Simple Present Tense in English Grammar
Simple Present Tense in English Grammar
Simple Present Tense āĻšāϞ⧠English grammar-āĻāϰ āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ tenseāĻā§āϞā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋāĨ¤ Daily routine, habit, general truth, repeated action, permanent situation, instruction, timetable āĻāĻŦāĻ feelings/state āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠simple present tense āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤ Bengali learnersāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻ tense āĻā§āĻŦ important, āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ everyday speaking, writing, conversation āĻāĻŦāĻ basic sentence structure-āĻ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ lesson-āĻ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ simple present tense meaning, uses, structure, he/she/it + verb+s/es rule, do/does negative-question rules, spelling rules, common mistakes, practice āĻāĻŦāĻ quiz āϏāĻšāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻŦā§āύāĨ¤
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Simple Present Tense āĻā§?
Simple Present Tense is used to describe habits, routines, general truths, repeated actions, permanent situations, and present facts.
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Lesson #15-āĻ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ Tense Introduction āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤ āϏā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž 12 tense-āĻāϰ overview āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻāύ tense series-āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ detailed lesson āĻšāϞ⧠Simple Present Tense, āϝāĻž present time, habit, truth āĻāĻŦāĻ routine āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤
Simple Present Tense āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ regular action āĻŦāĻž always true information āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ tense-āĻ main verb āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ V1 form-āĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ āϤāĻŦā§ subject āϝāĻĻāĻŋ he, she, it āĻŦāĻž singular noun āĻšā§, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠verb-āĻāϰ āĻļā§āώ⧠s/es āϝā§āĻ āĻšā§āĨ¤
She studies English every day.
The sun rises in the east.
They play football.
āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠study, studies, rises, āĻāĻŦāĻ play simple present tense-āĻāϰ verb form.
Uses of Simple Present Tense
āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ card-āĻā§āϞā§āϤ⧠click āĻāϰāϞ⧠simple present tense-āĻāϰ use āϏāĻšāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Habit / Routine
Every day, always, usually.
General Truth
Facts and universal truths.
Repeated Action
Often, sometimes, never.
Permanent Situation
Live, work, study.
Timetable
Fixed schedule.
State / Feeling
Know, like, love, have.
Simple Present Tense Structure
Positive, negative āĻāĻŦāĻ question structure āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
| Sentence Type | Structure | Example with I/You/We/They | Example with He/She/It |
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Subject + V1 / V+s/es + Object | I play football. | He plays football. |
| Negative | Subject + do/does + not + V1 + Object | They do not play football. | She does not play football. |
| Question | Do/Does + Subject + V1 + Object? | Do you play football? | Does he play football? |
| Wh-Question | Wh-word + do/does + Subject + V1? | Where do you live? | Where does she live? |
Very Important Rule
Does āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāϞ⧠main verb-āĻ āĻāϰ s/es āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤ Correct: She does not play. / Does he go? Wrong: She does not plays. / Does he goes?
Simple Present Tense Rules
Simple present tense āĻ āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻ rulesāĻā§āϞ⧠āĻ āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāĻ āĻāĻžāύāĻž āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϰāĨ¤
Basic Rule
I, you, we, they āĻāĻŦāĻ plural subject-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ base verb/V1 āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšā§āĨ¤ He, she, it āĻāĻŦāĻ singular subject-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ verb+s/es āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšā§āĨ¤
He works. / She works. â
He / She / It + Verb+s/es
Simple present positive sentence-āĻ he, she, it āĻŦāĻž singular noun āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠verb-āĻāϰ āĻļā§āώ⧠s/es āϝā§āĻ āĻšā§āĨ¤
She reads books.
Rahim goes to school.
The cat drinks milk.
Do / Does Rule
Negative āĻāĻŦāĻ question sentence-āĻ do/does āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšā§āĨ¤ Does āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠main verb āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§ V1 āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
She does not like coffee.
Do you speak English?
Does he speak English?
Simple Present with Be Verb
Simple present tense-āĻ am, is, are āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰ⧠identity, condition, quality āĻŦāĻž location āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āϝāĻžā§āĨ¤
She is happy.
They are ready.
We are from Bangladesh.
Common Signal Words
Simple present tense-āĻ often habit/routine signal words āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ āϤāĻŦā§ context āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§ important.
