INDEFINITE / SIMPLE PRESENT TENSES

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSES
In Simple Present, the action is simply mentioned and there is nothing being said about its completeness. It is used to talk about an action which happens on a regular basis.
POSITIVE STATEMENTS

SUBJECT	VERB	REST OF THE SENTENCE
I	study	in St.George school.
You	study	in St.George school.
He	studies	in St.George school.
John	studies	in St.George school.
The boy	studies	in St.George school.
She	studies	in St.George school.
Angel	studies	in St.George school.
The girl	studies	in St.George school.
We	study	in St.George school.
You	study	in St.George school.
They	study	in St.George school.
The children	study	in St.George school.

NEGATIVE STATEMENTS

SUBJECT	DON'T (DO NOT) / DOESN'T (DOES NOT)	VERB	REST OF THE SENTENCE
I	don't	play	football.
You	don't	play	football.
He	doesn't	play	football.
John	doesn't	play	football.
The boy	doesn't	play	football.
She	doesn't	play	football.
Angel	doesn't	play	football.
The girl	doesn't	play	football.
We	don't	play	football.
You	don't	play	football.
They	don't	play	football.
The men	don't	play	football.

INTERROGATIVE STATEMENTS / QUESTIONS

DO / DOES	SUBJECT	VERB	REST OF THE SENTENCE
Do	I	sleep	in the afternoon?
Do	you	sleep	in the afternoon?
Does	he	sleep	in the afternoon?
Does	John	sleep	in the afternoon?
Does	the boy	sleep	in the afternoon?
Does	she	sleep	in the afternoon?
Does	Angel	sleep	in the afternoon?
Does	the girl	sleep	in the afternoon?
Do	we	sleep	in the afternoon?
Do	you	sleep	in the afternoon?
Do	they	sleep	in the afternoon?
Do	the men	sleep	in the afternoon?

How do we make the Simple Present Tense?

subject	+	auxillary verb	+	main verb
		do	-	base

There are three important exceptions:
1. For positive sentences, we do not normally use the auxiliary.
2. For the 3rd person singular (he, she, it), we add s to the main verb or es to the auxiliary.
3. For the verb to be, we do not use an auxiliary, even for questions and negatives.
Look at these examples with the main verb like:

	subject	auxillary verb		main verb
+	I, you, we, they			like	coffee.
	He, she, it			likes	coffee.
-	I, you, we, they	do	not	like	coffee.
	He, she, it	does	not	like	coffee.
?	Do	I, you, we, they		like	coffee?
	Does	he, she, it		like	coffee?

Look at these examples with the main verb be. Notice that there is no auxiliary:

	subject	main verb
+	I	am		French
	You, we, they	are		French
	He, she, it	is		French
-	I	am	not	old
	You, we, they	are	not	old
	He, she, it	is	not	old
?	Am	I		late?
	Are	you, we, they		late?
	Is	he, she, it		late?

How do we use the Simple Present Tense?
We use the simple present tense when:

• the action is general
• the action happens all the time, or habitually, in the past, present and future
• the action is not only happening now
• the statement is always true

John drives a taxi.
past	present	future
It is John's job to drive a taxi. He does it every day. Past, present and future

Look at these examples:

• I live in New York.
• The Moon goes round the Earth.
• John drives a taxi.
• He does not drive a bus.
• We do not work at night.
• Do you play football?

Note that with the verb to be, we can also use the simple present tense for situations that are not general. We can use the simple present tense to talk about now. Look at these examples of the verb "to be" in the simple present tense—some of them are general, some of them are now:
Am I right?
Tara is not at home.

You are happy.

past	present	future
The situation is now.

I am not fat. Why are you so beautiful? Ram is tall.
past	present	future
The situation is general. Past, present and future.