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Present Simple

Tenses elementary easy

Habits, facts and routines in the present.

Tenses — Expressing time: present, past and future.

Rules

1. Form: base verb; third-person singular adds -s/-es — He works. 2. Negative: do/does + not + base — She does not smoke. 3. Question: Do/Does + subject + base — Do you play? 4. Uses: habits (I walk daily), facts (Water boils at 100°C), schedules (The train leaves at 6). 5. State verbs (know, like, believe) usually stay in simple, not continuous.

Explanation

Use present simple for repeated actions and general truths. Do not use it for actions happening right now — that is present continuous.

हिंदी में

Present simple आदत, तथ्य और नियमित क्रिया के लिए प्रयोग होता है। तीसरे person singular में क्रिया में -s लगता है।

Examples

I go to school every day. — मैं रोज़ स्कूल जाता हूँ।
The sun rises in the east. — सूरज पूर्व में उगता है।

Common Mistakes

{"mistake":"He go to school daily.","correction":"He goes to school daily.","note":"Third-person singular needs -es/-s."}
{"mistake":"I am knowing him.","correction":"I know him.","note":"\"know\" is a state verb — no continuous form."}

Practice Questions

Q1. "She goes" is correct because third-person singular verbs add -es to "go".

True
False

Answer: True

💡 Verbs ending in -o add -es in the third-person singular: go → goes.

Q2. Translate into English: "मैं शाकाहारी हूँ, इसलिए मैं मछली नहीं खाता।"

Answer: I am a vegetarian, so I do not eat fish.

💡 Present simple for a general fact; negative → do not eat.

Q3. Complete: "The library ___ at 9 and ___ at 5."

open / close
opens / closes
opening / closing
opened / closed

Answer: opens / closes

💡 Facts about opening hours use the present simple: opens/closes.

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Topic	Level	What it covers
Present Continuous	elementary	Actions happening now or around now.
Present Perfect	intermediate	Past actions connected to the present.
Present Perfect Continuous	intermediate	Actions that started in the past and continue to now.
Past Simple	elementary	Completed actions in finished time.
Past Continuous	intermediate	Actions in progress at a point in the past.
Past Perfect	intermediate	The earlier of two past actions.