Present Simple Tense

Now that you know what tenses are from our previous post, let us look in detail into Simple Present Tense...

1. Used to talk about :

• Habits and routines 
• Things you do every day /week / year 

E.G: I go there every year.  

        I go on Facebook every day.  

• Things that are generally true/ always happen

E.G: He usually gets up late.
        The Moon orbits the Earth.

        My neighbour has two children. 

     2. Use don't / doesn't to make negative sentences.

E.G: I don't go on Facebook very often.

        He doesn't read newspapers.

     3. Use do / does to make question 

E.G: Do you live with your parents?

        Where does your sister work?

    4. We often use the present simple with adverbs of frequency(always, usually, often,sometimes, hardly ever, never)

• Adverbs of frequency go before the main verbs.
•  Adverbs of frequency go after be.

          She's never ill. NOT she's ill never. 

• Remember to use a positive verb with never.

          It never rains.NOT it doesn't never rain.

E.G: We often go out on Friday night.

        She doesn't usually study at weekends.

        I'm never ill.

        He's always late for work.

    

     5. Expressions of frequency (every day, once a week, etc.) usually go at the end of a sentence.

E.G: She gets up early every day.

        We have English classes twice a week.
       

        

       * Exercises related to this topic will be updated in the upcoming post. Try it and test yourself.