SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE.
Introduction.
The simple present (also called present simple or present indefinite) is a verb tense which is used to show repetition, habit or generalization. Less commonly, the simple present can be used to talk about scheduled actions in the near future and, in some cases, actions happening now. Read on for datailed descriptions, examples, and simple present exercises.
Simple present forms
S+Verb+O S+is/am/are+O
The present tense is the base form of the verb:
I work in London. I am a teacher.
But with the third person singular (she/he/it), we add an –s or –es: +he, she, it: in the third person singular the verb always ends in –s:
He wants, she wants, he gives, she thinks.
+verbs ending in –y: the third person changes the –y to –ies:
Fly=>flies, cry=>cries
Exception: if there is a vowel before the –y:
Play=>plays, pray=>prays
+add –es to verbs ending in: -ss, -x, -sh, -ch:
He passes, she catches, he fixes, it pushes
Negative/ question
Negative: S+is/am/are+not+object S+do/does+not+verb(inf)+object
Question: is/am/are+S+object do/does+S+verb(inf)+object
I am not a teacher.
He wants. Does he want? He doesn’t want.
Negative and question forms use DOES (=the third person of the auxiliary “DO”)+the infinitive of the verb with the third person singular.
Examples,
He goes to school every morning. She understands English.
It mixes the sand and the water. He tries very hard.
She enjoys playing the piano.
Example: to think, present simple
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