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i learned the usagThe simple present tense is one of several forms of present tense in English. It is used to describe habits, unchanging situations, general truths, and fixed arrangements. The simple present tense is simple to form. Just use the base form of the verb: (I take, you take, we take, they take) The 3rd person singular takes an -s at the end. (he takes, she takes) THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE IS USED: To express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations, emotions and wisheshe Present Simple Tense (also called the simple present tense) (Download this explanation in PDF) We need to use the Present Simple a lot in English, so it's really important to understand it well. Many students have problems with the form (or how to make it). If you'd prefer to learn about how to USE the Present Simple jump to this page. Or, click here for all the practice exercises about this tense. Simple present tense with 'be' The verb 'be' is different from the other verbs in this tense. Let's look at 'be' first: Here's the positive form (positive means a normal sentence, not a negative or a question. This is sometimes called 'affirmative') Positive Positive Short Form I am I'm you are you're he is he's she is she's it is it's we are we're they are they're Click here to practise making the positive with 'be'. Next, here's the negative. It's very easy. You only add 'not'. Negative Negative short form I am not I'm not you are not you aren't he is not he isn't she is not she isn't it is not it isn't we are not we aren't they are not they aren't Click here to practise making the negative with 'be'. And finally let's talk about the question form of the present simple with 'be'. Firstly, here's the 'yes / no' question form: Yes / No Questions am I ? are you ? is he ? is she ? is it ? are we ? are they ? Click here to practise making yes / no questions with 'be'. If you'd like to make a 'wh' question, you just put the question word at the front: Wh Questions where am I ? what are you ? why is he ? who is she ? when are we ? how are they ? Click here to practise making 'wh' questions with 'be' . Click here to practise making positive, negative and question forms with 'be' (exercise 1) Click here to practise making positive, negative and question forms with 'be' (exercise 2) Present simple tense with other verbs With all other verbs, we make the present simple in the same way. The positive is really easy. It's just the verb with an extra 's' if the subject is 'he', 'she', or 'it'. Let's take the verb 'play' as an example: Positive (of 'play') I play you play he plays she plays it plays we play they play Don't forget the 's'! Even really advanced students do this! For a few verbs, there is a spelling change before the 's'. For example, 'study' becomes 'studies'. Click here for a list of these verbs . There are also few verbs which are irregular in the present simple: 'have' becomes 'has' 'do' becomes 'does' 'go' becomes 'goes' Click here to practise making the positive form for other verbs (exercise 1) Click here to practise making the positive form for other verbs (exercise 2) To make the negative form, you need to use 'do not' (don't) or ' does not' (doesn't). Negative (of 'play') I do not play I don't play you do not play you don't play he does not play he doesn't play she does not play she doesn't play it does not play it doesn't play we do not play we don't play they do not play they don't play Click here to practise making the negative (exercise 1) Click here to practise making the negative (exercise 2) How about the question form of the present simple tense? We use 'do' or 'does' before the subject to make the 'yes / no' question: Yes / No questions do I play ? do you play ? does he play ? does she play ? does it play ? do we play ? do they play ? Click here to practise making yes / no questions. Just like with 'be', if you'd like to make a 'wh' question, you just put the question word at the front:: I smoke (habit); I work in London (unchanging situation); London is a large city (general truth) To give instructions or directions: You walk for two hundred meters, then you turn left. To express fixed arrangements, present or future: Your exam starts at 09.00 To express future time, after some conjunctions: after, when, before, as soon as, until: He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday.e of
