Simple Present Tense

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SIMPLE
PRESENT
TENSE
FACTUAL REPORT TEXT

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Instructional Objectives :
General Instructional Objectives:
After the completion of the lesson, students can compare generic structure, social functions, and Language features of
report text.
The Specific Objectives:
The students will be/should be able to:
Use the right simple past structure:
“S + Verb 1 + (Object) ”
Identify the verb-1 that will be used.
Use the appropriate adverb of time.
Use the simple present in the right situation.
Title

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Simple Present Tense is the tense used to
express an action or activity that takes place / happening
at the current time in a simple form, activity or work
performed repeatedly, daily habits, events or actions that
have nothing to do with time, and to express general
truths.

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PATTERN
POSITIVE
I
You
We
They
He
She
It
+ Verb-1 + Object/C
Example:
V
S
S
O
Time
I walk to the office everyday.
He walks to the office everyday.
V
O
Time

5.

PATTERN
NEGATIVE
I
You
+ Do not + Verb-1
Example :
They do not run in the field.
We
They
S
He
+ Does not + Verb-1
She
It
Example: It does not eat banana
S
Auxiliary
V
O/C
Aux
V
O/C

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PATTERN
INTERROGATIVE
I
Do +
You
+ Verb-1 + O/C ?
We
Do we go by bus?
Auxiliary
They
Does
+
Example:
S
+ Verb-1 + O/C ?
He
She
It
Auxiliary
Example:
Does he show his note? Yes. He is.
S
V
O/C
V
O/C

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Simple Present Tense using this type of "TO BE 1" and "VERB 1"
TO BE 1 consists of: am, is, are, used when a sentence no verb element ( NON VERB ).
1
Example:
We
are
2
Example:
students.
She is our teacher.

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Remember!
• Only in positive sentences, for the subject "He,
She, It" , the use of the verb ( VERB ) should end
with " s / es . " Additions "s / es" at the base
verb ( infinitive ) are as follows:
• In general, the verb is directly coupled with the
suffix "- s ", for example:
Work - Works
Write - Writes
Speak - Speaks

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Remember!
• Verb that ends in the letters " ch, o, s, sh, x " plus the suffix "- es ",
for example:
Pass - Passes
Finish - Finishes
Teach - Teaches
Go - Goes
Fix - Fixes
• Verbs that end with the letter "- y " and begins with a consonant ,
the suffix "- y " changed to "- i "then added" - es ", for example:
Study - Studies
Carry - Carries
Cry - Cries

10.

Remember!
• Whereas the verb ending with the letter "- y " that
begins with a vowel, simply added to the suffix "- s
"only, for example:
Buy - Buys
Play - Plays
Say - Says
• If the verb begins with the letter an auxiliary verb (
Capital Auxiliaries ), then do not get the extra " s / es
", for example:
He Will work
She Can open
He Must close

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Let’s Practice
Change The Sentences below into Simple Past Tense Form!
1. I talked to him yesterday.
(+) I talk to him.
(-)
(?)
I do not talk to him.
Do I talk to him?
1. My friend ate the pizza yesterday.
My friend eats the pizza.
(+)
(-)
(?)
My friend does not eat the pizza.
Does my friend eat the pizza?

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Let’s Practice
Change The Sentences below into Simple Past Tense Form!
1. The went to the beach last week.
(+) They go to the beach.
They do not go to the beach.
(-)
Do they go to the beach?
(?)
1. She went to Paris last year.
She goes to Paris.
(+)
(-)
(?)
She does not go to Paris.
Does she go to Paris?

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