Simple Present Tense

simple present tense

Nurkamilah R

What is simple present tense?

Simple present tense is used to talk about things that happen regularly or facts that are generally true. It's pretty straightforward!

What are the usages for simple present tense?

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1. Daily Routines and Habits

4. Likes and Dislikes

5. Permanent Situations

2. Facts and General Truths

6. Opinions and Emotions

3. Scheduled Events

How to built simple present tense?

(I, You, We, They) They play tennis every Saturday

Affirmative form

Subject + Base Verb (s/es for third person singular)

(He, She, It) She plays tennis every Saturday

(I, You, We, They) They do not play tennis every Saturday

Negative form

Subject + Do not/Does not + Base Verb

(He, She, It) She does not play tennis every Saturday

(I, You, We, They) Do they play tennis every Saturday?

introgative form

Wh-word (do/does) + Subject + Base Verb + ?

(He, She, It) Does She play tennis every Saturday?

NOTE!!!

It sometimes uses adverbs like always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, or never to show how often something happens.

Practice

transform into introgative!

A. Talita sleeps in class everyday.

A. Does Talita sleep in class everyday?

transform into negative!

A. Talita Does not sleep in class everyday

B. We always help our mom everyday.

B. Do we always help our mom everyday ?

B. We do not always help our mom everyday.

CONGRATS!!!

YOU MASTERED SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE ALREADY, GOOD JOB^^