How many tenses are there?

Simple Present

The Simple Present Tense is used to express habitual actions or actions

which take place regularly.

It is used to describe habits, unchanging situations, general truths, and fixed

arrangements.

Formula

subject + main verb + object

Note:

Such verbs are commonly used with adverbs of

frequency such as “often, everyday, always, usually, etc.”
 For habits

Examples:
 He drinks tea at breakfast.
 She only eats fish.
 They watch television regularly.

 For repeated actions or events

Examples:
 We catch the bus every morning.
 It rains every afternoon in the hot season.
 They drive to Monaco every summer.

 For general truths

Examples:
 Water freezes at zero degrees.
 The Earth revolves around the Sun.
 The sun rises in the east.
 Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
 For instructions or directions

Open the packet and pour the contents into hot water.
You take the No.6 bus to Nyaung Shwe and then the No.10
to Shwe Nyaung.

 For fixed arrangements

His mother arrives tomorrow.

Our holiday starts on the 26th March.
A. Positive Sentences

Formula - subject + main verb + object

Examples:
•I listen to the lectures carefully.
•He goes to the market every day.
•She listens to the lectures carefully

B. Negative Sentences

subject + do not/does not + main verb

•Examples:

•It does not change color.

•He does not drink milk.
•She does not like to swim.
C. Negative-Interrogative Sentences

Formula

(question words + subject + do not/does not + main verb)

•Examples:

•Why it does not change color?

•Why he does not drink milk?
•Why she does not like to swim?
D. Interrogative Sentences

Formula:

Do/Does + subject + verb + object OR question words + Do/Does + subject + verb +

object. Does it belong to him?

Examples:

 Does she like the speech?

 Do we have some chocolates?
 Do I owe you any money?
 Why do they like music?
 Why does cat like rain?
E. Interrogative-Negative Sentences

Interrogative sentences can be converted into a combination of

Interrogative and Negative sentences by adding ‘not’ between
the subject and the verb.
Examples:
Does it not belong to him?
Does she not like the speech?
Does the cat not like rain?
Do we not have some chocolates?
Do they not like music?
Let’s Do exercise!

1. I usually (go) to school.

2. They (visit) us often.
3. You (play) basketball once a week.
4. Tom (work) every day.
5. He always (tell) us funny stories.
6. She never (help) me with that!
7. Martha and Kevin (swim) twice a week.
8. In this club people usually (dance) a lot.
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