Verb+s/es Spelling Rules
He/she/it-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ verb+s/es āϝā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§ spelling change āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
go â goes
watch â watches
study â studies
have â has
Simple Present Verb Forms
He/she/it-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ verb āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āĻšā§ āϤāĻž āĻĻā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
| Base Verb | He/She/It Form | Rule | Example Sentence |
|---|---|---|---|
| play | plays | Add s | He plays football. |
| read | reads | Add s | She reads books. |
| go | goes | Add es | Rahim goes to school. |
| watch | watches | Add es after ch | He watches TV. |
| study | studies | y â ies | She studies English. |
| have | has | Irregular | He has a book. |
| do | does | Irregular | She does her homework. |
Bengali LearnersāĻĻā§āϰ Common Simple Present Mistakes
Simple present tense āĻā§āĻ āĻŽāύ⧠āĻšāϞā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠learnersāϰāĻž āĻ āύā§āĻ āĻā§āϞ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
He go to school. â
He goes to school. â
He/she/it āĻŦāĻž singular subject-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ verb+s/es āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
She does not likes tea. â
She does not like tea. â
Does not-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠main verb V1 āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Does he goes to school? â
Does he go to school? â
Question-āĻ does āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠main verb V1 āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
I lives in Dhaka. â
I live in Dhaka. â
I-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ base verb āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšā§āĨ¤
They plays football. â
They play football. â
They plural subject, āϤāĻžāĻ base verb āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
She have a car. â
She has a car. â
He/she/it-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ have â has āĻšā§āĨ¤
Simple Present Tense Practice
āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ exercises āĻāϰ⧠simple present tense practice āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
A. Choose the Correct Verb
B. Make Negative and Question
C. Quick Quiz
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Main Grammar homepage-āĻāϰ card/topic structure-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻ lesson connect āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϞā§āĨ¤
Tense
āĻāĻ lesson tense category-āĻāϰ detailed lesson.
Simple Present
Habit, routine, fact āĻāĻŦāĻ truth āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤
Subject-Verb Agreement
He/she/it + verb+s/es rule āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻā§āĻŦ important.
Speaking Practice
Daily routine āĻāĻŦāĻ personal habits āĻŦāϞāϤ⧠simple present āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϰāĨ¤
EngLrn Grammar Lesson Sequence
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Lesson Complete?
āĻāĻ lesson complete āĻšāϞ⧠Grammar Lesson #17: Present Continuous Tense in English Grammar āĻĒā§ā§āύāĨ¤
Simple Present Tense āύāĻŋā§ā§ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ
Beginner learnersāĻĻā§āϰ common questions-āĻāϰ āϏāĻšāĻ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰāĨ¤
Simple Present Tense āĻā§?
Simple Present Tense āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ tense āϝāĻž habit, routine, general truth, repeated action, permanent situation āĻāĻŦāĻ present fact āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤
He, she, it-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ verb+s/es āĻā§āύ āĻšā§?
Simple present positive sentence-āĻ he, she, it āĻāĻŦāĻ singular subject-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ verb+s/es āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšā§āĨ¤ Example: He plays, She reads, It works.
Do āĻāĻŦāĻ does āĻāĻāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšā§?
I, you, we, they āĻāĻŦāĻ plural subject-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ do āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšā§āĨ¤ He, she, it āĻāĻŦāĻ singular subject-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ does āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšā§āĨ¤
Does-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠verb+s/es āĻšāĻŦā§?
āύāĻžāĨ¤ Does-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠main verb āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§ V1/base form āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ Correct: Does he go? / She does not like tea.
āĻāĻ lesson-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻā§āύ lesson āĻĒā§āĻŦ?
āĻāĻ lesson-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ Present Continuous Tense in English Grammar āĻĒā§āĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϤ, āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āϏā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻāύ āĻāϞāĻŽāĻžāύ action āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻšā§āĨ¤
Simple Present Tense in English Grammar for Bengali Learners
āĻāĻ lesson-āĻ Bengali learnersāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ Simple Present Tense in English Grammar āϏāĻšāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤ Simple present tense habit, routine, general truth, repeated action, permanent situation, schedule āĻāĻŦāĻ present fact āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤
He/she/it + verb+s/es rule, do/does negative and question structure, spelling rules, common simple present mistakes āĻāĻŦāĻ practice exercises āĻļā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ learners English speaking, writing āĻāĻŦāĻ grammar accuracy improve āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦā§āĨ¤
