Simple Present Tense

•First of all use of simple present tense

•There are two use of this tense
1. Habitual action…means the action which we
do daily or regularly. For example= I brush my
teeth everyday.
2. Universal truth…it means the sentences which
are true in every corner of the world. For
example= Sun rises in the East.
• Now how to write Simple Present Tense
• There is a particular sentence formation for each and
every tense and its passive voice.
• S.F.= SUB + V1 [S or ES] +OBJ
• For example = he brushes his teeth everyday.
• In this sentence he is a subject , brush is v1 and teeth
is object.
• Now whenever we want to write 3rd person singular
that is HE, SHE, IT or any NAME…we have to put S or
ES after verb…but please remember only with 3rd
PERSON SINGULAR and not with any other like we
cannot put S or ES with I, WE, YOU, THEY.
• For example = I brush my teeth everyday.
• Now when to put S and when to put ES.
• When the verb is ending with letters S, SS, SH, CH, O
and X….we have to put ES…with rest of the verbs ,
we will only put S.
• Like we have seen= he brushes his teeth…here HE is
a 3rd person singular that is why I have put ES after
verb BRUSH…..and verb BRUSH is ending with SH
that is why I have put ES.
• Sun rises in the East…here Sun is 3rd person singular
that is why I have put S after RISE.
• In a same way..Earth moves around the Sun.
• EVERYDAY, ALWAYS, DAILY, REGULARLY, FREQUENTLY
are some of the indicators of simple present tense.
• Negative sentence
• He brushes his teeth….this is a positive sentence.
• He does not brush his teeth….this is a negative
sentence.
• In negative sentence of simple present tense we have
to put DOES NOT with 3rd PERSON SINGULAR ….and
when we put Does Not in a sentence WE HAVE TO
REMOVE S OR ES AFTER VERB…like
• He does not BRUSH his teeth….i have not put ES after
Brush because I have put Does Not as it is a negative
sentence.
• With I, WE, YOU, THEY…we will put DO NOT.
• For example= I do not brush my teeth.
• Interrogative sentence
• Does he brush his teeth….this is an interrogative sentence of simple
present tense with 3rd person singular.
• With the 3rd person singular we will put Does and with other we will put
Do.
• For example
• Does he brush his teeth?
• Do I brush my teeth?
• Here when we give the ans of que like= Does he brush his teeth??..Yes, he
BRUSHES his teeth.
• Again when we ans in a positive manner we have to put S or ES after verb
because we have to remove Does.
• And the negative ans is like= No, he DOES NOT BRUSH his teeth.
• With others
• Do I brush my teeth….positive= Yes, I brush my teeth and negative= No, I
do not brush my teeth.
• IN SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE WE HAVE TO JUST BE CAREFUL ABOUT 3RD
PERSON SINGULAR.
• Passive Voice of Simple Present Tense
• S.F = OBJ + IS/AM/ARE + V3 + BY + SUB.
• I play cricket …this is an active sentence,
• Passive = cricket is played by me.
• Here whether to put IS or ARE is completely dependent on
object….for example
• A = I eat banana
• P = Banana IS eaten by me
• BUT
• A = I eat bananas [ here obj is plural]
• P = Bananas ARE eaten by me.
• It is not necessary every time to put BY and SUB at the end
of passive sentence…for example…
• I am given salary…this is also a passive voice due to AM +
V3.
 Exercise
• We …….. To school everyday. [go]
• My grandmother ……. To temple everyday. [go]
• ……… he always ……. cricket ? [play]
• My friend ……. not …….. Answer. [know]
• God …… those who help themselves. [help]
• ……. you always …… up early in the morning. [get]
• Hina always ……. pani puri. [eat]
• Suresh and Mahesh ….. teachers. [to be]
• When ……. Ramesh ….. his work daily? [do]
• The cow …… four legs. [have]
• Assignments ……. by me daily .[complete]
• I …… everyday. [walk]
• Bridge ……… by workers everyday. [construct]
• Free food ……… daily. [give]
• I …….. an honest man. [to be]
• He ……. a good person. [to be]
• I ……. task daily by my father. [give]
• I …….. to clean my house by my mother. [tell]
• People ……. rules regularly. [obey]
• Fridge ……. daily. [check]
• Roads …… everyday. [clean]
 Continuous Present Tense
• There is only one use of continues present tense.
