Simple present used as simple future

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How to Use the Present Simple to Talk about Future Events

Simple present used as simple future

Simple present used as fixed programme and fixed plan. It indicates future time. For examples:
The Delhi university graduation forms start in May.
She goes abroad next week.
My father returns from Dubai tomorrow.
Mr Kevin resigns next month.
The prime minister attends the meeting tomorrow.

Note: future time expressing adverbs:

Next + time (week, month, year, night, day), tomorrow, in April, on Sunday, on Tuesday (next Tuesday or upcoming days).

We use present simple tense in expressing future events that are the type of some official arrangements such as a timetable (schedules) or program:
Eva arrives at 6 p.m.
His secretary meets you tomorrow.
We get off the bus in Muzaffarnagar and continue by taxi to go to our conference.
Our next meeting is on May 5^th.

Note: personal plans or any prediction is not used with the simple present tense. It suggests that plans or arrangements are fixed and definite.

We use will, going to or the present continuous for personal plans or predictions. ( see unit present continuous and future indefinite)
I think she will leave the job soon.
I am really worried; I’m going to see my mother on Saturday.
It is drastically spreading fear in Rome due to the blast of the oldest church in the world; I believe it will affect the rest of Italy soon. (not … I think it affects the rest).

However, we use the present simple tense if we have specific predictions:

There is a Dhoom Ketu star rises at 9 P.M. tomorrow.
The sun sets at 6: 45 tomorrow.

conditional sentences generally start with two clauses. One of them is a principal clause and another one is a sub-ordinate clause.

Sub-ordinate clause(Simple present used as simple future):

“if, when, before, after, till, until, unless, as soon as, as long as and in case” are the conjunctions; simple present indefinite tense is used with them. And simple future tense is used with the principal clause.

If you come here, I will lend you money.

Sub-ordinate clause principal clause

Simple present tense simple future tense

Sub + M.V¹/M.V⁵+ Obj sub + shall/will + M.V.¹ + obj

There are following conjunctions are used with present indefinite tense are given below:

Time conjunctions of adverbial clauses(Simple present used as simple future):

after, before, when, and until.

Let’s have look following examples of simple present used as simple future:

After you reach the station, you’ll see my cab on the opposite side of the station.
Wait here until she completes her work.
When you go to her, she will help you.
He will have reached there before you go.
Conditional clauses with if, unless, in case, provided (as long as, so long as also means on condition that or provided that). It is used to set limits in a given situation.
He will get success in his interview tomorrow, provided that he speaks English with confidence.
I’ll bring you another ball pen in case you don’t like this one.
If you say nothing, I won’t let you go outside.
Don’t need to give his car back unless he returns your money.
You will score good marks as long as you study smartly.
As long as I go across this country I will find your brother’s killer.

Present simple is used in that and wh- clauses when both main clause and that/wh-clause refer to the future. We don’t use will/shall in that/wh-clause in this type of sentence:

Main clause	That/wh-clause
I’m damn sure.	that you are selected for this post.
I will tell you	Where she comes there. (not she will come there.
I’ll ask her	When she gets (goes) here. (not she will get here.

Present Indefinite Tense Rule – (I do)

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Present Indefinite Tense Rule

Rule I: Simple Present Tense is used to express habitual, regular or repeated action. For Examples:

Robin Singh Rajput gets up at 8 a.m. every morning.
He always goes to his village on Sunday.
He reads a newspaper.
He prefers milk to tea.
He lives at New Ashok Nagar.
He sometimes goes to the gym. He loves to take healthy food.
I get up late in the morning and start the day with two glasses of water which is kept in a copper utensil.

Rule II: Some ‘time expressing adverbs’ are used in the Present Indefinite Tense :

Always, often, sometimes, habitually, frequently, generally, usually, normally, never, seldom, hardly, scarcely, barely, rarely are used before actions in the sentences.

