Simple Present Tense Examples : All four forms

Simple Present Tense Examples

Knowing Simple present tense examples helps us to learn various ways in which the tense is used in real-life communication. Before going to that, it is important to learn the structure and rules of simple present tense.

Simple present tense is used to express:

• A habitual action.
  • I go for a walk everyday in the morning.
  • Raju attends mathematics class every evening.
  • He goes to his grandfather’s village every month.
  • Federer plays Tennis on Sundays.
  • I take my dinner at 8pm.
• To express universal truths and Scientific facts.
  • The sun rises in the east.
  • Two plus two equals to four
  • Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
• To describe a future incident that is planned, or certainly is going to happen.
  • India plays the world cup cricket this year.
  • The President attends the award ceremony this evening.
  • That school reopens on the first of June.
• If two actions of the future are being talked in a single sentence, one of the actions should be in simple present tense and the other in simple future tense.
  • They shall go when the car arrives.
  • Ravi shall eat once the food arrives.

Tip: Whenever the following words are present in the sentence, simple present tense should be used.

Note: Some verbs should be expressed in simple present tense and never in present continuous tense. They are:

Forms of Simple Present tense

Like every tense, the simple present also has four forms through which it can be expressed. The four are as follows:

Positive : Subject + V1 + Object

Positive Interrogative : Do/Does +Subject + V1 + Object?

Negative : Subject + Do/Does not + V1 + Object

Negative Interrogative : Do/ Does not + Subject + V1 + Object?

If we take an example “He eats a mango everyday”, the following are the four forms:

1. He eats a mango every day.
2. Does he eat a mango every day?
3. He does not eat a mango every day.
4. Does he not eat a mango every day?

Some more examples of simple present tense are:

1. The sun rises in the East.
2. I read a book before going to sleep.
3. The world cup happens once every four years.
4. Two and two make four.
5. The river flows under the bridge.
6. I take pride in my work.
7. I wish my family were here.
8. He cooks his food once a week.
9. I hope to go into space someday.
10. Buddhists live a peaceful life.

Exercise: Try to write the four forms of all the examples given above.

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