1. It is used for the action which is going on at the time of
speaking.
• Now how to write this tense.
• S.F = SUB + IS/AM/ARE + VERB[ING] + OBJ
• I am teaching English.
• Meaning of this sentence is that action of teaching is
going on right now.
• Words like NOW, RIGHT NOW are some indicators of this
tense.
• You are learning now
• I am going to market right now.
• Negative Sentence
• We have to do nothing to make it negative..just
put NOT after IS/AM/ARE.
• For example = I am not teaching English.
• You are not learning.
• Interrogative Sentence
• Again it is quit easy..we have to put IS/AM/ARE at
the start of the sentence.
• For example = Am I teaching English?
• Are you learning?
• Passive Voice of Continuous Present Tense
• S.F = OBJ + IS/AM/ARE + BEING + V3 + BY + SUB
• English is being taught by me.
• This means the action of teaching is going on right
now.
• Again here also, whether we have to put IS/ARE is
dependent on obj.
• For example = bananas are being eaten by me.
• Banana is being eaten by me.
• Here again BY and SUB is not necessary at the end of
sentence.
• For example = I am being given salary.
• It is also a passive voice.
 Exercise
• The baby ……. now. [cry]
• I …. Not …… a newspaper now. [read]
• Look, the monkeys ………. on that roof. [jump]
• Our dog ……. now.[bark]
• See, the child ……… fine toys. [make]
• Work ……. right now. [do]
• …….. This task …….. now? [complete]
• Why ……. You …….. at this moment? [laugh]
• ……… I …….. to radio right now? [listen]
• Hey, look that dog, it ……… now by my friend. [feed]
• My mother …….. me right now. [scold]
• …… your dog …….. food by you now? [give]
• ……… people ……. right now in the park? [walk]
 • Perfect Present Tense
• There are two uses of this tense
1. The action which is completed in immediate past.
2. The action which is completed but the effect of that action is still
going on.
• Now how to write this tense.
• S.F. = SUB + HAVE/HAS + V3 + OBJ
• He has played cricket
• That means the action of playing cricket is completed recently.
• RECENTLY, JUST, ALREADY, EVER, YET are some of the indicators of
this tense.
• These three words are the indicators of perfect present tense but
we can also write perfect present tense without these words
• Here in this tense if we want to speak like I have gone to
Ahmedabad….we can speak like I HAVE BEEN TO AHMEDABAD.
• Here in this sentence been is a v3 of BE.
• Negative Sentence
• We have to just put NOT after HAVE/HAS in the
sentence to make it negative.
• It is quit easy
• For example = I have not played cricket.
• Interrogative Sentence
• We have to put HAVE/HAS at the start of
sentence to make it interrogative.
• For example = Have you done your work ??
• Passive Voice of Perfect Present Tense
• S.F. = OBJ + HAVE/HAS + BEEN + V3 + BY + SUB
• For example
• Cricket has been played by me
• Here again obj will decide that whether to put HAVE/HAS.
• If obj is singular then HAS and if plural than HAVE.
• For example
• Bananas HAVE been eaten by me.
• Banana HAS been eaten by me.
• Again it is not necessary to put BY and SUB every time at
the end of sentence .
• For example
• I have been given salary.
