Pert 3 Present Tense

BAHASA INGGRIS

By : I Nengah Putu Mardika, S.Pd

PRESENT TENSE,

SUBJECT MATERIAL1. Greeting, Verb and Simple Present

2. Adjective, Adverb, and Pronounce

3. Simple Present , present countinuous and simple future

4. Pronoun, simple past, convestarion, dialogue

5. Review simple past, practice, passive

6. Review tenses and presentation

7. QUIZ

8. MID TEST

9. Passive and Modal

10. Vocabularies, tenses, noun and verb

11. Passive + model

12. Review Tenses

13. Review Passive voice dan mode

14. Conjunction

15. Comperative and superlative adjective

16. UAS

PRESENT TENSE

The Present Tenses

There are two present tenses in English:

The present continuous: I am working.

The simple present: I work.

THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

At the moment I’m playing football.

play


I am

‘m

playing

You

We

They

are

‘re

He

She

It

is

‘s

AFFIRMATIVE: Play


Is he playing football at the

moment?

No, he isn’t. He is running.

THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSEINTERROGATIVE: Play NEGATIVE: Play

Am I

playing?Are

you

we

they

Is

he

she

it

I

am not

‘m not

playing

You

We

They

are not

aren’t

He

She

It

is not

isn’t

Form of Present Continuous

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

I am working I am not working am I working?

you are working you are ml working are you working?

he/she/it is working he/she/it is not working is he/she/it working?

we are working we are not working are we working?

you are working you are not working are you working?

they are working they are not working are they working?

The present continuous tense is formed with the present

tense of the auxiliary verb be + the present participle:

Negative interrogative: am I not working? are you not working? is he not working? etc.

WHAT IS SHE DOING?

draw

She is drawing a picture at

the moment

WHAT IS TWEETY DOING?

IT’S FLYING

VERB + ing (spelling rules)

listen + ing = listening

die (-iey) + ing = dying

write + ing = writing

hop + p + ing = hopping

travel + l + ing = travelling

Activity-01

1. begin

2. rub

3. listen

4. lie

5. swim

6. study

7. happen

8. get

9. use

10. admit

11. try

12. decide

13. come

14. put

Make –ing forms of each verb given.

–ing forms

1. beginning

2. rubbing

3. listening

4. lying

5. swimming

6. studying

7. happening

8. getting

9. using

10.admitting

11.trying

12.deciding

13.coming

14.putting

The Present Continuous Tense is used for

1. Actions which are happening at or around the moment of speaking.• Now I’m doing the washing up.• She is working very hard nowadays.

• It is raining.

• I’m tired. I’m going to bed now. Goodnight!

2. Temporary situations. • I’m staying with a friend at the moment.

Uses of the present continuous tense

For an action happening about this time but not necessarily at the moment of speaking: I’m reading an interesting book at the moment. I’ll land

it to you when I’ve finished it. (I’m not reading the book at the time of speaking. I mean that I have started it but not finished yet. I’m in the middle of reading it)

He is teaching French and learning Italian. (He may not be doing either at the moment of speaking.)

Cathrine wants to work in Italy, so she is learning Italian. (but parhaps she isn’t learning Italian exactly at the time of speaking)

ACTIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT PRESENT (1)

They are dancing right now.

TEMPORARY SITUATIONS (2)

They normally play tennis.

But this week they are skating.

Uses of the present continuous tense

When we talk about things happening in a period around

now (for example, today/this week/this evening etc)

‘You’re working hard today’. ‘Yes, I have a lot to do’

(not ‘You work hard today’)

‘Is Susan working this week?’. ‘No. She’s on holiday.’

We use the present continuous tense when we talk

about changes happening around now (Changing or

developing situations)

The population of the word is rising. (not ‘rises’)

Is your English getting better?. (not ‘does your English get

better’.)

It’s getting colder.

The Present Continuous Tense is used for

Fixed arrangements in the near future.

They are getting married next week.

With a point in time to indicate an action

which begins before this point and

probably continues after it:

At six I am bathing the baby. (I start bathing

him before six.)

CHANGING SITUATIONS (3)

Yesterday it was very sunny.

Today it’s raining more and more.

FUTURE ARRANGEMENTS (4)

They are celebrating a party next weekend.


TIME EXPRESSIONS:

Now,

at the moment,

today,

nowdays,

this week.

They are throwing snowballs

now

Exercise - 01

1. She (not work), she (swim) in the river.

2. He (teach) his boy to ride.

3. Why Ann (not wear) her new dress?

4. The airplane (fly) at 2,000 meters.

5. What Tom (do) now? He (clean) his shoes.

6. This fire (go) out. Somebody (bring) more coal?

7. Why you (mend) that old shirt?

8. Who (move) the furniture about upstairs? It's Tom. He (paint) the front bedroom.

9. Mrs. Jones (sweep) the steps outside her house.

10. What you (read) now? I (read) Crime and Punishment.

Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous tense.

