{Errors made while using the simple present tense}
Hi friends, I'm back with a new lesson. Well! when someone asks you
What time do you wake up? what do you say.....
'I'm waking up', 'I have woken up' or 'I wake up'
Well! a lot of people get confused because they really don't know
what form of VERB they should use when they have to speak about
a daily routine action. Well! this is what today's lesson is about
using the 'Simple Present Tense"
as you know every verb has three forms - The present
The Past and The Past Participle. So, in the simple present tense, remember you use only
the simple form of the verb or the base form of the verb
So, we're going to take a look at, when do we use the Simple Present Tense, Okay
Well! I like Chocolates
Now, if you see- like is the present form of the verb
generally I like chocolate, so when you talk about preferences
habits, taste - things that you do daily
you always say - I like chocolates - you cannot say - I'm liking chocolates
it's not correct, right? because first of all like
doesn't go in the 'ING' form. So, you see I like chocolates
so generally, I like chocolates, okay!
so you use the simple present tense
I like chocolates. okay, He plays tennis
Now, remember for the third person singular He , She or IT
you use the verb in the 's' form
okay, so 'go' becomes 'goes', 'do; becomes 'does'
'dance' becomes 'dances'. This is a rule that you have to follow, only for the
third person simple present tense. So, I cannot say "He play tennis"
that is incorrect - " He plays tennis" you see the verb again is
in the simple present tense, okay.
So supposing, I'm talking about my friend who likes to play tennis. I say -
"He plays tennis regularly"
Okay, so when you talk about
regular actions, routines you use the simple present tense. So, he plays
tennis regularly" okay, so you have words like regularly,
usually, often. okay,
So, "He plays tennis regularly" - a routine action it could be
once in a week, it could be once in fifteen days, it could be every evening
but this is something that he generally does, so use the simple present tense
okay, don't say "He's playing tennis" if you say "He's playing tennis"
that means - He's playing tennis right now but if I want to talk about an action
that he does regularly
I'm gonna say "He plays tennis" okay
Now, "The Sun rises in the east"
The sun is the third-person (it) So, I have put the verb in the 's' form
rises in the east, any universal truth
general facts - you put it in the simple present tense
Well ! another general fact - say for example ' Cats like milk'
okay, I can't say - Cats are liking milk, Cats like milk.
it's a general fact, that we are talking about, any universal truth
we use the simple present tense. Okay, and
of course every day the Sun rises in the east
Okay, friends
so I hope this is clear to you so far. For general facts
with universal truths you use the simple present tense
Okay, the next sentence - The train leaves at 8 PM
Now, today's the present, I may be speaking about
next week okay, but I say next week my train leaves at
8 p.m. may be wondering when she's talking about next week
why am I using the simple present tense
well! This is a schedule, a fixed timetable... a schedule
The first flight to New York leaves
at seven in the morning okay, so probably every day or maybe three times
a week
it a fixed schedule there is a flight that leaves at seven in the morning
so any fixed schedule, any timetable
that is regular, that is routine you put it in the simple present
okay, now
sometimes there are some verbs we cannot put
in the continuous form that means in the 'ing' form though technically they
they should be in the 'ing' form but there are certain exceptions
now for example the verb 'be' okay,
'be' very rarely goes in the 'ing' form
but I wanna say I'm here now, though right now, my
action of being here is on, I cannot say - "I am being here"
that is the way it is, my present is on here right now
I cannot put it in the 'ing' form because that's the rule, there are certain
verbs that just don't go in the 'ing' form
so you put it in the simple present tense saying - I am here now.
So, remember we use a simple present tense for verbs that we cannot put in the 'ing' form
likewise the next sentence
He has his passport in his hand. Now, right now he's holding his passport
ideally it should be - He's having. Now, lot of people make this mistake they say
I'm having money, I'm having my passport, though it's technically it's correct
that right now you are possessing it
but remember when you use 'have' to indicate possession
of something you do not put it in the 'ing' form, you put it in the
simple present tense. He has.... well! with he, she , it we always use 'have'
So, He has his passport in his hand. You do not say...
He is having.....
Remember a structure like this - He is having
when you want to say he's possessing, does not go in the
'ing' form. Do remember that, alright! So, for verbs like-
see..... Well! 'love' you don't tell someone -I'm loving you, you tell someone
'I love you' right? you do not put it in the 'ing' form, to use the simple present tense
okay, I hope these examples clear
We are gonna take a look at how to make questions and negative
in the Simple Present tense
So, now 'John is intelligent' this is a simple present tense, he is intelligent
now if I make this into question, all I'm going to do is put
'is' that's the verb, before the subject like this
'Is John intelligent?' with a question mark
okay, now when you have.....
is, am, are in the simple present tense you do not
use 'do' and 'does' okay, you just have to take - is, am, are
before the subject and you have a question there..
Is John intelligent? Do not say - Does is John intelligent, don't get confused
just remember when you use (is, am, are) all you need to do is
bring it before the subject and add a question mark okay
Well! In negative you would say....
John isn't intelligent. Or John is not intelligent.
okay, you just add a 'not'
Okay, friends
the next sentence - The train leave at 6:00. This is a statement
Okay, If I want to ask, I would say - Does the train leave at 6:00?
Now, because the verb has a 's' form here
it's the third person, so when you make
a question when you talk about a third person singular
you use 'does' okay, you have - do+es that makes its 'does'
Does the train leave? okay, you are going to drop the 's' here
This 's' over here, you gonna drop it, you will not say - Does the train leaves?
that's wrong, you say - Does the train leave at 6:00?
because 'do' has taken the responsibility of the 's'
by taking an 'es' so you dropped the 's' here okay
Do remember this, don't make the mistake by saying - Does the train leaves?
It's - Does the train leave
at six o'clock? okay, so remember you use 'does' for the third person to make a
question
okay, The next sentence - they play tennis
They play tennis. If I want to ask you
I'm gonna say - Do they play tennis? Here I do not use 'does', 'Does' is used only for third person singular
this is third person plural, you just use
'do' Do the play tennis? okay, and you have a question there
Well! so, remember 'do' and 'does' is used
only in simple present tense to make
a question. Okay, now the next example
I know him. now this is a positive statement, if I wanna put it in negative
okay in the simple present tense I don't say - I not know him.
that's wrong or I'm not knowing him
that again wrong, you say- I don't know him or I do not know him.
don't is a contraction of do+not
So, you say - I don't know him
okay so don't is the negative
of do, I know him..... I don't know him
okay and the last example - She dances well.
you have the 's' form here, she dances - third person - She dances well.
So, general fact, that she does, When you ask the question
Does she dance well?
Okay, So you use - Does
she dance well? and not - Does she dances well?
This is the question. Well! If I put a negative
She doesn't or does not dance well.
that's my question. She doesn't
dance well --and not ---she doesn't dances well, drop the 's' because you've taken does
She doesn't dance well. Okay, friends
So, remember with is, am, are you don't use do and does
you only use it before the subject, incase you make a question, but
if you want to put it in negative, all you need to say is - John is not
I am NOT, You are not... alright? In case of a question in the simple present tense
you use - do and does
in case of negatives - you use don't and doesn't
Okay friends, Well this brings me to the end of this lesson
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