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Simple Present Tense Guide

The simple present tense is used to describe: 1) Habits and routines, such as "He goes to work every day". 2) Facts that are always true, like "Water freezes at zero degrees". 3) Instructions and directions, for example "You take the bus to the station". Verbs are made negative by placing "do/does not" before the main verb and questions use "do/does" before the infinitive verb. Keywords that can be used include always, never, often, sometimes, etc.

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Simple Present Tense Guide

The simple present tense is used to describe: 1) Habits and routines, such as "He goes to work every day". 2) Facts that are always true, like "Water freezes at zero degrees". 3) Instructions and directions, for example "You take the bus to the station". Verbs are made negative by placing "do/does not" before the main verb and questions use "do/does" before the infinitive verb. Keywords that can be used include always, never, often, sometimes, etc.

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SIMPLE PRESENT

Structure

SUBJECT (he, she, it) + VERB + S

I start work at 8 A.M.


You play tennis everyday
We go on holiday every summer
They sing all the time

He sings in a band
She eats fish once a week
It barks all night

When is it used?

1. To express a fact which is always true, or true for a long time.

E.g. He comes from England


Water freezes at zero degrees

2. To express a habit, a hobby, a daily event

E.g. She plays tennis every weekend


He works all weekdays

3. For instructions or directions

E.g. you take bus number 6 to Piccadilly Circus then you take the train to Liverpool.
Open the present and see what is inside.

4. For fixed arrangements

E.g. My mother arrives tomorrow


Our holiday ends this week

RULES:

1. When you have verbs ending with: ss, ch, x, sh, o, s you add ‘es at the end

E.g. She dresses herself


He goes to school everyday

2. When you have a verb that ends with ‘Y’, and your subjects are he, she, it
The ‘Y’ goes out the window and we add +ies

E.g. Try = tries


Dry = dries
Cry = cries
EXCEPTIONS:

E.g. Buy = buys


Play = plays

We add just an ‘s’ because you have a vowel before the last letter

NEGATIVE

The negative is formed with:

Do not OR Don’t
Does not OR Doesn’t And both go BEFORE the main verb

In both cases (when it is negative) the verb returns to its NORMAL STATE (infinitive)

E.g. She brushes her teeth every night.


=
She doesn’t brush her teeth every night.

QUESTION

Questions begin with:

Do + I, you, we, they + Infinitive (normal state)


Does + He, she, it + Infinitive

E.g. (in positive): He plays rugby every Sunday


(in question): Does he play rugby every Sunday?

Why
Where
When
Who
What
How + does + (he, she, it) + infinitive

In both the negative and the question the verb goes back to its normal state
(infinitive)

Simple Present Key Words:

-Every -Never
-Sometimes - Frequently
-Usually -Ever -often
-Always -Rarely -seldom
Most of the key words go before the main verb, although there are exceptions with the
keyword ‘every’ that normally goes after the main verb.

E.g. He plays football every Sunday (in this case the verb comes after)
He usually plays football every Sunday. (Before the main verb)
She sometimes brushes her hair. (Before the main verb)

Easy way of memorising sentence structure is using MR. S.V.O.M.P.T

MR. S. V. O. M. P. T
U E B A L I
B R J N AM
J B E N C E
E C E E
C T R
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