The simple present tense

Affirmative

She works on her basket after

dinner every day.

THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

I

YOUWORK

SHE

HE

IT

WORKS

WE

YOU

THEY

WORK

AFFIRMATIVE: WORK

3rd person singular - spelling

1. In general, the third person singular is formed by adding an s to the base verb.work He works

2. Verbs ending in ss,x,ch,sh,o add “es” to the third person singular.

dress She dressesfix He fixeswatch She watches T.V.wash She washesgo It goes !

3. Verbs ending in consonant + y, changes the y to i and add “es”Consonant + y i + es: cry – cries, fly – flies, terrify - terrifies

What’s the 3rd person singular?

1. push

2. sneeze

3. glorify

4. annoy

5 . kiss

6. deny

7. marry

pushes

sneezes

glorifies

annoys

kisses

denies

marries

Interrogative

DOES HE WORK AS A DOCTOR?

YES, HE DOES


DOI

YOUWORK?

DOES

SHE

HE

IT

WORK?

DO

WE

YOU

THEY

WORK?

INTERROGATIVE: WORK

(Negative)

HE DOESN’T WORK AS A DOCTOR, HE WORKS AS

A TAXI DRIVER


I

YOU

DO NOT

DON’TWORK

SHE

HE

IT

DOES NOT

DOESN’TWORK

WE

YOU

THEY

DO NOT

DON’TWORK

NEGATIVE: WORK

Form of Simple Present

In the affirmative the simple present has the same form as

the infinitive but adds an s for the third person singular.

Affirmative Negative Interrogative Negative interrogative

I work I do not work do I work? do I not work?

you work you do not work do you work? do you not work?

he/she/it

works

he/she/it does

work.

does he/she/it

work?does he/she/it works not work?

you work you do not work do you work? do you not work?

they work they do not work do they work? do they not work?

The Present Simple Tense is used to describe:

1. Facts which are always true – general truths,

e.g. facts in science and geographical

descriptions.

Water freezes at 0 degrees. 0º

2. Actions that happen regularly (Habitual

actions). A frequency adverb is often

used.

They usually take a walk with their son


3. Opinions, likes and feelings.

She likes making snowmen



TIME EXPRESSIONS:FREQUENCY ADVERBS:

always, often, generally, usually, normally, sometimes, never.

He normally cooks pasta

OTHER TIME EXPRESSIONS:

every day, every month, every year, on sundays, at the weekends etc.

Musicians sometimes work on sundays

Study this situation

Alex is driver, but now he in in bed asleep. So:

He is not driving a bus. (he is sleeping)

But, He drives a bus. (He is a bus driver)

The simple present used to express habitual action

We use the present simple to talk about things in

general

Exercise - 02

1. What time …. (the bank/close) in Indonesia?

Put the verb into the correct form

Exercise - 03

1. "How is your job?" "Not o good at the moment. I ....

(enjoy) it very much.

2. Catherine phoned me last night. She's on holiday in

France. she .... (have) a great time and doesn't want to

come back.

3. I want to lose weight, so this week I ...... (eat) lunch

4. Angela has just started evening classes. she .... (learn)

German.

5. I think Paul and Ann have had an argument. they ....

(speak) to each other.

Put the verb into the correct form.sometimes you need the

negative.

Exercise - 04

1. Cuckoos (not build) nests. They (use) the nests of other birds.

2. You can't see Tom now: he (have) a bath.

3. He usually (drink) coffee but today he (drink) tea.

4. What she (do) in the evenings? ~ She usually (play) cards or (watch) TV.

5. I won't go out now as it (rain) and I -(not have) an umbrella.

6. The last train (leave) the station at 11.30.

7. He usually (speak) so quickly that I (not understand) him.

8. Ann (make) a dress for herself at the moment. She (make) all her own clothes.

9. I'm afraid I've broken one of your coffee cups. —Don't worry. I (not like) that set anyway.

10. Ken is still ill but he (get) better slowly

Put the verbs in brackets into the simple present or the present

continuous tense

Exercise - 05

1. Hurry up! Everybody ...... (wait) for you.

2. “........ (you/listen) to the radio?” “No, you can turn it off”

3. “........ (you/listen) to the radio every day?” “No, just

occasionally”

4. The River Nile ...... (flow) into the Mediterranean.

5. We usually ....... (grow) vegetables in our garden but

this year we...... (not/grow) any

6. Can we stop walking soon? I ...... (start) to feel tired.

7. My parents ..... (live) in Bristol. They were born there

and have never lived anywhere else. Where.... (your

parents/live)?

Put the verb in the correct form!

Education

Pert 3 Present Tense