Simple Present Flashcards
4 types of tense
Simple present
Present continuous
Present perfect tense
Present perfect continuous tense
Verb used in SP
Sub+V1/V5
Indicator for SP
Often Daily Usually Sometimes Seldom Always (if positive note the SP; if negative then PC)
PM visits to China next month
She is coming to meet me next week
Explain why?
Officials statement + near future = SP
personal statement + near future = PC
Use of time/conditional clause for future action?
SP
Present of two future sentences are necessary with clause
Conditional clause: any word which tell or indicate time like unless, if, in-case etc.
Time clause: any word which tell or indicate time like before, by the time, until, as soon as, when.
It’ll be SP.
Habitual action and universal truth
SP
I go to office daily
Words for “drama/stage”
SP always
On the stage, in the play, in the drama
Mortal and immortal verb
Mortal= going to end= PC
Ram is eating cookies
Immortal = never ends= SP
Temple stands in the heart of the city.
Present continuous tense
Subj+ is/am/are + v4(-ing)
Indicator word for PC
Now, these days, nowadays, at present, currently.
To express intensions or likelihood
PC is used
Always in negative sense
PC
Present perfect tense form
Subject + has/have + V3
Indicator words for PP
One can be used in other tense, which one?
Yet, as yet, recently, already, so far, ever since, ever since, uptill now, just*
“Just now” can be used in past definite tense
2 ways of “it is/this is”
It is/this is + adjective(3rd form) + has/have + V3
This is the simplest way that you have done.
It is/this is + (ordinal) + has/have + v3
Ordinal = order like 1st 2nd.
This is the first time I have come to India
