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Understand the Simple Present Tense with examples, rules, and forms. Enhance your English grammar skills by mastering the usage in statements, habitual actions, and more. Improve your writing and communication with this fundamental tense.
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X X X X X X X Simple present on the time line: FUTURE PAST PRESENT
USAGE OF THE SIMPLE PRESENT First Usage: For general statements of fact. Examples: Most animals kill only for food. The world is round. Water consists of hydrogen and oxygen. The Sun rises in the east.
Second Usage: To express habitual and everyday activities. Examples : I study for two ours everyday. He always eats a sandwich for lunch. My father does exercises every morning.
FORMS OF THE SIMPLE PRESENT Positive Sentence Form : Object Time exp. + Verb + Subject + I breakfast every morning. eat She drinks milk everyday.
BUT, DON’T FORGET!
THE RULE : For 3rd person singular an “s” follows the verb : Examples : He walks to the school every morning. She sleeps every night He speaks Turkish
SPELLING ____ rubs rub ____ ride rides ____ smile smiles ____ Study studies ____ cry cries 1. We usually add only -s : 2. End of verb : consonant + y spelling change y to i and add -es
____ pays pay ____ buys buy ____ push pushes ____ teaches teach ____ kisses kiss ____ fixes fix 3.End of verb : vowel + y add -s 4. End of verb : -sh ,-ch ,-ss ,-x add -es
____ has have ____ does do ____ goes go 5. The third person singular forms of have , go , and do are irregular.
Now, Examples
I We You They He She It SUMMARY : drive drives
Negative Sentence Form : The Rule : Don’t and doesn’t are used in the negative form. The form: do/does Subject + not Verb + Obj. + + We do not smoke cigar does not eat meat Tim
BUT, DON’T FORGET!
Contractions do not = don’t does not = doesn’t A Reminder x She doesn’t plays tennis everyday. She doesn’t play tennis everyday.
I We You They He She It CHART : read newspaper. play tennis. don’t like soccer. speak French. eat meat. doesn’t know Chinese.
Now, Examples
Interrogative sentence form : The rule : Do and does are used in this form. The Form: ? + Subject + + Object Do/does Verb Do they speak English Does she learn Physics
I We You They He She It CHART : read newspaper ? play tennis ? Do like soccer ? speak French ? Does eat meat ? know Chinese ?
Now, Examples
Do you swim in the mornings?
Does he drink too much?