s/es + O / C

Characteristics:

- use verb 1

      - singular Subject + V-s/es

      - plural Subject + V1

      -

       Time signals:

- always           - usually            - sometimes

- never             - ever               -every……

- often              -generally         - normally, etc.

For example:

1.      I go to school everyday.

2.      my mother usually goes to market every Sunday and Thursday.

3.      after April is May.

4.      a house always has at least one door.

5.      open the window, please!

6.      pass the salt, please!

7.      the bus leaves at seven thirty tomorrow morning.

8.      we have meeting every Sunday at five in the afternoon.

9.      Budi is a teacher. (nominal pattern)

Ok guys, can you understand it?

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