See the following examples:

He seldom goes for a morning walk.
She sometimes cooks dinner.
They generally play football most evenings.
Dimple always tells a lie.
Preeti always motivates me regarding my education.
I often drink on weekends.
She dances very often at parties.

But some adverbs are used at the end of the sentences(Present Indefinite Tense Rule):

Every + (time), once a + time, twice a + time, thrice a + time

Every day, once a day, twice a day, thrice a day

Every week once a week twice a week thrice a week

Every month once a month twice a month thrice a month

Every year once a year twice a year thrice a year

Every morning

Every evening

Every night, daily. Examples :

She wakes up early every morning.
He takes food at Jain Dharamshala every evening.
He studies in the wee hours every day.
She never comes late at night.

Rule III: Present Indefinite tense rule is used to denote universal truth, general truth (principle) and permanent activity. Examples:

The earth revolves the Sun.
The earth rotates on its axis.
The sun rises in the east. Universal truth
Water boils at 100 degree Celcius.
Two and two multiply four. (General truth)
He lives in Mumbai. (Permanent activity)

Rule IV(Present Indefinite Tense Rule):

Conditional sentences generally start with two clauses. One of them is a principal clause, and another one is a subordinate clause.

Sub-ordinate clause: if, when, before, after, till, until, unless, as soon as, as long as and in the case are the conjunctions used with Present Indefinite Tense.

If you come here, I will lend you money.

Sub-ordinate clause principal clause

Simple present tense simple future tense

Sub + M.V¹/M.V⁵+ Obj sub + shall/will + M.V.¹ + obj

If any sentence starts with a conditional word that denotes future; it will be made in Present Indefinite Tense .

When he goes for a long ride, I will play a video game.
Unless she runs fast, she will not win the race.
I shall teach her English if she comes here.

Sub-ordinate clause principal clause

Simple present tense simple future tense

Rule V(Present Indefinite Tense Rule):

This tense is used to express mental activity, emotions and feelings. Here are some examples are given below:

I believe in God.
I think you should leave now.
I know that you cannot help me at all.
She feels bad.
I consider him, he is an intelligent boy.
He understands my situation.
I hope you will get success.
She likes to go abroad.

Note: Appear, Agree, believe, consider, desire, feel, forget, recognize, refuse, prefer, think, imagine, mean, mind, know, love, hate, hope, suppose, understand, trust, remember, seem, want, wish, notice, recognize, see, hear, smell, look etc are used in simple present. These verbs are specially used in Present Indefinite Tense . If these verbs are used with present continuous tense have different meaning and purpose is also mentioned.

Exercise of Present Indefinite Tense Rule

…….. Hindus ………… Diwali in amavasaya of kartik month. (Does, celebrates b. do, celebrate c. do celebrates)
…….. your friend ……… for a picnic? (Does, go b. does, goes c. do, go d. do, goes)
The Earth …….. the sun. (Rotates b. revolves c. rotate d. revolve
Two and two ……. Four. (Make b. made c. makes d. making)
The earth …….. on its axis. (Revolve b. rotates c. revolves c. rotate)
Water ……. at zero degree Celsius. (Freeze b. freezes c. freezing )
If I …… to Mumbai. I ……definitely meet you. (Will go, will gone b. go, will c. goes, will be going d. going, will)
When he ……. in a government job, he will be able to help his family. ( Will get selected b. get selected c. gets selected d. will gets selected)
Unless he …….. fast. He won’t be selected in a government job. (Doesn’t run b. don’t run c. run d. runs)
I ……. that you will be fine soon. (Hope b. hoping c. hopes)

Simple present Tense (I do)

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Simple present Tense

The simple present tense is used to express habitual or regular or repeated action.

Main verb⁵ is a singular form of the verb which is used with He/she/it/name/singular noun. The main verb is known as action/verb.

He/she/it/name + action+es/s + Object + etc.

You/we/they/I + action + Object + etc.

He speak English (×) He speaks English (√).

