The Present Simple Tense

(also called the simple present tense)

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We need to use the Present Simple a lot in English, so it’s really important to understand it well. Many students have problems with the form (or how to make it).

• If you’d prefer to learn about how to USE the Present Simple jump to this page.
• Or, click here for all the practice exercises about this tense.

Simple present tense with ‘be’

The verb ‘be’ is different from the other verbs in this tense. Let’s look at ‘be’ first:

Here’s the positive form (positive means a normal sentence, not a negative or a question. This is sometimes called ‘affirmative’)

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