simple present
present simple

More examples can be found in the article Simple present.

The principal uses of the simple present are given below.

Hint: This is what happens normally so use the simple present.

The simple present has an intensive or emphatic construction with "do": He does write.

All forms of the simple present are given below, using the verb write as an example:

The simple present is used in the following circumstances:

In addition, the ending will be missing for the first and third person conjugations of the singular simple present.

Instead, the simple present should be used (ég sit).

When I once did send a simple present to Mao it was politely returned.

The Latin present tense can be translated as progressive or simple present.

But it was the commonplaces that were anchoring him, little by little, back in the simple present.

Like other English present tense forms, the simple present has certain uses in which it does not refer to present time.

There are also certain other uses (including those mentioned in the following paragraph) in which the simple present does not reflect a habitual aspect.

Simple present is not marked.

In the simple present, not only are there stem changes, but the inflections are irregular as well:

A simple present and a present progressive:

In modal verbs, the stem vowel will change for all conjugations of the singular simple present.

However certain verbs expressing a state, such as be and know, are used in the simple present even when referring to a temporary present state.

Thus the simple present of the above verb is write or writes, and the simple past (also called preterite) is wrote.

Each Adult supplies a simple present that is put into a sack and Father Christmas gives them out to the Adults.

In most cases the purchase money or dowry consists of simple presents such as chickens, goats, hoes and cutlasses.

The differences in verb conjugation are more divergent however, as can be seen the simple present of "avair" 'to have':

The simple present has three main uses in English: First, it often identifies habitual or customary action referring to no specific time frame:

However, Ido also has an alternative irregular form for the simple present ("es"), which some Idists frown upon.

For more information about the uses of constructions related to or contrasting with the simple present, see Uses of English verb forms.