Tenses: Simple Present

Simple Present Tense                         Subject + Verb1/ Verb5

  • Subject + V1/5.
  • Subject + do/ does + not + V1.
  • Do/ Does + Subject+ V1?
  • Do/ Does + Subject + not + V1?
  • Wh- Word + do/ does + Subject + V1?
  • Wh- Word + do/ does+ Subject + not + V1?
  1. Habit
  2. Universal truth
  3. Permanent situation
  4. Scheduled events
  5. Instructions/commands
  6. Commentary-style expressions
  7. Repeated actions and preferences
  8. Sentence starts with Here & There

Example Sentences:

I wake up early every morning.

She drinks tea in the evening.

They play cricket after school.

He goes to the market daily.

We study English together.

The sun rises in the east.

My father works in an office.

Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.

You speak very politely.

The train arrives at 7 PM.

I do not like cold coffee.

She does not watch TV at night.

They do not eat junk food often.

Do you know his name?

Does he live in Patna?

Why do they laugh so loudly?

Where does your brother study?

Please close the door.

Here comes the teacher.

I usually walk to school, but my brother rides a bicycle.

Positive: She teaches English.

Negative: She does not teach English.

Interrogative: Does she teach English?

Negative Interrogative: Doesn’t she teach English?

WH-Questions:

  • What does she teach?
  • When does she teach?
  • Who teaches?
  • Where does she teach?
  • Why does she teach?
  • Which subject does she teach?
  • Whom does she teach?
  • Whose book does she teach?
  • How does she teach?
  • How many students does she teach?
  • How much time does she spend to teach?
  • How far does she travel to teach?
  • How often does she teach in a day?
  • How long does she teach each day?

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