If you are passionate about learning English, then this lesson is for you as we will explain one of the most important tenses in English at all. We will learn about the present simple tense of its uses, the way it is configured, and all the details about it. Read the lesson carefully to get the most out of it.
When to use the present simple tense?
1- The present simple tense used to express the constant and unchanged facts such as:
💠 Snow melts in high heat.
2- It is used also to express daily habits or routines that occur daily for examples:
💠 My father walks every morning.
3- This tense is sometimes used with sentences indicative of the future such as:
💠 I will see my father, before he travels to England.
4- We also use the present simple tense, when we talking about plans, fixed arrangements and appointments such as:
💠 The mall closes everyday at 12pm.
- You need to know that the present simple tense is not used to express the present, which doesn’t reflect the events and actions that occur now, because in this case we use the present continues tense.
How to configure the present simple tense?
And now we’re going to know how to form the present simple tense in its different cases.
| The case | Formulation | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Affirmation | Subject + verb + s + object (He- she –it) Subject + verb + object (I – you- they-we) |
-Hader comes every morning too late. -I go out with my friends every Friday. |
| Negative | Subject +doesn’t +infinitive (He- she-it) Subject _don’t +infinitive (I-we-they-you) |
-He doesn’t always listen to his daughter. -Usually we don’t make this recipe at home. |
| Question | Does+ subject +infinitive? (He- she –it) Do+ subject +infinitive? (They-you-i-we) |
-Does Sandy know? -Do you love your country? |
In the previous table, we have reviewed ways of formulating the present simple tense in all its cases, but we have to make a few points to emphasize the information.
1- We note that in the formation of the present simple tense, we add (S) to the verb in case we talk about a third part and it’s singular that is just with (He – she- it) only.
2- In case of negative we use (doesn’t) with singular subject (he-she-it), and (don’t) with the plural subject (They-I -you-we), this is also in the case of questioning.
3- We also notice when we use (does or doesn’t) with the singular subject, we don’t add (S) to the verb, it has to come after (do- does) the infinitive.
How to add (S) to verbs?
1- If the verb ends with one of the following letters (Ch-ss-s-sh-z), we add (es) at the end of verb such as:
💠 Fix →fixes
2- If the verb ends with ( Y), in this case we replace (Y) with( I ) then add (es) such as:
💠 Cry →cries
3- If the verb ends with ( Y )and precedes letter from these ( a-e-i-u-o), we add (S) only to the verb such as:
💠 Play→ plays
Words indicative of the present simple tense
There are several words that come in abundance with this tense, that’s their existence is strong evidence that the sentence in present simple such as:
(Usually- always- often every day, week, month…….)
And this, we can conclude our lesson today, which was about the present simple tense.
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