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The simple present tense is used to express habitual actions, general truths, and opinions or beliefs. It expresses actions that occur regularly or facts that are always true. The tense is formed by using the base form of the verb except for third person singular, which takes -s (e.g. "she walks"). Irregular verbs also take different forms in the third person singular. The tense can be used in affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences and is the most common tense in English.

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Udeshi Techn

The simple present tense is used to express habitual actions, general truths, and opinions or beliefs. It expresses actions that occur regularly or facts that are always true. The tense is formed by using the base form of the verb except for third person singular, which takes -s (e.g. "she walks"). Irregular verbs also take different forms in the third person singular. The tense can be used in affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences and is the most common tense in English.

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SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

The simple present tense is used to


express;

• Habitual actions
• General truth
• Opinion or belief

It is the most common tense in English.


Habitual actions

I wake up at 7:00.
I brush my teeth every day.
I take my vacation every August.
General Truth and Facts
The sun rises in the east.
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
Facts
The earth moves around the sun.
Birds have wings.
Your mother's mother is your grandmother
Opinion or belief
She is angry.
We are cold.
I smell cookies.
Sarah loves movies.
Third Person
He / She / It
Singular subject (my friend, the boss, a co-
worker)

Verb + s
Goes, works, talks, does, speaks
Third Person Spelling Rules
Normally in the present tense we add S to the end of the verb in the 3rd
person (He, She, It).

3rd
Verb
Person
Speak Speaks
Play Plays  He speaks three languages.
Give Gives  She drinks coffee every morning.
Make Makes  My dog hates my cat.
Irregular Verbs
Irregular verbs in English in the present tense follow very simple
rules. The only change that is made to these verbs is in the third
person – for He, She or It.
1. If the verb ends in SS, X, CH, SH or the letter O, we add + ES in
the third person.
3rd
Verb
Person
 A mechanic fixes cars.
Kiss Kisses  She watches soap operas every afternoon.
Fix Fixes  He kisses his wife before he goes to work.
Watch Watches
Crash Crashes
Go Goes
If the verb ends in a Consonant + Y, we remove the Y and
+ IES in the third person.

Verb 3rd Person


Carry Carries
Hurry Hurries
Study Studies  Isabel studies every night.
Deny Denies  The baby cries all the time.
 He denies all responsibility.
Negative Sentence
To form the negative we use the auxiliary do not. Again, the
only variation occurs in the 3rd person where we use does not.
Positive Negative
I talk I do not talk
She talks She does not talk
You sleep You do not sleep
He sleeps He does not sleep
Carol studies Carol does not study
We study We do not study

In the negative, the main verb is always in the bare infinitive (without TO). It doesn't
change for the third person. We don't put an S on the end of the verb in the negative
form. In the examples above - talk, sleep and study do not change in the 3rd person.
 He speaks Italian.
He doesn't speak Italian.
Structure
Affirmative Negative Interrogative Negative
Interrogative
I play I don’t play Do I play? Don’t I play?

You play You don’t play Do you play? Don’t you play?
He plays He doesn’t play Does he play? Doesn’t he play?
She plays She doesn’t play Does she play? Doesn’t she play?
It plays It doesn’t play Does it play? Doesn’t it play?
We play We don’t play Do we play? Don’t we play?
You play You don’t play Do you play? Don’t you play?
They play They don’t play Do they play? Don’t they play?
Used for
Facts It rains a lot in winter.

Habits He eats an apple ever day.

Routines I go to school every day.

Scheduled actions The train leaves at 8.oo o’clock.

With state verbs I am a student


I love you
I understand
Adverbs of frequency

always I always brush my teeth


usually She usually drinks a glass of milk in the morning.
often We often play football.

sometimes My parents sometimes go to the cinema.

never I never eat meat.

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