The Present Simple Tense

Koristi se kada govorimo o:

Radnjama i stvarima koje se cesto ili stalno desavaju, ili ne menjaju

Npr: They play golf on Saturdays.

Derrick lives on Fifth Avenue.

Dogadjaje koji ce se sigurno odviti u buducnosti, obicno zbog nekog rasporeda

koji se prati. Obicno se to odnosi na kretanje aviona, vozova, autobusa, itd.

Npr: The deadline is tomorrow.

The World Track and Field Championships begin next week.

Cinjenice, stvari koje se ne menjaju, nego uvek vaze

Npr: The Mississippi River divides the United States into east and west.
Tornadoes only occur during the summer.
The sun rises in the east.

Zapazanja, osecanja (zato sto ih ne osecamo samo u jednom trenutku, vec ona
traju u nama kroz sadasnjost)

Npr: I am tired.
He hears music playing.
We think you're smart.
I love chocolate.
Bill owes me ten dollars.

Radnje koje oznacavaju neku naviku u sadasnjosti, nesto sto radimo uvek
(always)/cesto (often)/obicno (usually)/retko (sometimes)/nikad (never)/
svake nedelje,svakog meseca, svake godine, svakog dana, itd. (every
week/month/year/day,

Npr: I visit my grandparents every weekend.

She never looks sad.
They usually go out in the evening.
He sometimes reads a book.

U 3. licu jednine na glagol dodajemo nastavak (e)s, dok u ostalim licima imamo
osnovni oblik glagola.

My father walks to work every day.

He lives in an apartment.
She loves playing soccer.
I watch television in the evenings.
We think he is too young.
Those cookies smell good!
Kod odricnih recenica posle subjekta imamo pomocni glagol DO + NOT (skraceno
DOESNT za 3. lice jednine, DONT za sva ostala), pa tek onda glavni glagol koji je
uvek u osnovnom obliku. Kod pitanja prvo stavljamo pomocni glagol DO/DOES, pa
subjekat, pa onda glavni glagol u osnovnom obliku.

Gerry doesn't know her.

Do they work on Saturdays?
I don't understand.
Do you speak English?
We don't watch TV very often.