1. Present Indefinite or
Present simple:
STRUCTURE:
Affirmative
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:
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Subject+
Verb (+s/es)*+ Object/extension
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Negative
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:
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Subject
+ do/does **+ base form of verb+ Object/extension
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Interrogative
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:
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Do/does
+Subject+ base form of verb+ Object/extension?
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Negative Interrogative
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:
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Don’t/doesn’t+
Subject+ base form of verb+ Object/extension?
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*if Subject is
third person singular number then “s” “es” is added to verbs.
** If Subject is third
person singular number then “does” should be used.
Use of Present Indefinite or Simple Tense
1. The Present Indefinite or Simple is
used when something is generally true or those are universal truth:
Ø The sun rises in the east.
Ø Earth moves round the sun.
Ø Birds fly in the sky.
Ø Two and two make four.
2: It is also used for a situation that is
more or less permanent (see the present continuous for a temporary situation -
one which we think won't last long):
Ø
Where
do you live?
Ø
She
works in a school.
Ø
They
love tea.
Ø
He
has three children.
Ø
She
is married..
3: For habits or things that we do regularly
or habitual facts and action. Generally,adverbs of frequency is used in this
case (also see the present continuous for new, temporary or annoying habits):
Ø Do you smoke?
Ø I play cricket everyday
Ø We often go to the cinema.
Ø Rahim gets up at seven o'clock
every day.
Ø How often do you study
English?
4: This the simple present is used to talk
about what happens in books, plays, or films:
Ø The hero dies at the end of the
film.
Ø A woman travels through Bangladesh,
where she meets different people, and finally falls in love.
Ø The main character is very
pretty and works in a bookshop.
5: It is used in the first conditionals:
Ø If it rains, I won't come.
Ø I will meet you if it doesn’t rain.
6: This tense can be used to talk about the
future when someone is discussing a timetable or a fixed plan.
Ø School begins at nine tomorrow.
Ø The train leaves at eleven.
Ø What time does the film start?
Ø When does the game end?
7: It is also used to talk about the future
after words like ' 'when', 'until', 'after', 'before' and 'as soon as' in a
future sentence:
Ø I will call you when I have
time. (Not: 'will have')
Ø I won't go out until it stops
raining.
Ø She'll come as soon as her father arrives.
Ø I'm going to sleep after I watch
the news.
Ø I'll give you the book before you go.
8: More use
Ø Lemon tastes sour.
Ø She looks beautiful.
Ø I think she is very pretty.
Ø I promise I will help the poor.
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