Simple Present Tense

Tenses

Simple Present Tense

What is simple present tense?

The simple present tense is when you use a verb to tell about things that happen continually in the present, like every day, every week, or every month. We use the simple present tense for anything that happens often or is factual.

Here are a few examples:

I go to school every day.

We play outside after school each day.

Every Monday they eat spaghetti for dinner.

The simple present tense is used to

• To describe facts and habits. For example: He plays chess.

• To describe scheduled events in the future. For example: The plane lands in 5 minutes.

• To tell stories. For example: He asks the policeman for directions.

Forming the simple present tense

Forming the Simple Present TenseThe simple present tense is quite easy to form.

base form

or

base form + "s"

Let's look at the verb to run (whose base form is run). In the simple present tense, run looks like this:

First person singular - I run

Second person singular - You run

Third person singular - He/She/It runs

First person plural - We run

Second person plural - You run

Third person plural - They run

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