Lesson-3

TENSES

Simple Present Tense
This is without doubt that this tense is very important tense in english and we use this tense in very different situation in our real life.I must say that this tense is very easy to learn for the people who learn english,which is why it is explained first.

How do we form Simple present Tense?

Subject+auxilary verb+main verb


There are three exception should be considered while form the simple sentense.

1.For Positive sentenses,we do not use the auxilary verb.
2.For third person singular,we add -s to the main verb or -es to the auxilary verb.
3.For the verb 'to be',we do not add auxilary verb ,even for question or negative sentense.

	subject	auxiliary verb		main verb
+	I, you, we, they			like	coffee.
	He, she, it			likes	coffee.
-	I, you, we, they	do	not	like	coffee.
	He, she, it	does	not	like	coffee.
?	Do	I, you, we, they		like	coffee?
	Does	he, she, it		like	coffee?

Look at these examples with the main verb be. Notice that there is no auxiliary:

	subject	main verb
+	I	am		French.
	You, we, they	are		French.
	He, she, it	is		French.
-	I	am	not	old.
	You, we, they	are	not	old.
	He, she, it	is	not	old.
?	Am	I		late?
	Are	you, we, they		late?
	Is	he, she, it		late?

we use simple present tense when we talk about something which repeatedly happens.



we use simple present tense to describe the series of action in present.




Simple present Tense uses:

Simple present tense is frequently used in english.

1.Repeated actions:(always,often,sometimes,everyday,never)

I always come to office early in the morning.
I never drink alcohol.
My friend reads novel everyday.

2.Things in general

The sun rises in the east.
The car starts with the help of fuel.

3.Fixed arrangements,sheduled events

The train goes to chennai every sunday.
My mom goes to temple every friday.

4.actions in the present-(one follows after other)

i get up early in the morning,then i brush my teeth ,after that i have breakfast.

5.instructions

oepn your book at page number 13.
close the door and lock it.

You can easily identify the simple present tense from the signal words.

these are some signal words used in simple present tense.
1.always
2.often
3.usually
4.sometimes
5.never
if the phrase is time related you can find it by the following signal words.
1.everyday
2.every week
3.every month
4.every year
5.on monday

How do we use simple present tense?

1.action in general.
2.action happens all the time both in past,present and future
3.the statement should be true.