Simple Present Tense

GROUP MEMBERS : IVY LING ZHE YUN

POK HUI CHEE
LECTURER : MADAM NOR’AZAH ABDUL AZIZ
Simple Present Tense
• indicates that an action is present, now, relative to the speaker or
writer.
• We use the present tense to talk about something that is true in the
present.

• Used with adverbs of frequency like usually, sometimes, almost,

never, etc, are used to express how often things happen.
• Examples: : I usually go to school by bus.
1. Use to refer regular habits or daily routine
• Express the idea that an action is repeated or things that happen
again and again

• The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event or something that

often happens

• Examples:
• He drinks tea at breakfast.
• They watch television regularly.
• We catch the bus every morning
2. Use for facts or generalizations
• Tells something that is always true.

• Used to make generalizations about people or things

• Examples:
• Water freezes at zero degrees.
• The adult human body contains 206 bones.
• Light travels at almost 300,000 kilometres per second.
Grammar rules
Affirmative Interrogative Negative
I think Do I think? I do not think

You think Do you think? You do not think

He thinks Does he think? He does not think

She thinks Does she think? She does not think

It thinks Does it think? It does not think

We think Do we think? We do not think.

They think Do they think? They do not think.

Thank you