This time we will talk about verbal sentence in Simple Present Tense for Singular subjects. If last time we talk about Plural Subjects. For this time will talk about Singular Subjects. Singular Subjects mean that only one person as subjects (third singular person), in Singular Subjects there are She, He and It.
Simple Present Tense is a tense to show the general truth, habitual action and daily activities. This time only for verbal sentence. We know that in Simple Present Tense in Verbal sentence using Verb (V1) so you may not put to be (am, is, are). For positive sentence there is something special, because we have to add (s, es) after verb (V1). Verbal sentence for negative and interrogative use auxiliary “Does” for Singular subjects.
Plural Subject:
She
He Does
It
The rules to add (es) if the last letter of the verbs are:
- Ss = Guess – Guesses
- Ch = Watch – Watches
- O = Go – Goes
- Sh = Wash – Washes
- X = Mix – Mixes
- Y = Study – Studies (If the last latter of Verb “y” is a “consonant”, adding “es”)
- Y = Buy – Buys (but if the last latter is a “Vowel”, only adding “s”)
But except the rules above all the verb in positive sentence only adding “s”.
- Positive Sentence
Examples:
Sinta belajar di sekolah setiap hari ayahku pergi ke kantor setiap pagi
Sinta studies at the school every day My father goes to the office every morning
- Negative Sentence
For negative sentence you need auxiliary “Does”. For negative and interrogative sentence the Verb back to the basic form. For acronym does + not is “doesn’t”
Examples:
Sinta tidak belajar di sekolah setiap hari
Sinta doesn’t study at the school every day
Ayahku tidak pergi ke kantor setiap pagi
My father doesn’t go to the Office every morning
- Interrogative Sentence
Same as the Negative Sentence, Interrogative Sentence uses auxiliary “Does”
Examples:
Apakah Sinta belajar di sekolah setiap hari?
Does Sinta study at school every day?
Apakah ayahku pergi ke kantor setiap pagi?
Does my father go to the office every morning?
From the explanation and the examples above are clear that the Verbal sentence is a sentence there is verb, so may not “to be” there, and for subjects She, He and It there is Auxiliary Verb “Does” for negative and interrogative sentence.
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