English Grammar

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How do we make the Simple Present Tense?

subject + auxiliary verb + main verb

note:
1. For positive sentences, we do not normally use the auxiliary.
2. For the 3rd person singular (he, she, it), we add s to the main verb or es to the auxiliary.
3. For the verb to be, we do not use an auxiliary, even for questions and negatives.

examples:
(+) I/you/we/they like sausage.
He/she/it likes sausage.
(-) I/you/we/they do not like sausage.
He/she/it does not like sausage.
(?) Do I/you/we/they like sausage?
Does he/she/it like sausage?

what does simple present tense for?
* to express general truth/fact -> The sun rises in the east.
* to express something that happens all the time/habbitually -> she plays the piano every morning.
* to say something that is not only happening now -> The Simpson lives in Springfield.

there are 3 kinds of verb to be:

* Am -> used for I

* Is -> used for He/She/It

* Are -> used for You/We/They

example:

* positive sentence:

I am a student.

He is from Indonesia.

She is my sister.

It is a book.

We are at home

You are pilots.

They are French.

* negative sentence:

I am not a student.

He/She is not from Ukraine.

They/You/We are not European.

* Interrogative sentence:

Am I right?

Is he/she a famous singer?

Are you/we/they crazy?