The simple present Tense

Simple present and its usage:

1) To express general statements of fact or timeless

truth.2) To express habitual or everyday activities.

Affirmative statement

To make an Affirmative simple present statement, simply follow this pattern:

Subject+main verb in base form

1) To express general statements of fact or timeless truth.

•Water consists of hydrogen and oxygen.

•The world is round.

Examples:

Examples:

2) To express habitual or everyday activities.

•I study for two hours every night.

•I get up at seven every morning.

Negative statement

To make a negative simple present statement,

simply follow the following pattern:

Subject+doesn’t/don’t+main verb in base form

Ahmad speaks English. Ahmad doesn’t speak

English.

You play tennis. You don’t play tennis.

Question

To make a question in the simple present, simply follow the following pattern:

do/does+subject+main verb in base form

Ahmad speaks English. Does Ahmad speak

English?

You play tennis. Do you play tennis?

Affirmative Negative Question

I speak English I don’t speak

EnglishDo I speak English?

you speak English

You don’t speak English

Do you speak English?

he,she,it speak English

he,she,it doesn’t speak English

Does he,she,it speak? English

We speak English.

we don’t speak English

Do we speak English?

You speak English

You don’t speak English

Do you speak English?

Present simple form

Spelling rule for simple present:

an s to base form( He eats)

an es to the verb ending in ss,x,ch,sh,o

fixfixe

swatc

hwatche

s

The third person singular is formed by adding

Exercise:

Make sentences in simple present tense.

Affirmative Negative Question

I play footballI don’t play

footballDo you play

footballHe like

computerHe doesn’t like

computerDoes he like

computer

She lives in New York

She doesn’t live in New

York

Does she live in New York

They eat eggs for the

breakfast

They don’t eat eggs for the

breakfast

Do they eat eggs for the

breakfast