Change the following sentences into positive, negative, and interrogative!

Jawaban

( + ) The students are in the class with the teacher.

• ( - ) The students aren't in the class with the teacher.
• ( ? ) Are the students in the class with the teacher?

( - ) The animals aren't wild.

• ( + ) The animals are wild.
• ( ? ) Are the animals wild?

( ? ) Is the weather cold today?

• ( + ) The weather is cold today.
• ( - ) The weather isn't cold today.

Penjelasan

Kalimat-kalimat di atas menggunakan Simple Present Tense. Penggunaan Simple Present Tense adalah untuk menyatakan fakta (fact), kebiasaan (habit), kebenaran umum (general truth), situasi yang permanen (permanent situation). Rumus kalimat simple present tense, antara lain:

Positive form   

( + ) subject + verb 1 (-s/-es/ies) + object

( + ) subject + to be (is/am/are) + object

• I teach mathematic.
• Rina is a magician.

Negative form

( - ) subject + do/does + NOT + verb 1 + object

( - ) subject + to be (is, am, are) + not + object

• I do not cook breakfast.
• My parents are not Indonesians.

Interrogative form

( ? ) do/does + subject + verb 1 + object + ?

( ? ) to be (is/am/are) + subject + object + ?

• Do I know you?
• Is she a teacher?

Penambahan akhiran -s/-es/-ies pada simple present tense hanya digunakan pada kalimat positive ( + ) ketika subjek ketiga tunggal, seperti he, she, dan it atau mother, father, friend, teacher (sebutan atau jabatan), (a) cat, (a) goose (hewan), (a) car, (a) house (benda), Dian, Mr. Risa, Joyce (nama orang), dan sebutan subjek ketiga tunggal lainnya.

Semoga membantu! :-)