(Es) is used when action ends up with Ch/sh/x/o/ss

e.g. wash+ es= washes, splash+ es=splashes

Radha splashes her face every morning.
He washes the clothes. She goes home on foot but Rahul goes home by bus.

Here are the following examples of Simple Present tense to get to know regarding the structure that makes you perfect in speaking.

I play football.	He plays football
You know him very well.	She recognizes him very well.
They want to go abroad	Rahul tries to solve the sums.
We get a salary late.	My brother works at Infosys.
These girls love to eat pizza.	This boy loves to make parathas.
My siblings learn computer.	She learns the guitar.
Villagers cut the wheat with hand.	My father goes to the office by train.
His brothers beat him	My eldest brother never tells a lie.
Her parents scold him a lot.	Her sister drives a car.
Politicians make people fool.	Every student studies a lot.

Negative Sentences

Sub does not/ do not + action + obj.

You/we/they/ I/ plural noun + do not (don’t) + action (m.v.) + obj etc.

He/she/it/name/singular noun + does not (doesn’t) + action + obj.

I do not converse with him.	She doesn’t talk to me.
You don’t play cards	He doesn’t play marbles.
They don’t get nervous.	It doesn’t rain a lot in the desert area.
We don’t follow him.	Raju doesn’t fight with neighbours.
Girls do not abuse others.	This boy looks handsome.

Interrogative sentences I(Simple present Tense):

Do/does + sub + action + obj?

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Do + you/we/they/I/ plural noun + action + obj?

Does + he/she/it/name/singular noun + action + obj?

Interrogative negative II:

Do/does + sub + not + action + obj?

Or

Don’t / doesn’t + sub + action + obj?

Interrogative I:

Do you smoke?	Does he smoke?
Do the students gossip in class?	Does she take vodka at a party?
Do they participate in games?	Does Himanshu Tyagi miss you?
Do you speak the truth?	Does your friend remember you?
Do you think?	Does she think?

Interrogative type II:

Do you not eat out on weekends?	Don’t you eat out on weekends?
Do they not make noise here?	Don’t they make noise here?
Does she not want to take the cake?	Doesn’t she want to take the cake?
Do you not try to solve the riddle?	Don’t you try to solve the riddle?
Do they not help you?	Don’t they help you?

Wh words:

Wh word + do/does + Subject + main verb + object + etc?

examples:

Why do people tell a lie?
Where does he study?
When do you celebrate your birthday?
How do they go to school?
What time does Neha play badminton?

Wh words with negative implications(Simple present Tense):

Wh word + doesn’t/don’t + subject + main verb + object etc?

Or

Wh word + do/does + subject + not + main verb + object + etc?

Why don’t they speak the truth about it?
Why does he not study in the wee hours?
what time don’t they live at home?
Where doesn’t he go for a picnic?

Note: ‘Who’ is also an interrogative pronoun but if it is used as a subject, we make a structure like this:

Who + verb + es/s + object + etc.?

Who goes to a restaurant every day?
Who plays here? and
Who tells a lie?

If you know or learn something to do, a structure is to be made with Simple Present tense:

Subject + knows/know + how to action.

Subject + learns/learn + how to action.

Examples:

He knows how to read Urdu?
She doesn’t know how to speak English.
Don’t you know how to play the flute?
Doesn’t she know how to surf the net?
I don’t know how to prepare coffee.
My brother doesn’t know to read English.

Exercise:

Choose verb and fill in the blanks:

What …….. the teachers teach in your institute? (does b. had c. do d. have)
……. your dog sleep on the bed? (Do b. does c. have d. had)
What time …… your brother ….. to the office? (Do/go b. does/go c. have/go d. has/go)
I don’t know why teenagers ……….. liquor. (Takes b. took c. take d. taken)
…….. he know how to play the guitar? (Do b. have c. has d. does)
Where do you …….. for a morning walk? (Gone b. go c. goes d. went)
Why ……. The brilliant students ……….. in their future? (Do, get failed b. does, get failed c. do, gets failed d. does, gets failed)
Who ……… English very well? (Does know b. do know c. know d. knows)
Does she know ……..? (Dance b. to dance c. how to dance d. how to dances)
Does he learn ……….? (How to swim b. to swim c. swim d. to swims)

Tenses – Used to indicate time

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Tenses

A tense is a form of the verb which denotes the particular point of time. The form of verbs tell us the action or state and time.

