Simple Present

Simple Present dipakai untuk berbicara mengenai tindakan yang kita lihat sebagai jangka panjang atau tetap (permanen). Simple Present sangat umum dan penting.

Dalam contoh ini, kita sedang berbicara mengenai hal yang biasa dilakukan atau suatu kejadian biasa terjadi.

• I drive to work every day.
• She doesn't come very often.
• The games usually start at 8.00 in the evening.
• What do you usually have for breakfast?

Dalam contoh ini, kita sedang berbicara mengenai fakta.

• Water freezes at 0° C or 32° F.
• I have three children.
• What does this word mean?
• I don't have any of my original teeth left.

Dalam contoh ini, kita sedang berbicara mengenai fakta di masa mendatang, biasanya ditemukan di kolom jadwal atau daftar.

• The plane leaves at 5.00 tomorrow morning.
• Christmas Day falls on a Sunday this year.
• Easter doesn't begin for another 2 weeks.
• Does the class begin this week or next?

Dalam contoh ini, kita sedang berbicara mengenai pikiran dan perasaan kita pada saat berbicara. Perhatikan, meskipun perasaan-perasaan itu bisa jadi jangka pendek, tapi kita memakai Simple Present dan bukan Present Continuous.

• I think you are wrong.
• She doesn't want to do it.
• They don't agree with us.
• Do you understand what I am trying to say.

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