​Definition

Simple Present Tense is also well-known as Present Tense. It is the tenses that is used to express event or situation that happen in recent time. It is explain about the existence of something that happens as fact or repeated actions (always, usually, and habitually).

​The pattern of the Present Tense is:

 S + V1 (s/es) + O + C​

Notes:

S   = Subject

V1  = Verb in base form

s/es  = Suffix

O  = Object

C  = Complement

​The Pattern of Simple Present Tense

​Affirmative form

​S + V1 (s/es) + O/ C

​The sun rises in the East

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Negative form

S + do/does + not + V1 + O/C

​The sun does not rise in the East

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​​The Pattern of Simple Present Tense

​Interrogative form

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​Do/ does + S + V1 + O/ C?

Does the sun rise in the East?

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WH + do/ does + S + V1 + O/ C?

​When the sun rises in the East?