Simple Present Tense: Grammar Rules and Examples, Diapositivas de Inglés

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Simple

Present

Tense

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Use

1. Regular habits or daily routine: Use the Simple

Present to express the idea that an action is repeated

or usual. The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily

event or something that often happens.

E.g. -^ I play soccer

• (^) The school opens every morning at 7 AM.
• (^) He always forgets her bag.
• (^) Every twelve months, the Earth circles

the Sun.

1PS 1PP

2PS 2PP

3PS 3PP

Use

3. Scheduled Events in the Near Future: Speaker

occasionally use Simple Present to talk about scheduled s events in the near future. This is most commonly done when talking about public transportation, but it can be used with other scheduled events as well. E.g. -^ The bus leaves tonight at 6 PM.

• (^) When do we board the plane?
• (^) The party starts at 8 o’clock.

Use

• (^) Always :
• (^) Often:
• (^) Usually:
• (^) Sometimes

• (^) Rarely:
• (^) Never:
• (^) Every day: I always come to school by car I don’t come here very often He usually eats breakfast at 7:00 AM

Sometimes I go to party

She rarely cooks He is never late for class They sleep early every day

The simple present is used with adverbs like:

a) -o, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x we“ add -es

Grammar rules

ie and we add -s c) a vowel followed by y we just add - s Grammar rules

Subject+ Verb (add -e, -es to the 3rd person

singuIar)+ complement

Negative Subject + Aux. do/does + not + verb + complement Interrogative

Aux. do/does + subject + verb + complement +?

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