The simple present tense is the tense that expresses an event or act that occurs frequently or routinely that's , it expresses repeated habits and hard facts.
It doesn't express things or actions that happening right now but it express things that happen in the past, in the present and in the future but they happen more frequently and steadily .
For example :
✔ The sun shines in the early morning.
✔ He goes to his school every day.
First of all, we have to figure out how to form the simple present tense in his three cases ( affirmation – negative – question )
As we indicate in the previous table , we will not add ( s ) to the verb in the simple present unless we're talking about third party and its single otherwise , the verb retains its original form .
We should also emphasize an important point , when adding ( does – do ) both in negative or questioning comes next ( infinitive ) .
We know from our previous lessons that every base is anomalous and at this tense there also some verbs which adding to it (es) instead of ( s) if the subject is single as we know .
1-Verbs ending in the following letters ( x- o – sh –ch – ss ). If the verb ends with one of these letters, the subject is single, we have to add ( es ) to the verb .
For example :
✔ Maggie brushes her hair every day .
✔ She goes to her best friend in the park .
- if The verb ends with ( y ) preceded by ( a vowel ), we turn ( y ) in to ( I ) before adding ( es ) For example :
✔ The plane flies high in to the sky. It's a great view .
As we mentioned before, there are words that are indicative of each tense, but not required to exist. Although it better to recognize the most important words associated with the simple present.
The most important words:
For example :
✔ Samar sometimes goes to see her cousin in the hospital .
In this way, we have learned about the simple present tense dispute in terms of usage and the method of composition , with illustrative examples .
For example :
✔ The sun shines in the early morning.
✔ He goes to his school every day.
First of all, we have to figure out how to form the simple present tense in his three cases ( affirmation – negative – question )
The formation method of ( the simple present )
| Questioning |
Negative |
Affirmation |
|
| Does + subject + Infinitive ? For example : -Does Sandy play football ? |
doesn't + Infinitive For example : -He doesn't prefer to drink coffee daily . |
Verb + s For example : -The cat drinks milk every morning . |
He She it |
| Do + subject + infinitive ? For example : -Do you like this cake ? |
Don't + infinitive For example : -I don't play tennis in this club. -My brothers don't speak Italian . |
Infinitive without additives For example : -They like their family too much . -You watch T.V every evening |
I They We You |
As we indicate in the previous table , we will not add ( s ) to the verb in the simple present unless we're talking about third party and its single otherwise , the verb retains its original form .
We should also emphasize an important point , when adding ( does – do ) both in negative or questioning comes next ( infinitive ) .
We know from our previous lessons that every base is anomalous and at this tense there also some verbs which adding to it (es) instead of ( s) if the subject is single as we know .
1-Verbs ending in the following letters ( x- o – sh –ch – ss ). If the verb ends with one of these letters, the subject is single, we have to add ( es ) to the verb .
For example :
✔ Maggie brushes her hair every day .
✔ She goes to her best friend in the park .
- if The verb ends with ( y ) preceded by ( a vowel ), we turn ( y ) in to ( I ) before adding ( es ) For example :
✔ The plane flies high in to the sky. It's a great view .
As we mentioned before, there are words that are indicative of each tense, but not required to exist. Although it better to recognize the most important words associated with the simple present.
The most important words:
| Never – sometimes – often – usually – every ( day – week ) – always |
For example :
✔ They always help their father in talking care of the home garden .
✔ Samar sometimes goes to see her cousin in the hospital .
In this way, we have learned about the simple present tense dispute in terms of usage and the method of composition , with illustrative examples .
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English Tenses