PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE - FORM - USAGE - EGAMPLES

How to form and use the Present Simple Tense

1. PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE
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USE
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everyday activities
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habits
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She wakes up, brushes her teeth and washes her face every morning.
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scientific facts
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The sun rises in the east.
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time-table activities
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The train leaves at 5:19 am and returns at 6:41 pm.

2. PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE
I
you
 we
They + Verb – infinitive
He
she
It + Verb + s/es
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I go to school every morning.
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You go to work every day.
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He goes to school by bus.
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She goes to the café on foot.
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It goes around the table.
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We go to the park.
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You go to hospital.
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They go to the hotel.
FORM – affirmative
FORM – affirmative

3. PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

I

you

we

They + don’t + verb infinitive
do not + verb
infinitive

He

she

It + doesn’t + verb infinitive
does not + verb infinitive

I don’t go to school every
morning.

You don’t go to work every day.
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He doesn’t go to school by bus.
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She doesn’t go to the café on
foot.
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It doesn’t go around the table.
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We don’t go to the park.
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You don’t go to hospital.
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They don’t go to the hotel.
FORM – negative
FORM – negative

4. PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

Do I + verb infinitive

you

we

they


Does he + verb infinitive

she

It

Do I go to school every morning.

Do you go to work every day.
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Does he go to school by bus.
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Does she go to the café on foot.
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Does it go around the table.
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Do we go to the park.
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Do you go to hospital.
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Do they go to the hotel.
FORM – interrogative
FORM – interrogative

5. PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE
Usually
Sometimes
Never
Always
Rarelly
I usually eat pizza for lunch.
I don’t always drink coffee at
work.
Do you sometimes go to school
by bus?

Every day

Once/twice three times a year

On Mondays

She wakes up at 6 o’clock
every morning.
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They don’t visit us twice a
year.
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I have English on Fridays.
Adverbs of frequency
Adverbs of frequency

6. PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE – spelling
Add –s for most verbs:
work – works eat – eats ride – rides
Add –es for words that end in –ch, -sh, -ss , -s, -x, -o or –z.
watch – watches pass – passes rush – rushes
Change the –y to –i and add –es
when the base form ends in a consonant + y.
study – studies hurry – hurries dry – dries
 Do not change the –y
when the base form ends in a vowel + y. Add –s :
play – plays enjoy - enjoys