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1) We use the present simple tense to talk about things we like and people we like.
Example sentences:
I like pizza.
Shelly likes dogs (she likes dogs).
Tyson likes Madonna (he likes Madonna).
2) We use the present simple tense to talk about activities we enjoy doing.
Example sentences:
I like swimming.
Ceci likes listening to music (she enjoys listening to music).
Rakesh likes travelling (he likes travelling).
The table below explains how to make sentences about things people like, using the present simple tense.
3) We use the present simple tense to talk about people and things we don't like.
Use don't instead of do not when you speak, and for informal writing.
Example sentences:
I don't like fast food.
I don't like rude people.
The table below shows how to make negative statements using the present simple tense.
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The simple present tense follows this structure/formula:
Subject + Verb
For example:
For negative sentences, there is an addition of an auxiliary verb:
Subject + Auxiliary Verb "Do" + Verb
For example:
I do not like him.
The simple present tense follows this structure/formula: &br /&&br /& Subject + Verb &br /&&br /& For example: &br /& I sing. &br /&&br /& For negative sentences, there is an addition of an auxiliary verb: &br /&&br /& Subject + Auxiliary Verb &Do& + Verb &br /&&br /& For example: &br /& I do not like him.
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Present simple always uses the base form of the verb except for he/she/it when the form is verb+ -s.
Catch - catches
I catch the bus to work everyday. She catches a cold e&asily.
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Present simple is formed with one main verb: We like
For he/she/it and singular noun subjects add -s to the verb: He likes / The dog likes
For all other subjects the verb is& just the basic verb: They like/ we like/ The dogs like.
Present simple is used to talk about:
Something we do all the time ie habits: I go to work at 8:am.
Something that is true now: We live in Tikipunga.
Something that is always true: Ice melts when you heat it.
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speak / speaks
I speak to her everyday. She never speaks to me.
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You is a pronoun and pronouns don't show tense. Verbs show tense.
You walk to school. - present simple, verb walk
You walked to school - past simple, verb walked = past te&nse of walk.
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The simple present tense is a present tense used to talk about:
1. repeated actions (habits)
2. general truths (facts)
3. talk about people or things in general, not now&
I like milk.
She doesn't study hard.
The sun rises in the east.
We always go to the club on Mondays.
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The function of simple prese
- describe about what people do in the present time.
- it is also used to express something based on the reality
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We use the simple present tense for regularly repeated actions, jobs, conditions, general truths. Examples: I eat breakfast every day at 6:00 a.m. (regularly repeated action) &; Mr. Jones works at the factory.(job); It gets hot in the summer. (condition); The earth revolves around the sun. (general truth)
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