Simple Present Tense | Bahasa Inggris Kelas 8 | Verbal dan Nominal

Main Ideas & Lessons from the Video (Simple Present Tense)

The video teaches how to learn Simple Present Tense by focusing on three required components:

1. Definition (what Simple Present Tense is used for)
2. Sentence patterns / formula (how to build sentences)
3. Adverbs of frequency (words that show how often something happens)

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1) Definition of Simple Present Tense

What “tenses” are

Verbs change based on:

• Time (now, past, future)
• Nature of the event (completed vs. ongoing)

Uses of Simple Present Tense

It is used to express:

• Repeated actions
• Routine habits
• Facts / general truths

Examples of meaning

• “The sun rises from the east.” → happens every day (routine/fact)
• “I like / did / will eat a sandwich…” → used to illustrate the idea of actions related to daily routine (the subtitles include multiple time references, but the core message is about regularity)

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2) Sentence Patterns (Formula) for Simple Present Tense

A) Nominal Sentences

What it is: the predicate is not a main verb. It uses:

• adjective
• noun
• adverb
• plus the verb to be

Positive nominal sentences

Use to be:

• I am
• you/we/they are
• he/she/it is

Examples (from subtitles):

• “I am a student.”
• “We are in the school.”
• “The world is round.”

Negative nominal sentences

Add not after to be:

• am not / is not / are not

Examples:

• “I’m not at home.”
• “She is not good at singing.”

Interrogative (question) nominal sentences

Put to be at the beginning:

• Am/Is/Are + subject + …

Example:

• “Are you at home now?”

Short answers

Use Yes/No + subject + to be:

• “Yes, I am.”
• “No, he isn’t.”

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B) Verbal Sentences

What it is: the predicate uses a verb.

Positive verbal sentences

Formula:

• Subject (I/you/we/they) + base verb
• Subject (he/she/it) + base verb + s/es

Examples:

• “I study English every day.”
• “Father works in the hospital.”
• “We go to the cinema every weekend.”

Negative verbal sentences

Add do not / does not before the verb:

• I/you/we/they + do not + base verb
• he/she/it + does not + base verb

Examples (from subtitles):

• “I do not work out.”
• “Father does not work in the school.”
• “We do not play football.” (subtitle wording is rough, but the pattern is clear)

Interrogative verbal sentences (Yes/No questions)

Formula:

• Do + subject + base verb? (I/you/we/they)
• Does + subject + base verb? (he/she/it)

Examples:

• “Do you like English?”
• “Does your father work there?”
• “Does he like to play football?”

Short answers to questions

• “Yes, I do.” / “No, he doesn’t.”

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3) Adverbs of Frequency

Definition: Adverbs that show how often an action happens in Simple Present Tense.

Placement rule

Adverbs of frequency usually go in the middle of the sentence.

Frequency levels (with examples)

• always → 100%
• usually → ~90%
• often → ~70%
• sometimes → ~50%
• sometimes / occasionally (subtitles include “okay sekali”) → ~30%
• rarely → ~15%
• almost never → ~5%
• never → 0%

Example (from subtitles):

• “I always have coffee in the morning.”

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Speakers / Sources Featured

• English dia (channel/host name shown in the subtitles)
• No other specific person or external source is clearly identified.