{"id":1813,"date":"2017-02-01T09:56:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T09:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=1813"},"modified":"2017-02-17T15:51:18","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T15:51:18","slug":"when-to-use-the-simple-present-tense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/when-to-use-the-simple-present-tense\/","title":{"rendered":"When to use the simple present tense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">The simple present tense is used to talk about our everyday activities \u2013 things that we do regularly or at specific intervals. Before you start learning this tense form, think about things you do every day. You can find an overview of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/simple-present-tense-overview\/\">simple present tense here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When do you get up in the morning?<\/li>\n<li>I <strong>get<\/strong> up at six o\u2019clock.<\/li>\n<li>What do you do in the morning?<\/li>\n<li>I <strong>go<\/strong> for a walk in the morning.<\/li>\n<li>When do you have breakfast?<\/li>\n<li>I<strong> have<\/strong> breakfast at 8.30 am.<\/li>\n<li>When do you go to office?<\/li>\n<li>I <strong>go<\/strong> to office at 9 am.<\/li>\n<li>What do you do?<\/li>\n<li>I <strong>work<\/strong> at a factory.<\/li>\n<li>Where do you live?<\/li>\n<li>I <strong>live<\/strong> in a small village in Kerala.<\/li>\n<li>When do you have lunch?<\/li>\n<li>I <strong>have<\/strong> lunch at one o\u2019clock.<\/li>\n<li>When do you go to bed?<\/li>\n<li>I <strong>go<\/strong> to bed \/ sleep at ten o\u2019clock.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once you are comfortable talking about your own daily activities, you can start talking about other people\u2019s routines. There is an important point to consider. In the simple present tense, when the subject is a singular noun (e.g. Rahul, Maya, pen, tree, dog, boy) or a third person singular pronoun (he, she, it), the verb takes the marker <strong>\u2013s. <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/usage\/subject-verb-agreement-rules.htm\">You can learn about subject-verb agreement here.<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Susmita <strong>gets<\/strong> up at six o\u2019clock. (NOT Susmita get up at six o\u2019clock.)<\/li>\n<li>Roopa<strong> teaches<\/strong> at a school. (NOT Roopa teach at a school.)<\/li>\n<li>She <strong>earns<\/strong> a handsome salary. (NOT She earn a handsome salary.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The verb does not take the marker <strong>-s<\/strong> when the subject is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/grammar\/nouns-plurals.htm\">plural noun<\/a> (e.g. books, girls, children, pens, trees, dogs, boys) or pronoun (they, we, you).<\/p>\n<p>The first person pronoun \u2018I\u2019 also doesn\u2019t take the marker <strong>\u2013s.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I <strong>run<\/strong> a website. (NOT I runs a website.)<\/li>\n<li>You <strong>sing<\/strong> well. (NOT You sings well.)<\/li>\n<li>They <strong>work<\/strong> at a factory. (NOT They works at a factory.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/grammar\/nouns-with-plural-verbs.htm\">Nouns that always need a plural verb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The simple present tense is used to talk about our everyday activities \u2013 things that we do regularly or at specific intervals. 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