Jawab :

Simple Present Tense adalah tenses yang digunakan untuk membicarakan sesuatu yang umum, sesuatu yang selalu terjadi berulang-ulang, atau suatu kebenaran umum. Simple present tense adalah tenses yang paling sering digunakan sehari-hari.

Ciri-ciri Simple Present Tense adalah sebagai berikut.

1. Predikat dalam kalimat simple present tense berbentuk Bare Infinitive. Adapun maksud dari bentuk tersebut adalah kata kerja dari orang ketiga dalam kalimat ini memiliki akhiran huruf s, es, atau ies.
2. Jika dalam bentuk kalimat verbal ada kalimat tanya, maka harus ditambahkan kata do / does, kemudian ditambahkan subject. Sementara itu, pada kalimat nonverbal diawali dengan to be (am, are, is).
3. Dalam kalimat simple present tense dengan bentuk negatif, perlu ditambahkan kata do not (don't) atau does not (doesn't). Jika ada kata kerja yang berakhir huruf s / es / ies, maka harus dihilangkan.

Adapun fungsi dari simple present tense adalah sebagai berikut.

1. Express Emotions / Feelings
2. Command / Instruction
3. The Scheduled Event
4. General Truth
5. Repeated Actions

Rumus simple present tense dapat dituliskan sebagai berikut.

Verbal simple present tense

(+) : Subject + V₁ (s / es) + Object

(-) : Subject + do / does + not + V₁ + Object

(?) : do / does + Subject + V₁ + Object + ?

Nominal simple present tense

(+) : Subject + to be (am / is / are) + Adjective / Adverb / Noun

(-) : Subject + to be (am / is / are) + not + Adjective / Adverb / Noun

(?) : to be (am / is / are) + Subject + Adjective / Adverb / Noun + ?

I

(+) : I washes my motorcycle every Sunday.

(-) : I do not wash my motorcycle every Sunday.

(?) : Do I wash his motorcycle every Sunday?

      Yes, I do.

      No, I do not.

You

(+) : You are smart boy.

(-) : You are not smart boy.

(?) : Are you smart boy?

      Yes, you are.

      No, you are not.

They

(+) : They are diligent student.

(-) : They are not diligent student.

(?) : Are they diligent student?

     Yes, they are.

     No, they are not.

We

(+) : We studies Science in our school.

(-) : We do not study Science in our school.

(?) : Do we study Science in our school?

      Yes, we do.

      No, we do not.

He

(+) : He makes lunch for his friends in his house.

(-) : He does not make lunch for his friends in his house.

(?) : Does he make lunch for his friends in his house?

      Yes, he does.

      No, he does not.

She

(+) : She is bad woman.

(-) : She is not bad woman.

(?) : Is she bad woman?

     Yes, she is.

     No, she is not.

It

(+) : It is my car collection.

(-) : It is not my car collection.

(?) : Is it my car collection?

      Yes, it is.

      No, it is not.