SIMPLE PRESENT STRUCTURE
Subject
Examples:
dog.
+
Base Verb
+
Object
-I like pizza. -She lives in Toronto. -We have a
For "he", "she", and "it" use the third-person verb. This is
the
same as the base verb, but it has an "s" on the end:
1. Base Verb
2. 3rd Person Verb
-------- play, live, run
-------- plays, lives, runs
This table shows the difference between the third
person pronouns. Notice the "s" on the end of the word.
Here are all the pronouns with the verbs in simple present: I
like pizza. -You like pizza.- He likes pizza.- She likes pizza.
-It likes pizza. -We like pizza. -They like pizza.
Negatives :Negatives in simple present use do
not or does not. They also use be + not.
Do Not/Does NotExamples:
Subject + Do/Does +not + base verb
- I do not like pizza. -She does not play baseball.
After do not or does not the verb is always in the base
form.
-He likes soccer. -He does not like soccer.
- She studies English.- She does not study English.
Here is a table that shows all the negative forms using do
not
or does not in the simple present.
Be + Not
Negative sentences can also use the verb to be and not.
They
look like these examples:
- I am not a doctor. -She is not hungry. -They are not from
Africa.
Present continuous : Structure:
Subject +
BE + Verb + ING
Examples: -I am singing. - She is dancing. -We are talking.
Make sure you have the correct verb to be with the
subject.
-I am playing. -You are listening. -She is dancing. -He is
talking.
-We are running. -They are working.
You can use contractions with the verb to be:
I'm-You're-He's-She's-It's-We're.They're
Negatives:
For negative statements, use "not".
-I am not listening. - She is not talking.
Questions:
To form questions, change the order of the
sentence.
Are you listening? -Is she talking?
Uses:
Present continuous is for actions happening right
now. This could mean at this every moment: I am watching
television.
Or, it could mean now in general.- She is working at the gas
station.
The structure of the present continuous looks like this:
Subject
+
BE
+
Verb (ING)
Examples: -I am working. -He is talking on the phone. -They
are sleeping.
The present continuous is used to show actions that
are happening right now. When you listen to the
Lemon Tree, the present continuous sentences the singer
is using mean "right now".
FOOLS GARDEN: Yellow Lemon Tree
Im Sitting Here In A Boring Room
Its Just Another Rainy Sunday
Afternoon
Im Wasting My Time, I Got Nothing
To Do
Im Hanging Around, Im Waiting For
You
But Nothing Ever Happens, And I
Wonder
Im Driving Around In My Car
Im Driving Too Fast, Im Driving Too
Far
Id Like To Change My Point Of View
I Feel So Lonely, Im Waiting For You
But Nothing Ever Happens, And I
Wonder
I Wonder How, I Wonder Why
Yesterday You Told Me bout The
Blue Blue Sky
And All That I Can See Is Just A
Yellow Lemon Tree
Im Turning My Head Up And Down
Im Turning, Turning, Turning,
Turning, Turning Around
And All That I Can See Is Just
Another Lemon Tree
Sing! Da, Da Da Dee Da,..
Im Sitting Here, I Miss The Power
Id Like To Go Out Taking A Shower
But Theres A Heavy Cloud Inside My
Head
I Feel So Tired, Put Myself Into Bed
Where Nothing Ever Happens, And I
Wonder
Isolation, Is Not Good For Me
Isolation, I Dont Want To Sit On A
Lemon Tree
Im Stepping Around In A Desert Of
Joy
Baby Anyhow Ill Get Another Toy
And Everything Will Happen, And You
ll Wonder
I Wonder How I Wonder Why
Yesterday You Told Me bout The
Blue, Blue Sky
And All That I Can See Is Just
Another Lemon Tree
Im Turning My Head Up And Down
Im Turning, Turning, Turning,
Turning, Turning Around
And All That I Can See Is Just A
Yellow Lemon Tree
And I Wonder, Wonder, I Wonder
How I Wonder Why
Yesterday You Told Me bout The
Blue, Blue Sky
And All That I Can See (dit Dit Dit)
And All That I Can See (dit Dit Dit)
And All That I Can See Is Just A
Yellow Lemon Tree
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Simple Present
Coldplay - Fix You
Simple Past
The Beatles - Yesterday
Simple Future
The Beatles - All My Loving
Present Continuous Fool's Garden - Lemon Tree
Past Continuous
John Lennon - Jealous Guy
Future Continuous
The Police - Every Breath You
Take
Present Perfect
U2 - Still Haven't Found What
I'm Looking For
Past Perfect
James Blunt - Goodbye
My Lover
Future Perfect
Faith Hill - You Will Be Mine
Zero Conditional
The Beatles - Rain
First Conditional
Harold Melvin and the
Bluenotes - If You Don't Know
Me By Now
Second Conditional Beyonce - If I Were a Boy
Barenaked Ladies - If I Had a
Million Dollars
Third Conditional
Taylor Swift - I Should've
Said No
The Beatles - Should've Known
Better
