How to form questions in Present Simple Tense?

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To form questions in the Present Indefinite Tense, one can add 'do' or 'does' before the subject and the infinitive form of the verb. When asking a question using the wh-word, place the pronoun or adverb before 'do' or 'does'. 

Examples:

  • Why does Mayank never answers his phone?
  • Where does Nisha work?

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Passive sentences in the Simple Present Tense are the one which the subject is acted upon. In such sentences, the subject does not do the action but is being acted upon. The passive voice uses a conjugated form of the verb 'to be' along with past participle of the main verb. 

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In English, there are four types of Present Tenses. These are:

  • Simple Present Tense- Subject + V1 + s/es + Object
  • Present Continuous Tense - Subject + am/is/are + V1 + ing
  • Present Perfect Tense- Subject + has/have + past participle
  • Present Perfect Continuous Tense- Subject + has/have + been + V1 + ing

The formula for the Simple Present Tense is-  Subject + Base form of the Verb (V1) + s/es + Object

Examples of Present Simple Tense:

1) Riya writes in her notebook.

Riya - Subject

Writes - V1 + s

Notebook- Object

2) The dog lick the bone. 

Dog- Subject

Licks- V1 + s

Bone- Object

3) Mr. Simon teache

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The 20 examples of different types of present tense are as follows:

  1. The jury has not reached a verdict yet.
  2. She has already worked on it. 
  3. I am working on a project. 
  4. He is going to London today. 
  5. Ujjwal is learning English. 
  6. Have you been sleeping since morning?
  7. The servant is waiting

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The simple past tense of the verb “go” is “went”. Irregular verbs like “go” don't follow a specific pattern and do not use suffix like 'ed' to be changed into simple past tense. For example, I went to the market yesterday. Went is the simple past tense word of 'go'. There is no suffix in the verb.&n

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