Easy Simple Present Tense for beginners, starters and intermediate students.

THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

In our English grammar lessons, firstly I am gonna tell you briefly the grammar structure with timeline, then usage of that tense and forms of related tense, after that we will show time expressions or frequency adverbs of the grammar tense. Finally i will give you some examples about grammar tense every lessons.

Today our grammar tense is a "simple" one :) We will talk about simple present tense. It is all about general ideas, scientific facts and habit.

TIME LINE

Past                                 Present                           Future  
 (Now)

1- USAGE OF SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

 The simple present tense expresses;

-  daily habits                   -->  Martin takes a shower every day.

-  usual activities                 -->  I usually eat lunch at home.

-  general statements of facts       -->   The earth revolves around the sun.

-  event or situations that exist always, usually or habitually.   

2- FORMS OF SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

A) Positive Sentence

I-You-We-They   +   Work

He-She-It       +   Works

B) Negative Sentence

I-You-We-They  +  do  +  not  +  work.

He-She-It   +  does  +  not  +  work.

C) Question Sentence

Do  +  I-You-We-They  +  work ?

Does  +  He-She-It  +  work ?

3- FREQUENCY ADVERBS WITH SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Always            100  (Probability)

Usually

Often

Sometimes

Seldom

Rarely

Never             0   (Probability)