Present Simple

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The Present Simple

 

The Present Simple is used to:

  • Talk about habits
  • Regular events
  • Permanent situations
  • Facts

 

 

--> For many sentences at least one, but often multiple of the above can apply to the sentence. Something might be a regular event, but it can also be a fact. Or, something is a habit that occurs regularly. There might be more than one reason to use the present simple.

 

The Present Simple is constructed in a sentence:

  • Using the full verb
  • Shit-rule --> he/she/it = verb + s

 

The Present Simple in a few examples:

  1. I cook dinner every Friday.
  2. She eats turkey every year on Christmas eve.
  3. The bus leaves every ten minutes.
  4. Sheila and her mom often collect money for a good cause.

 

You can use the Present Simple in three different kinds of sentences:

Affirmative Negative Interrogative
I eat breakfast at 8 am. I don't eat breakfast at 8, but at 7 am. Do you eat breakfast at 7 am or 8 am?
Jimmy likes fishing. Jimmy doesn't like fishing.

Does Jimmy like fishing?

The train stops at platform 9 3/4. The train doesn't stop at platform 9 3/4 Does the train stop at platform 9 3/4?
They arrive at the gate in ten minutes. They don't arrive at the gate in ten minutes. Do they arrive at the gate in ten minutes?