Simple Present Tense

Present Tense

Present tense

　Present Tense　

The present tense) is the tense (that is, the form of the verb) that may be used to express:

・action at the present
・a state of being
・an occurrence in the (very) near future
・an action that occurred in the past and continues up to the present.

The English present tense has the following aspects:

1. Simple aspect 
2. Progressive aspect ( continuous aspect)
3. Perfect aspect
4. Perfect progresseive aspect (perfect continuous aspect)

　Example　

1. I (do) work.
2. I am working.
3. I have worked.
4. I have been working.

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　Present simple tense　 

ADVERB PLACEMENT

・always
・only
・never
・ever
・still
・just…

　Example　

・You only speak English.
・Do you only speak English?

1. Form

*For positive sentences, we do not normally use the auxiliary.



2.Use

　Repeated Actions　

　Use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual.

　The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often happens. It can also be something a person often forgets or usually does not do. 　We use it to makegeneral statements about repeated activities (such as things you do every day, every week, every summer, etc.) 

The simple present is also often used in combination with adverbs of frequency:

　Timeless truths　


The Simple Present can also indicate the speaker believes that a fact was true before, is true now, and will be true in the future. It is not important if the speaker is correct about the fact. It is also used to make generalizations about people or things.

　Scheduled Events in the Near Future　

　Speakers occasionally use Simple Present to talk about scheduled events in the near future. This is most commonly done when talking about public transportation, but it can be used with other scheduled events as well.

　 Now (Non-progressive Verbs)　

Speakers sometimes use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is happening or is not happening now. This can only be done with Non-pregressive Verbs and certain Mixed Verbs.

　Other use　


The simple present is often employed in newspaper headlines 

　Example　

・Oldest man alive wins an olympic race or Stock markets crash

The simple present is employed in conditional sentences

　Example　

・If he finds your sweets, he'll eat them!

Here comes … etc.

　Example　

・Here comes the bus.
・There goes your girl friend.
・Here he comes.
・There you are.