Tense is distributed into three periods

1. Present

2. Past

3. Future

Subdivisions: there are four categories of Tenses

Indefinite	Continuous
Perfect	perfect continuous

Tenses Chart

	Indefinite	Continuous	Pefect	Perfect continuous
Present	V¹/verb +es/s Or do/does + v¹	Is/are/am + verb + ing	Has/have + v³	Has been/have been + verb + ing
Past	V²or did + v¹	Was/were + v + ing	Had + v³	Had been + verb + ing
Future	Will/shall + v¹	Will be/shall be + verb + ing	Will have + v³	Will have been/shall have been + verb + ing

Indefinite:

Present indefinite tense (Simple present tense)

I do.	He does.
Do you play hockey?	I don’t play but he plays.

Past indefinite tense (Simple past tense)

I did.	What did you find there?
Did you walk at night?	I didn’t walk at night but He walked.

Future indefinite tense (I will do.)

I will help him.	he will not go.
Will you learn English?	We will follow the rules.

Continuous Tenses(progressive actions)

Present continuous tense ( I am doing)

I am speaking the truth.	You are making a mistake.
She is buying some vegetables.	Are they not helping others?

Past continuous tense ( I was doing)

He was going home.

Were they smoking in the street?

Future continuous tense (I will be doing)

She will be learning how to swim in summer vacations.

He will be going to his hometown by train tomorrow.

Perfect (action done)

Present perfect tense ( I have done)

he hasn’t got ready yet.	They have taken breakfast.
She has gone.	Rahul has not reached the railway station yet.

Past perfect tense (I had done)

I had already taken dinner.

She hadn’t done her homework before.

Future perfect tense (I will have done)

She will have done her graduation by next year.

I will have completed my class by 10 am.

Perfect continuous tense (progressive actions with time expressions)

Present perfect continuous tense ( I have been doing)

She has been reading a novel for an hour.

2. Past perfect continuous tense( I had been doing)

I had been walking in the park since 9 pm.

3. Future perfect continuous tense ( I will have been doing)

He will have been running in a marathon since 6 am.

Exercise (Tenses):

Write the name of tenses

He has done it.
She did.
They had done it before.
You have been doing it for a long time.
He will have done it by Monday.
Katherine is still doing it.
We were doing then.
I am doing.
I will be doing.
Were you doing?
Who did it?
She does.
He will do.
Rock had been doing the exercise since morning.
Not only that, but Jack will have been doing his work since night.

Simple present used as simple future

Sub-ordinate clause(Simple present used as simple future):

Time conjunctions of adverbial clauses(Simple present used as simple future):

Present Indefinite Tense Rule

But some adverbs are used at the end of the sentences(Present Indefinite Tense Rule):

Rule IV(Present Indefinite Tense Rule):

Rule V(Present Indefinite Tense Rule):

Exercise of Present Indefinite Tense Rule

Simple present Tense

Here are the following examples of Simple Present tense to get to know regarding the structure that makes you perfect in speaking.

Negative Sentences

Interrogative sentences I(Simple present Tense):

Wh words with negative implications(Simple present Tense):

If you know or learn something to do, a structure is to be made with Simple Present tense:

Choose verb and fill in the blanks:

Tenses

Tenses Chart

Present indefinite tense (Simple present tense)

Past indefinite tense (Simple past tense)

Continuous Tenses(progressive actions)

Present perfect tense ( I have done)

Perfect continuous tense (progressive actions with time expressions)

3. Future perfect continuous tense ( I will have been doing)