My father writes books. She eats noodles every Sunday. You swim in the pool. I walk to school every day. Peter plays games every day. I like your bracelet. John speaks English well. My brother takes care of the baby every day. I do my homework during the day. present tense: [noun] the tense of a verb that expresses action or state in the present time and is used of what occurs or is true at the time of speaking and of what is habitual or characteristic or is always or necessarily true, that is sometimes used to refer to action in the past, and that is sometimes used for future events. Present. REMEMBER: The Simple Present Tense is also known as the Present Simple Tense. The Simple Present Tense: Talking about General Truths We use the Simple Present Tense to talk about things that are generally true at the moment of speaking or writing. Examples: • There are 54 countries in Africa. • More than 1 billion people live on Simple present tense is a verb tense that indicates an action that is happening regularly, truths, or habits. The main characteristic of simple present tense is using the root form of the verb. For the 3 rd singular person – he, she, it – add the ‘-s’ or ‘ -es ’. The above examples of Simple Present Tense are here to help you understand and use this tense properly and naturally. You should also get familiar with its usage and rules – visit the Simple Present Tense page to help you with that. For exercises visit the Simple Present Exercises. Check out the other tenses: Present Uses. 1: We use the present simple when something is generally or always true. People need food. It snows in winter here. Two and two make four. 2: Similarly, we need to use this tense for a situation that we think is more or less permanent. (See the present continuous for temporary situations.) Affirmative Sentences in Simple Present Tense. The thief clears the place. The teacher forgives their students. He finishes the race on time. She holds my hand in the crowd. Sammy invites all of us to the party. The actor destroys the shooting area. He involves me in his plan. We develop some software applications. Here’s a useful tip: all of the perfect tenses are formed by adding an auxiliary or auxiliaries to the past participle, the third principal part. 1 st principal part (simple present): ring, walk. 2 nd principal part (simple past): rang, walked. 3 rd principal part (past participle): rung, walked. In the above examples, will or will have are kj61.