Simple Present Tense - Translated version for Indonesian fans

Pola
Verb + s/es in third person

Examples:
(+)  You speak English.
(?)  Do you speak English?
(-)  You do not speak English.

Simple present tense digunakan untuk menyatakan:
1. Peristiwa/kegiatan yg biasa terjadi atau sering berulang. Kegiatannya bisa merupakan kebiasaan (habit), hobi, kegiatan sehari-hari, ataupun kegiatan yg sudah terjadwal.

Examples:
• I play tennis.
• She does not play tennis.
• Does he play tennis? 
• The train leaves every morning at 8 AM.
• The train does not leave at 9 AM.
• When does the train usually leave? 
• She always forgets her purse.
• He never forgets his wallet.
• Every twelve months, the Earth circles the Sun.
• Does the Sun circle the Earth?

2. Fakta, si pembicara (speaker) percaya bahwa faktanya benar pd masa lalu (past), sekarang (present) dan tetap benar di masa yg akan datang (future).

Examples:
• Cats like milk.
• Birds do not like milk.
• Do pigs like milk?
• California is in America.
• California is not in the United Kingdom.
• Windows are made of glass.
• Windows are not made of wood.

3. Kegiatan yg terjadwal. Biasanya dipakai utk membicarakan tentang yg berhubungan dg kendaraan umum) tp bisa juga tentang kegiatan terjadwal lainnya.

Examples:
• The train leaves tonight at 6 PM.
• The bus does not arrive at 11 AM, it arrives at 11 PM.
• When do we board the plane?
• The party starts at 8 o'clock.
• When does class begin tomorrow?

4. Keadaan sekarang. (Tapi tdk menggunakan bentuk 'continuous'.)

Examples:
• I am here now.
• She is not here now.
• He needs help right now.
• He does not need help now.
• He has his passport in his hand. 
• Do you have your passport with you? 

NOTE:
1. Pada kalimat tanya (interrogative) digunakan kata bantu (auxiliary verb) DO atau DOES + Verb-1 di awal kalimat.
2. Pada kalimat negatif digunakan DON'T atau DOESN'T + Verb-1.