Improve Your English with Present Simple Grammar Tips

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The present simple tense is the basic tense in English.

We usually use it to talk about:

• Our lives and routines

  (for example, I work as an English teacher, I teach 5 days a week)

• Facts

  (for example, many people learn English)

The basic word order is

• Subject + Verb + Object (the rest of your idea)

For example:

• I play soccer.

• She reads a book every evening.

• Subject

  • Can be one word:

  I / you / he / she / it / we / they

  • Can be two or more:

  My sister / Everyone in my class

• Verb

  • An action

  play / read / work

  • A state

  have / know / understand

• Object (the rest of your idea)

  • Gives more information

  Where / when / why / who / how