Simple Present Tense A Complete Guide | Use of The Simple Present Tense

Use of The Simple Present Tense

Structure: Subject + first form of the verb

For Example:

I write.

He Plays.

She Plays.

You Play.

They Play.

Simple Present Tense A Complete Guide 

Note: We have to notice here the marker -s in the second and third sentences. When the subject is a third person singular, we have to add the marker -s to the verb in a simple present tense.

Simple Present Tense A Complete Guide 

1. The simple present tense is used to talk about a habitual action.

For Example:

He wakes up at 9 am.

He drinks coffee in the morning.

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2. The simple present tense is used to talk about General Truths.

For Example:

Milk is white.

The sun sets in the west.

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3.The simple present tense is used in exclamatory sentences like the sentences beginning with "here" and "there" to express what is actually happening in the present.

For Example:

There goes your Father!

Here comes the train!

4. The simple present tense is used to talk about future events which are fixed.

For Example:

Our PM comes On Monday.

The Game starts at 10 o’clock.

5. The simple present tense is used to introduce quotations.

For Example:

Keats says, ‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever.’

6. The simple present tense is used in clauses of time and condition.

For Example:

I will meet you when he comes here. (NOT I will meet you when he will come.)

I will go to The USA after I get Visa. (NOT I will go to the USA after I will get visa.)

7. The simple present tense is used  in broadcast commentaries instead of the present continuous tense to talk about the activities which are in progress.

For Example:

The ball hits the net and he loses the point.

Finally, the curtain drops and the lights go out.

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