Simple Present Tense

Simple present or so-called present simple is a type tense that is used to express daily routines or habitual actions and facts or general truth. Simply, if we want to tell or describe our daily activities or habits, present simple should be applied.Here are some examples of daily routines or habits;

    • We go to school every day.
    • She takes a bath three times a day.
    • The news usually starts at 6.00 every evening.
    • Do you usually have bacon and eggs for breakfast?

Here are some examples of daily routines or habits;

  • My mother has two children.
  • Water freezes at 0° C or 32° F.
  • The sun rises from the east.
  • The Thames flows through London.

Simple present can also refer to future activity. So, in this case, the simple present which implies future activity should be in a timetable.

Here are some examples o future facts, usually found in a timetable or a chart;

  • Christmas Day falls on a Monday this year.
  • The plane leaves at 5.00 tomorrow morning.
  • Ramadan doesn’t start for another 3 weeks.
  • The class begins at 10 this week.


SENTENCE STRUCTURE OF PRESENT SIMPLE

SUBJECTPREDICATE (Verb-1)OBJECTTIME SIGNAL
Igo to
Verb-1		Lumphini parkevery morning
You
They
We
Hegoes
Verb-1+s/es		Lumphini parkevery evening
She

Common time signal used in present simple;
Every day

Every week

Every month

Every year

Once in a week
Twice in a month

Once in a year

*an important note
The third person (he and she) and singular name of person (E.g. Rendra, Dina, etc.) the Verb must be added by “s/es”. The role to add “s/es” depends on the last letter of the verb as the predicate. If the last letter of the verb are; “ss, sh, ch, x, o dan y*” must be added by “s/es”.
For examples;
kiss = kisses                            wash = washes                        fix = fixes
watch = watches                                 go = goes

Verb ending “y” must be added by ‘es’ if before ‘y’ there is a consonant
Here are the example of verb ending by “y” is added by es.
Cry = Cries                             Fly = Flies

While verb ending “y” must be added by ‘s’ if before ‘y’ there is a vocal.
Here are the example of verb ending by “y” is added by s
Play= Plays                             Obey = Obeys

 

Task-1
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of words given:

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Task-1

Rendra and I (1. ……….) friend. We always (2. ……….) to school together. Sometimes, Rendra
(3. ……….) at my home to go to school, but sometimes he (4. ……….) me in the T-juncion. For me Rendra (5. ……….) a good friend. He (6. ……….) kind, friendly and handsome. Most of the girls in the school (7. ……….) him a lot. Thus, sometimes some of my female girls (8. ……….) jealous to me because I (9. ……….) so close to him.
We always (10. ……….) bicycle to school. We (11. ……….) 15 minutes from our home to
school. Although, we (12. ……….) in the same school but we (13. ……….)) in the different class. But, my class (14. ……….) next to Rendra’s class. When I (15. ……….) with some complicated subject, such as mathematic.

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