The Simple Present Tense

The following lesson will show you how to use the Simple Present Tense in English.

FORMS

The Simple Present Tense has the following forms:

• Affirmative: S + V(-s/es)
• Negative: S + DO NOT/DOES NOT + Infinitive
• Interrogative/Question: DO/DOES + S + Infinitive

USAGE

The Simple Present Tense is used to express:

• a habitual action in the present
  
  Examples:
  
  I get up at 6 o'clock every day.
  He often goes swimming in the morning.


• a universal truth
  
  Examples:
  
  Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
  The Sun rises in the East and sets in the West.

NOTES

The following adverbs are usually used with the Simple Present Tense: always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom, rarely, never.

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