Page 3 - MIND MAP WITH NOTES
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See→ Saw
Build→ Built
Go→ Went
Do→ Did
Rise→ Rose
Am/Is/Are→ Was/Were
THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
The simple present tense is a complex tense.
It is used:
Use Examples
(1) To describe facts and habits Lee loves pies. (Fact)
I play chess on Tuesdays.
(Habit)
(2) To describe scheduled events in the The plane arrives at 7 o'clock.
future The sun rises at 05:30 a.m.
(3) To tell stories (particularly jokes) to A robot walks into a room and
make your listener or reader feel more says "Give me a bucket and a
engaged with the story mop."
(4) For things that are always / It rains a lot in winter.
generally true. The Queen of England lives in
Buckingham Palace.
They speak English at work.
For example:
I clean the window.
They clean the window.
Forming the Simple Present Tense (for most verbs)
[Base form of the verb by itself]
Or
(If it's the third person singular -he, she, or it)
[Base form of the verb] + "s"
We jump.
He jumps.