Present Tense In English
Definition of Present Tense
Generally, simple present is employed to point an action which happens – always, regularly, every day, daily, normally, generally, usually, occasionally, sometimes, often, rarely, frequently, nowadays, naturally, seldom, constantly, never, every week, per annum, once a year, on a week, at times, at the present, now then, or all the time.
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| Present--Tense-Diagram |
• Simple Present Tense
• Present Progressive (Continuouse) Tense
• Present Perfect Tense
• Present Perfect Continuouse
Simple Present Tense
Generally, a simple present is employed to point to an action that happens. It is used to describe habits, unchanging situations, general
truths, and fixed arrangements.
► To
form the simple present:
- Subject + base form of the verb
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add “s” to third-person singular
Used of Simple Present Tense
To express habits, general truths, repeated actions or
unchanging situations, emotions, and wishes:
• I smoke (habit); I add London (unchanging situation); London is a large city (general truth)
• To give instructions or directions:
• You walk for 2 hundred meters, then you switch left.
• To express fixed arrangements, present or future:
Your exam starts at 09.00
• To express future time, after some conjunctions: after,
when, before, as soon as, until:
He'll provide it to you once you come next Saturday.
Examples of Simple Present Tense
► For habits
• He drinks tea at breakfast.
• She only eats fish.
• They watch television regularly.
► For repeated actions or events
• We catch the bus every morning.
• It rains every afternoon within the hot season.
• They drive to Monaco every summer.
► For general truths
• Water freezes at zero degrees.
• The Earth revolves around the Sun.
• Her mother is Peruvian.
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► For instructions or directions
• Open the packet and pour the contents into the predicament.
• You take the No.6 bus to Watney then the No.10 to Bedford.
► For fixed arrangements
• His mother arrives tomorrow.
• Our holiday starts on the 26th of March
► With future constructions
• She'll see you before she leaves.
• We'll provide it to her when she arrives
Forming the Simple Present Tense
Affirmative
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Interrogative
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Negative
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I think
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Do I think?
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I don't think
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You think
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Do you think?
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You don't think
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He thinks
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Does he think?
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He doesn't think
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She thinks
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Does she think?
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She doesn't think
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It thinks
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Does it think?
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It doesn't think
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We think
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Do we think?
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We don't think.
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They think
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Do they think?
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They don't think.
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More Examples of Simple Present Tense
• The sunsets within the west.
• We produce lasers for a facelift.
• They enter their new home next week.
• So, I'm going to Mr. D and say “I deserve a far better mark
during this class”.
• Jones stops in mid-court and passes the ball to Schuster.
• I always study hard for exams.
• Do you usually speak to him like that?
• Ben goes to football practice every Tuesday.
• In general, I think that each one of the people can sleep in peace.
• Do you attend the supermarket every week?
► Negative
• I don’t just like the food they serve at that restaurant.
• Jim doesn’t work on Fridays.
• My friends don’t usually leave so early.
• I don't want to travel with you!
► Interrogative
• Do you surf the web every day?
• Does your boss offer you positive feedback?
• Does Jonathan always close up the lights?
• Don’t you ever clean your room?
Exercise of Simple Present Tense
Fill within the correct sort of the verb as within the examples.
• Mark and Sara play squash twice every week. (play)
• Sheila doesn’t do the family accounts. (not do) Her husband does them.
• Does Gillian usually meet clients so late at night? (meet)
- Every year his ________ to Europe for 2 weeks. (go)
- Tammy and Jen ________ a Pilates class on Wednesday mornings. (take)
- __________ that airline ________to Paris? (fly)
- The semester _____________ until the top of June. (not finish)
- Tony, usually________ to call his mother within the mornings. (try)
- _______________ for your car expenses? (Who/pay)
- The shops ___________ until 21:00. (not close)
- Gerard _________ the ball and ________ it into the net. (receive/kick)
- _________times each day ______you_______ your dogs for a walk? (take)
- ________ he always ________ his telephone for long-distance calls? (use)
► Answers:
1. goes 2.take 3.Does/fly 4. doesn’t finish 5. tries 6. Who pays 7. don’t close 8. receives/kicks 9. How many/do/take 10. Does/use.
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