Simple Present Tense The simple present tense is used..
1. to express a habitual action
Eg. He reads newspaper every day.
She drinks milk every morning.
I get up every day at six o'clock.
My watch keeps good time.
2. to express general truths
Eg. The sun rices in the east
Honey is sweet
Fortune favours the brave
3. to express what is actually taking place in the present
Eg. There it rains
Here comes the bus
There she goes
4. to express a future event that is part of a fixed time table or fixed programme
Eg. The train to London leaves at 8.30 am
The meeting starts at 2.30 pm
The next flight to Colombo is at 11.00 pm tomorrow
When does the supermarket reopen?
More Examples
Affirmative
- I play football
- He plays football
- Suzi writes a story
- They write stories
- You write stories
- I do not play football
- He does not play football
- Suzi does not write a story
- They do not write stories
- You do not write stories
- Do I play football ?
- Does she play football ?
- Does Suzi write a story ?
- Do they write stories ?
- Do you write stories ?
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