Simple present tense tricks

 

Tense

There are three types of tense.

1.     Present Tense

2.     Past Tense

3.     Future Tense

Present Tense

There are four types of present tense.

1.     Simple Present Tense Or
Present Indefinite Tense Or
Present Non-progressive Tense

2.     Present Continuous Tense Or
Present Imperfect Tense Or
Present Progressive Tense

3.     Present Perfect Tense

4.     Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Simple Present Tense

Tricks 1- Daily, always, never, often, sometimes, every day/night/morning/evening/week/month/year, generally, usually, hardly, once a day/week/month, rarely, seldom   -------- v1/v5

Note- I, you, we, they, more than one person or thing (Ram and Shyam, my friends) ------------v¹
He, she, it and one person or thing (Ram, Mohan, my friend) ----------v⁵

Examples
She……….here every day.
a)come         b)comes       c)is coming d)came
He always………..at you.
a)laugh                     b)laughs       c)laughed    d)is laughing

Tricks 2- Universal truth ---------v5/is
Examples
Two and two……….four.
a)make                     b)made                     c)makes                   d)are making
Honesty………..the best policy.
a)is                 b)am              c)are              d)has

Tricks 3- Do/does ---------v1
Examples
I do not…….you.
a)call b)calls           c)calling       d)called
He does not…………you English.
a)teach                     b)taught       c)teached     d)teaches

 

          i.            They often…….so . (say/says)

       ii.            I never _______late. (come/comes)

     iii.            Rahman and Rahim ______ to school daily.  (go/goes)

     iv.            I always _______ a book.  (read/reads)

       v.            Geeta ________ on the stage every sunday.  (dance/dances)

     vi.            Everybody _____ him.  (like/likes)

  vii.            He ______ a bell.  (ring/rings)

viii.            We seldom………the cinema.(go/goes)