SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Suhaiza Binti Mohamad Salleh Sheikh Muhamad Shamil Bin Sheikh Zainal Muhammad Syarifuddin Bin Azman.

THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Affirmative

We use this tense to talk about habits Ben lifts weights every day.

e.g.
SUN MON TUE WED THUR FRI SAT

1 2 3 7 8

9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Ben

28 29 30

May

e.g.

Maggie

SUN MON TUE

WED THUR FRI

SAT

1 7 14 21 28 8 15 22 29

2 9 16 23 30

3 10 17 24

4 11 18 25

5 12 19 26

6 13 20 27

November

Maggie works late on Mondays and Thursdays.

Maggie works late every Monday and Thursday

 We use this tense for things

that are always true.
e.g.

Stones are hard.

We use this tense to talk about things that always, usually, often, sometimes, or never happen
e.g.
SUN MON TUE WED THUR FRI SAT

1 7 14 21 8 15 22

2 9 16 23

3 10 17 24
July

4 11 18 25

5 12 19

6 13 20

Tim Sally

26 27

28

29 30

Tim and Sally sometimes play cards

 The words always, usually, often, sometimes, or never show how often things happen.
How often You use
100 % always
usually often

Examples
Dad always cooks the dinner.
Mum usually gets up early. Cindy often surfs the Net. Tim sometimes bangs the door.

50 %

sometimes

never

Bob never goes to school late.

This tense has only one word.

e.g.

Candy likes flowers.

The flowers smell good.
e.g.

Mimi sings well. Mimi is good at singing.

 We add s or es to the verb when

the subject is he, she or it.
Subject
He She It I You We They

Verb
likes

Things
eating fish.

like

playing football.

+ s

Mary feeds her dog. (feed) Peter enjoys the food. (enjoy)

Tim always cooks the dinner. (cook)

+ es y

Tim watches TV every night. (watch) May usually dresses in pink. (dress) Bob never washes his car. (wash)

ies The baby cries loudly. (cry)

Peter carries a heavy bag. (carry)

Tina dries the dishes every night. (dry)

to be I You He She It am are is

to do

to have I You He She It have

I
You

do

He does She It
We You They do

has

We You are They

We You have They

Questions We use do or does to make questions. Dont change the verb after do or
does.
What time do you go to school?

Does your dad like music?

Question Forms of the Simple Present Tense.

Action verb

SUBJECT
Singular subject for eg. he, she, it

YES/NO QUESTION
Does+subject+ base form verb

EXAMPLES
Does he run very fast?

RESPONSE
1) Yes, he does. 2) No, he does not Or No, he doesnt. 1) Yes, they do. 2) No, they do not. Or No, they dont.

Plural subject for eg. they, we, you

Do+subject+ base verb form

Does they drink tea?

SUBJECT

WHQUESTIONS FORM

EXAMPLES

RESPONSE

Singular subject for eg. he, she, it

Wh+does+ subject+base form verb

Why does he run very fast?

He run very fast because a fierce dog is chasing him. They drink tea because they are thirsty.

Plural subject for eg. they, we, you

Wh+do+ subject+ base verb form

Why do they drink tea?

Non Action verb.

SUBJECT Singular subject for eg. he, she, it

YES/NO QUESTION Is+subject+ ..

EXAMPLES Is he sad?

RESPONSE 1) Yes, he is. 2) No, he is not Or Yes, I am No, Iam not.

Am+subject+ Am I sad? Plural subject for eg. they, we, you Are+subject+ .....

Are they late? 1) Yes, they are. 2) No, they are not. Or No, they arent.

SUBJECT

WHQUESTIONS FORM Wh+is+ subject+ .

EXAMPLES

RESPONSE

Singular subject for eg. he, she, it

Why is he sad?

He is sad because he cannot find his wallet. I am sad because I cannot find my wallet. They are late because they missed the bus..

Wh+am+ subject+

Why am I sad?

Plural subject for eg. they, we, you

We+are+ subject+

Why are they late?

Negative sentences

We add do not or does not to make

the sentences negative. Dont change the verb after do or does.
Mimi likes

singing.

+ not
Mimi does not like singing.

ACTION VERB

SUBJECT
Singular subject for eg, he, she, it Singular subject for eg, I

NEGATIVE FORM
Does not + base form verb Example: does not run Do not + base form verb, Example: do not sleep Do not + base form verb Example: do not drink

SHORTENED NEGATIVE FORM doesnt

EXAMPLE
He does not run fast. OR He doesnt run fast. I do not sleep late OR I dont sleep late. They do not drink tea. OR They dont drink tea.

dont sleep

Plural subject for eg, they, we, you

Dont drink

Non action verb SUBJECT Singular subject for eg. he, she it NEGATIVE FORM SHORTENED NEGATIVE FORM isnt lazy EXAMPLE

is+ not

The boy is not lazy. OR The boy isnt lazy.

Singular subject for eg. I

am+not

Im not well

I am not well OR Im not well

They are not late OR They arent late.

Plural subject Are+not for eg. they, we, you

arent late