Simple Present Tense
📘 Simple Present Tense
The Simple Present Tense is used to describe:
- Habits and routines 🕒
- General truths or facts 🌍
- Scheduled events 🗓️
- Feelings and preferences ❤️
✅ Positive Sentences
| Subject | Verb (Base Form) | Example |
|---|---|---|
| I / You / We / They | verb | I play football. |
| He / She / It | verb + -s/es | She plays the piano. |
🔹 Verb + -s rules:
- Most verbs: add -s → play → plays
- Verbs ending in -ch, -sh, -ss, -x, -o: add -es → go → goes, watch → watches
- Verbs ending in a consonant + y: change y to ies → study → studies
❌ Negative Sentences
Use do not (don’t) or does not (doesn’t) + base verb.
| Subject | Auxiliary + Not | Base Verb | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| I / You / We / They | don’t | play | They don’t play tennis. |
| He / She / It | doesn’t | play | He doesn’t play guitar. |
✅ Always use the base form of the verb after "don’t/doesn’t".
❔ Questions
Use Do or Does at the beginning of the question.
| Question Word | Do/Does | Subject | Verb | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Do | you/we/they | work | Do you work here? |
| — | Does | he/she/it | work | Does she work on Sundays? |
| What / Where | Do/Does | subject | verb | Where does he live? |
⏱️ Common Time Expressions
- Every day
- Usually
- Always
- Never
- Sometimes
- In the morning
- On Mondays
🔸 Example:
- I always drink coffee in the morning.
- She never eats meat.
✍️ Example Sentences
- I go to school every day.
- He watches TV at night.
- We don’t like fast food.
- Does it rain in April?
- What time do you get up?