Uses of Present Indefinite Tense
Format(s)
Assertive
Subject + Main Verb 1st /Main Verb 1st + s/es.
Negative
Subject + Do/Does+ Not + Main Verb 1st.
Interrogative
Do/Does + Subject +Main Verb 1st?
Agreement
- Singular Subject + Singular Verb.
- Plural Subject + Plural Verb.
1.
To tell a
Universal/eternal truth
A. Birds fly.
B. Bird flies.
2.
To tell about
daily actions
A. He practices every day.
B. Do they practice every day?
3.
In live
commentaries on TV and radios
A. Ram passes the ball to Rahim.
B. Ram does not pass the ball to Rahim.
4.
If sentence
starts with here or there
A. Here comes the train.
5.
In newspapers
headlines
A. Cricket match draws.
6.
For planned
future actions
A. He arrives tomorrow.
B. Batches start tomorrow.
7.
With whenever and
when
A. Whenever you ring the bell, she comes.
8.
If subordinate
clause starts with – if, till, as soon as, when, unless, before, until, even
if, in case, as then always use the present simple
A. We shall wait until she arrives.
9.
Quotations come
in present simple.
A. The sun rises in the east.
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