INTRODUCTING

INTRODUCTING

Situation: Doni asa freshman is trying to make friends.

Doni: Hello. My name is Doni. What is your name?

Adit: Hi. Iam Adit. Nice to meet you

Doni: nice to meet you, too. Are you a new student here?

Adit: No, iam in the third year now. You must be the new one.

Doni: you are right. I just want to make friends

Adit: That’s good. Sorry, but I must be leaving now. Bye

Doni: sure. Good bye

Grammatical Features

Simple present tense : The use of To Be (is, am, are) to express present fact or condition.

Posstive (+) :                                                                     Negative (-) :

I am                       = I’m                                                      I am not               = I’m not

He is                      = He’s                                                   He is not              = He isn’t

She is                    = She’s                                                 She is                    = She isn’t

It is                         = it’s                                                      It is not                 = it isn’t

You are                 = You’re                                               You are not         = You Aren’t

We are                 = We’re                                                                We are not         = We aren’t

They are              = They’re                                             They are              = they aren’t

Introgative (?) :

Am i?                     is it?                       Are you?              Are they?

Is he?                    Is she?                  Are we?

Simple Pesent tense:

The use of verb 1 + s/es

-          We use simple Present tense for thing that are true in general, or for thing that happen sometimes or all the time

-          I, you, we, they (just verb 1)

Example :            I go to sleep at 10 night

                                They drink milk

                                                               

-          She, he, it ( verb 1+ s/es)

Example :            he goes to sleep at 10 night

                                She drinks milk

·         Catatan : akhiran –es  ditambahkan pada kata kerja yang berakhiran dengan s, sh, ch, z, x, o dan sebagian y