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Present Simple Verb in English

Present tense have eight common uses.

1. How to form the present simple
o Add ‘s’ or ‘es’ to the verb in the third person singular (he/she/it)
o Make negatives using don’t or doesn’t
o Make questions with do/does
Example:
 I visit them once a week  He doesn’t have much time
 She visits them once a week

 I have a lot of things to do  You have a big family

 I don’t have a lot of things to  Do you have a big family
do
 Do you live in this building
 I don’t have much time  Does she live in this building
When we use does or doesn’t, we don’t add ‘s’ to the verb.

2. Talking about a regular action

 She calls her parents every week
 I don’t often go to the gym
 Do you always eat so quickly?
In all of these sentences, we are talking about actions which happen (or don’t happen)
regulary.
These action are not happening at this moment.

3. Talking about general truth

 The moon goes around the earth
 The nile is the longest river in the world
 Elephants live for 60 or 70 years on average

4. Talking about states and situation

Difference between actions and states.
“Throwing” is an action. It something which can be happening at one moment.
Are all verb actions? No.
Think about a verb like ‘seem’, ‘seem’ is not an action, we can’t say “You’re seeming
very quiet today”.
‘Seem’ describe states, not actions.
We used the present simple to talk about all states in the present.
  You seem a bit quiet today
 He has a lot of experience in his subject
 Why does this one cost more than the others?
Something which is true not juat now, at this moment, but also in the future and
the past. If he say, “He has a lot of experience in his subject”, that means that he
had a lot of experience last week, and he’ll have a lot of experience next week too.
5. With verbs of sensing, feeling, thinking or speaking
Verbs of sensing: hear, see, smell
Verbs of feeling: like, love, hate
Many of these verb
Verbs of thinking: know, realise, remember
describe states
Verbs of speaking: promise, admit, advise

 This cheese smells a bit strange

 I don’t like going shopping
 Do you realise what you’re doing?
 I promise it won’t happen again

6. Talking about long-lasting situations

 She lives with her friend
Present simpe, this sentence describes a permanent or long lasting situation.
 She’s living with her friend
Present continuous, his sentence describes that situations is temporary.

 He works for a small design company.

This is his career, this is his job, he’ll probably stay there for a long time
 He’s working for a small design company
He works there at the moment, he might change job soon

 I go to the gym every week

I do this every week, every month, all year.
 I’m going to the gym every week
I’m just diong this the moment

7. Telling stories or jokes in conversational english

 So, i see this guy who looks just like Johnhy Depp, and I go up to talk to him,
bu then I trip and throw my drink all over him! He gives me his look, like I’m
a complete idiot, and just walks away.
 Newspaper Headlines
- Prime Minister resigns
- Scientist discover new element

8. Commentary
 Describing seomething as it’s happening (on tv or radio)
 Sports matches have commentators who describe the match to listeners or
viewers.
 “he passes”, “he shoots”, “he hits the post!” “She serve, but william makes a
great return!”
Commentary does use the present continuous but mostly longer actions.
 “the players are taking a break while a medic treats her leg”

9. Talking about future schedules

 Class starts at 10.00
 The plane arrives at 12.20 at night
 What time does the meeting start?