 Exercise
• I ….. Just …….. my work. [finish]
• Our drawing teacher ….. already …… a goog picture. [draw]
• ……… you ever ……. grapes? [taste]
• Janakbhai ………. To Ahmedabad recently. [to be]
• Purvi ……. not …… my book yet. [return]
• I …….. not …… your book. [forgot]
• I ……. already …….. the job. [leave]
• Meena ……….. to do the work by her mother. [tell]
• You …….. to do this work recently by our manager. [ask]
• ……… you just …….. to Rajkot? [to be]
• ……..this work ………. already ? [do]
• ……… you already ……. ? [reach]
• ……. she ever ……. you about me? [tell]
• India ……..free in 1947. [set]
 Perfect Present Continuous Tense
• There is only one use of this tense.
1. The action which has been started in the past but it is still
going on.
• S.F = SUB + HAVE/HAS + BEEN + VERB[ING] + OBJ +
SINCE/FOR
• For example
• I have been teaching English FOR TWO YEARS.
• I have been teaching English SINCE 2018.
• SINCE is used for particular time period.
• FOR is used for random time period.
• REMEMBER = words like MORNING, AFTERNOON,
EVENING, NIGHT and CHILDHOOD are always used with
SINCE.
• Negative Sentence
• It is quit easy ….we have to just put NOT after
HAVE/HAS just like we did in Perfect Present Tense.
• I have not been teaching English for two years
• I have not been teaching English since 2018.
• Interrogative Sentence
• We have to put HAVE/HAS at the start of sentence
just like Perfect Present Tense.
• Have I been teaching English for two years?
• Have I been teaching English since 2018?
• PLEASE NOTE = THERE IS NO PASSIVE VOICE OF
THIS TENSE.
 Exercise
• People ……….. government since time
immemorial. [follow]
• ……… you ………..in this company for last five
years? [work]
• Yes, I ……….. for job for past six months. [look]
• No, I ………..for that company since 2017. [work]
• She ………. there for couple of months. [stay]
• No, people …….the value of nature since so
many years. [understand]
• I …….. for this article for one month. [search]
 Mixed Exercise
• I ……. already ….. my work. [do]
• Why ……. you ……. now? [ laugh]
• My mother ……. recently …….. me. [tell]
• My father always ……. early in the morning. [work]
• No, I ……… him yet. [drop]
• ………. He ……… now? [come]
• Vegetables …… recently. [buy]
• My father ……. me everyday. [scold]
• Garden ….. now. [clean]
• You …… to do the work already by sir. [ask]
• My father ….. me to the work daily. [want]
• I ……. for four days. [work]
• Cow ……. recently by you. [feed]
• ……… you …… your hair daily ? [ set]
• ………. you ….. to Rajkot already ? [to be]
• …….. he ……. apple daily ? [cut]
• ……. you ever …… him ? [see]
• I ……. this work since 2019. [do]
• I ….. to market daily. [go]
• People …… by dogs always. [bite]
• A shopkeeper …… advice now. [give]
• My phone …. always ….. [break]
• Money …… recently. [steal]
• I …… my school everyday. [miss]
• I …….. for three months. [cook]
• Hina ….. her work daily. [do]
• One of the students ……. to function by teacher recently. [invite]
• Manish …… him for two years. [follow]
• Priya …….. her work just. [do]
• People ……. by police now. [punish]
• He ….. a bright student. [to be]
• Manish …… to Rajkot just. [to be]
• Vendor ……… vegetables now. [sell]
• Song ……. now. [sing]
• People ……. In the USA now. [protest]
• …… you …. already ? [reach]
• People …… on the street everyday. [dance]
• One of the brothers …. cricket everyday. [play]
• ……. your brother …… by you everyday ? [hit]
• ….. he always ….. Truth ? [speak]
• ….. you …… by police now ? [check]
• ……. he ……. by his father recently? [catch]
• I always ….. truth .[speak]
• Maya ….. ludo now .[play]
• Why ….. you ….. vegetables right now ? [borrow]
• …….. he ….. by his father now ? [hit]
• ….. she ……. there for four years ? [work]
• Cricket …… now. [play]
• Neeta ……. on me everyday. [laugh]
• Saints ……. by people currently. [follow]