Simple Present Tense

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

( GENİŞ ZAMAN )

Third person singular (Üçüncü tekil şahıslar)

Note:

1. he, she, it: üçüncü tekil şahıslarında fiilin sonuna -s: eklenir.
he wants, she needs, he gives, she thinks.

2. Olumsuz ve soru şekillerinde DOES yardımcı fiili eklenir + fiil yalın haldedir.
He wants. Does he want? He does not want.

3. Sonu -y ile biten fiillerde -s eklenirken -y kalkarak -i'ye dönüşür ve böylece -ies olarak kullanılır:
fly - flies, cry - cries

İstisna: -y den önce sesli harf varsa bu değişiklik olmaz:
play - plays, pray - prays

4. Sonu -ss, -x, -sh, -ch ile biten fiillere -es eklenir:
he passes, she catches, he fixes, it pushes


Examples:

1. Third person singular with s or -es

a. He goes to school every morning.
b. She understands English.
c. It mixes the sand and the water.
d. He tries very hard.
e. She enjoys playing the piano.

2. Simple present, form

Example: to like, present simple

Olumlu


Soru


Olumsuz

I like


Do I like ?


I do not like.

You like


Do you like?


You don't like.

he, she, it likes


Does he, she, it like?


He, she, it doesn't like.

we like


Do we like?


We don't like.

you like


Do you like?


You don't like.

The simple present şunlar için kullanılır:

1. Alışkanlıkları, değişmez gerçekleri, tekrarlanan hareketleri ya da sabit durumları, duygu ve dilekleri ifade etmek için:
I smoke (alışkanlık); I work in London (değişmeyen, sabit bir durum); London is a large city (gerçek)

2. Talimatlar ya da yön tarifleri için :
You walk for two hundred metres, then you turn left.

3. Şimdi ve gelecekte saatleri belirlenmiş düzenlemeler için:
Your exam starts at 09.00

4. after, when, before, as soon as, until gibi bağlaçlardan sonra gelecek zaman ifadelerinde:
He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday.

DİKKAT! The simple present şimdi, şu anda, içinde bulunduğumuz zamandaki olayları anlatmak için kullanmayınız.. Bunun için bakınız Present Continuous Tense.

Examples:

1. For habits
He drinks tea at breakfast.
She only eats fish.
They watch television regularly.

2. For repeated actions or events
We catch the bus every morning.
It rains every afternoon in the hot season.
They drive to Monaco every summer.

3. For general truths
Water freezes at zero degrees.
The Earth revolves around the Sun.
Her mother is Peruvian.

4. For instructions or directions
Open the packet and pour the contents into hot water.
You take the No.6 bus to Watney and then the No.10 to Bedford.

5. For fixed arrangements
His mother arrives tomorrow.
Our holiday starts on the 26th March

6. With future constructions
She'll see you before she leaves.
We'll give it to her when she arrives.