the simple present

1. Formation 

The present simple has the form of the infinitive. But in the 3rd person singular only, we add -s. Negative statementsand questionsare formed with do/does. 

I write. She writes. 

I don’t write. She doesn’t write.

Do I write? Does she write? 

2. Use 

We use the present simple to say that something happens  repeatedly,  regularly, normally, often,  always or  never.  It  often  occurs  with  phrases  of  time  such  as always,  never,  often,  sometimes, and  usually, as well as  every summer,  on Fridays,  after midnight, etc. 

She often goes to bed after midnight. 

The present simple is used to talk about something permanent which is not limited to a particular time. 

Most young people like trendy clothes.

The present simple is used to talk about texts, e.g. novels, short stories, newspaper articles, films or plays. 

The novel describes life in an Irish village. 

We use the present simple to describe a series of action, e.g. when giving  information or instructions. 

“How do I get to the station?” 

“First you go along Victoria Street, then you turn left …” 

We use the present simple to say that a future event is a fixed part of a  timetable, 

a  programme of  events,  a  schedule or  suchlike  (the  “timetable  future”).  Verbs 

such as arrive, open, close, startor stopare often used this way. 

The next train from Dublin arrives at 10.13. 

Present tense habitual activities are frequently signaled by time expressions such as the following:

Negative Sentences in the Present Simple Tense

When creating negative sentences, we usually use the auxiliary verbs don’t and doesn’t + the base form of the verb.

All in one

بقلم أيوب البوقي

أيوب البوقي من المغرب، احب أن أضع كل ما أعرف من معلومات حول الحاسوب ولاأبخل به عليكم، وخطرت لي فكرة عمل مدونة تضم كل المجالات التعليمية للكومبيوتر التي أستطيع إفادتكم بها، فأرجوا ان لاتبخلوا علي أيضا بمتابعتكم لمواضيعي كما ان تعليقاتكم تهمني وتزيد من عطائي لكم إخوتي الكرام وأي استفسار ان موجود وشكرا

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