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.
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