{"id":417,"date":"2021-12-22T19:51:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T19:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdr.foobrdigital.com\/?p=417"},"modified":"2021-12-22T19:51:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T19:51:24","slug":"present-indefinite-tense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/22\/present-indefinite-tense\/","title":{"rendered":"Present Indefinite Tense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The present indefinite<\/strong> tense, also known as simple present tense, denotes a stative or habitual or eternally true action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generally, simple present tense is used to indicate an action which happens \u2013 always, regularly, every day, daily, normally, generally, usually, occasionally, sometimes, often, rarely, frequently, nowadays, naturally, seldom, constantly, never, every week, every year, once a year, on a week, at times, at present, now and then, or all the time.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Structure:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Subject (third person singular number) + verb in simple present form + s\/es + . . . . .<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Subject (all other kinds) + verb in simple present form + . . . . .<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Note<\/strong>: When \u2018be\u2019 verbs work as the main verb in a sentence, they are different from the above structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Person<\/sub><\/strong>\/Number<\/sup><\/strong><\/td>Singular<\/td>Plural<\/td><\/tr>
First<\/td>I am a good cricket player.<\/td>We are good cricket players.<\/td><\/tr>
Second<\/td>You are an irresponsible person.<\/td>You all are always irresponsible.<\/td><\/tr>
Third<\/td>The earth is smaller than Jupiter.<\/td>Junk food is not good for health.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There are some stative verbs that are usually used in simple tenses whether present or past or future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The stative verbs are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HaveUnderstandKnowBelieve<\/td>HateNeedHearLove<\/td>AppearSeeLikeSeem<\/td>SmellWantTasteWish<\/td>SoundOwn <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • I know Billy Bob.<\/li>
  • He understands it.<\/li>
  • They love swinging in the park.<\/li>
  • Some people do not believe in God.<\/li>
  • I usually wake up at 6:00 AM.<\/li>
  • He plays cricket, but his brother plays football.<\/li>
  • Earth is bigger than Mercury.<\/li>
  • The heat of the sun reaches the least to the polar.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    How the Forms of Verbs Change in Different Types of Sentences<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Affirmative<\/strong><\/td>Interrogative<\/strong><\/td>Negative<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
    I sing<\/em><\/strong> on stage.<\/td>Do<\/em><\/strong> I sing on stage?<\/td>I don\u2019t<\/em><\/strong> sing on stage.<\/td><\/tr>
    We run<\/em><\/strong> behind the train.<\/td>Do<\/em><\/strong> we run behind the train?<\/td>We don\u2019t<\/em><\/strong> run behind the train.<\/td><\/tr>
    You are<\/em><\/strong> on the roof.<\/td>Are<\/em><\/strong> you on the roof?<\/td>You aren\u2019t<\/em><\/strong> on the roof.<\/td><\/tr>
    Allan writes<\/em><\/strong> well.<\/td>Does<\/em><\/strong> Allan write well?<\/td>Allan does not<\/em><\/strong> write well.<\/td><\/tr>
    She hands<\/em><\/strong> out leaflets.<\/td>Does<\/em><\/strong> she hand out leaflets?<\/td>She doesn\u2019t<\/em><\/strong> hand out leaflets.<\/td><\/tr>
    They love<\/em><\/strong> dancing in the rain.<\/td>Do<\/em><\/strong> they love dancing in the rain?<\/td>They don\u2019t<\/em><\/strong> love dancing in the rain.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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    More Examples of Present Indefinite Tense:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    • I write articles on different topics.<\/li>
    • He reads various kinds of books.<\/li>
    • They love to play football.<\/li>
    • She prefers coffee to tea.<\/li>
    • He goes to the library every day.<\/li>
    • We come for shopping in this market.<\/li>
    • We watch movies in this Cineplex.<\/li>
    • You always shop in that market.<\/li>
    • I sing different kinds of songs, especially modern.<\/li>
    • I love to listen to melodious songs.<\/li>
    • He loves to travel around the world.<\/li>
    • They always play cricket in that field.<\/li>
    • The poet writes romantic poems.<\/li>
    • The lyricist writes realistic songs.<\/li>
    • Do you love to listen to realistic songs?<\/li>
    • I do not like to quarrel.<\/li>
    • I am a peace-loving person.<\/li>
    • I know how to protest against injustice.<\/li>
    • Do you like to watch cricket?<\/li>
    • I love my parents and my elder brother.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The present indefinite tense, also known as simple present tense, denotes a stative or habitual or eternally true action. Generally, simple present tense is used to indicate an action which happens \u2013 always, regularly, every day, daily, normally, generally, usually, occasionally, sometimes, often, rarely, frequently, nowadays, naturally, seldom, constantly, never, every week, every year, once a year, on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[302],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}