PRIMBON : SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

>To give instructions or direction
Example :
You walk for two hundred meters, then you turn left.

>To express fixed arrangements, present future
Example :
They exam starts at 07.00

>For repeated actions or events
Example :
We catch the bus every morning
It rains every afternoon in the cool season



>For habits
Example :
She drinks juice at breakfast
He only eats fruit's

>For general truths
Example :
The sun rises in the east

>For instructions or directions
Example :
Open the packet and pour the contents into hor water
You take the No.2 bus to Watney and then the No.10 to Bedford

>For fixed arrangements :
Example :
His sister arrives tomorrow
Our holiday starts on the 09th August

>Adverb of Time
Example :
♥ At dinner time, Adit always sits down with his family
♥ Siska never met Auliya
♥ Agra played football everyday
♥ I often eat in restaurant
♥ I seldom read book at home
♥ My sister usually serves meat, vegetables, and potatoes
♥ I sometimes see him in the park

A. VERBAL SENTENCE

Affirmative Form
S + V1 (-s/-es) + Object

Negative Form
S + do/does + not + V1 + Object

Interrogative Form
Do/DOes + S + V1 + Object ?

1. Verbs ending in -y :
the third person changes the -y to -ies

fly > flies, cry > cries

Exception : if there is a vowel before the -y

play > plays, pray > prays

2. Add -es to verbs ending in :
-ss, -x, -sh, -ch :
Example :
he passes
she catches
he fixes
it pushes

B. NON VERBAL SENTENCES

Affirmative Form
S + to be + noun/adjective/adverb

Negative Form
S + to be + not + noun/adjective/adverb

Interrogative Form
To be + S + noun/adjective/adverb ?