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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.

Structure: Subject + Verb 1 (V1) + Object

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.

Usually	Frequently	Rarely	Seldom
Never	Often	Sometimes	Generally
Always	Everyday	Every week	Monthly
Yearly	Daily	Every month	Every Year

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

Love	Hate	Dislike	Like
Understand	Know	Believe	Forget
Agree	Disagree	Own	Belong
Possess	Hear	See	Smell
Taste	Feel	Have	Consist

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:

He eats a mango every day.
Does he eat a mango every day?
He does not eat a mango every day.
Does he not eat a mango every day?

Some more examples of simple present tense are:

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

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

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Present tense is used in every sentence that expresses an action that is happening currently. The four tenses in present tense are as follows.

1. Simple Present Tense

Structure: Subject + Verb 1 (V1) + Object

It 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.
- The sun rises in the east.
- Two plus two equals
- 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 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, this particular tense should be used.

Usually	Frequently	Rarely	Seldom
Never	Often	Sometimes	Generally
Always	Everyday	Every week	Monthly
Yearly	Daily	Every month

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

Love	Hate	Dislike	Like
Understand	Know	Believe	Forget
Agree	Disagree	Own	Belong
Possess	Hear	See	Smell
Taste	Feel	Have	Consist

2. Present Continuous Tense

Structure: Subject + is/am/are + Verb 1 + ing + Object

I – Am, We – Are, You – Are, He – Is, She – Is, It – Is, They – Are

It is used to denote an action that is currently happening.

I am currently working on a project.
The teacher is writing on the blackboard.
She is cooking
That man is mowing the lawn.
They are watching the picture.

Any action that is planned to happen in the near future is also written in this tense.

I am meeting my professor after this lecture.
I am cooking my dinner tonight.

3. Present Perfect Tense

Structure: Subject + has/ have + verb 3 (V3) + Object

It is used to describe the actions that are just completed.

I have just watched a movie.
The bus has just begun.
Ram has just finished his work.
They have just gone out.

Clue: If the sentences have “just, just now, already, so far, yet, recently, ever, lately” in them, this particular tense should be used.

4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense

This tense is used to express any action that has started in the past and is still continuing in the present

Structure: Subject + has/have + been + Verb 1 + ing + object

I have been walking on this path for 2 years.
We have been listening to music since 8 PM.
They have been waiting for their flight for an hour.
It has been crawling on the floor since 2PM.

This tense is mainly used to highlight the time period of the action that is happening.

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