English Learning

1-5 SIMPLE PRESENT DAN PRESENT PROGRESSIVE: JAWABAN SINGKAT UNTUK PERTANYAAN

Am, is, and are are not contracted with pronouns in short answers. INCORRECT SHORT ANSWERS: Yes, I’m. Yes, she’s. Yes, they’re.
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1-4 VERSA NONPROGRESSIVE

(a) I hear a bird. It is singing.
(b) I’m hungry. I want a sandwich.
(c) This book belongs to Mikhail.
Some verbs are not used in progressive tenses.
CORRECT: I hear a bird (right now).
INCORRECT: I am hearing a bird (right now).
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1-3 SPELLING: FINAL -S vs. –ES

(a) visit visits
answer answers
speak speaks
happen happens
(b) hope hopes
write writes
Final -s, not -es, is added to most verbs. (INCORRECT: visites, speakes, answeres, happenes) Many verbs end in -e. Final -s is simply added.

(c) catch catches
fix fixes
wash washes
buzz buzzes
pass passes
Final -es is added if the verb ends in -ch, -sh, -s, -x, or -z.
(d) do -+ does
go -+ goes
Final -es is added to do and go.
(e) study studies
try tries
(f) pay pays
buy buys
If a verb ends in a consonant + -y, change the -y to and add -es. (INCORRECT. Studys) If a verb ends in a vowel + -y, simply add -s (INCORRECT: Paies or Payes)
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1-2 BENTUK-BENTUK SIMPLE PRESENT DAN PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

STATEMENT:
SIMPLE PRESENT:
(I-You-We-They) work.
(He-She-It) works.
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE:
I am working.
(You-We-They) are working.
(He-She-It) is working.

NEGATIVE:
SIMPLE PRESENT:
(I-You-We-They) do notwork.
(He-She-It) does not work.
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE:
I am not working.
(You-We-They) are not working.
(He-She-It) is not working.

QUESTION:
SIMPLE PRESENT:
Do (I-you-we-they) work?
Does (he-she-it) work?
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE:
Am I working?
Are (you-we-they) working?
Is (he-she-it) working?
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1-1 Present Simple and Present Progressive

(a) Ann takes a shower every day.

(b) I usually eat lunch at the cafeteria.

(c) Babies cry.

(d) The earth revolves around the sun.

(e) A square has four equal sides.

(f) The sky is blue.

The simple present expresses daily habits or usual activities, as in (a) and (b). The simple present expresses general statements of fact, as in (c) and (d). In sum, the simple present is used for events or situations that exist always, usually, or habitually in the past, present, and future.
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Chapter 1 Present Time

LATIHAN 1 LISAN: Berpasanganlah dengan seorang teman sekelas. Lakukan wawancara bergantian satu sama lain. Lalu perkenalkan satu sama lain kepada teman-teman sekelas. Dalam percakapan anda dengan teman tersebut, ketahuilah nama, negara asal, tempat tinggal, bidang studi atau tempat kerja, dan aktivitas waktu senggang atau hobinya. Buatlah catatan selama wawancara.
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