3. Pattern
• Positive (+)
Subject + Verb 1 (+ s/es) + Object
Subject + To be (is/am/are) + Noun/Adjective
• Negative (-)
Subject + do/does Not + Verb 1 + Object
Subject + To be (is/am/are) + Not + Adj/Adverb
• Interrogative (?)
Do/Does + Subject + Verb 1 + Object + ?
To be (is/am/are) + Subject + Adj/Adverb + ?
4. The Use
• We usually use this type of tense, to talk about habital action
He gets up at 8 AM.
We walks through this alley every morning.
My mom keeps her room neat and tidy.
• It also can use for General Truths, an expression of facts that are
always true or events that always happen
Chilli is spicy!
The sun rises up in the east.
5. • In exclamatory sentences beginning with there and here, for expressing
what is actually happening in the present.
Here comes the Red Bull!
There goes the winner of this championship!
• It used to talk about future events that are part of a fixed timetable.
The plane arrives at 6 PM.
His match starts at 8 o’clock.
• Also, we usually find this type of tense when we’re reading our novels. The
authors uses Simple Present tense, to introduce quotations.
He says to her nicely, “Help yourself.”
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