Unit:14 Present Indefinite Tense (Affirmative)

In this lesson,we shall learn:

• Using Present Indefinite Tense.
• When to use Present Indefinite Tense.
• What happens to a verb in case of Third Person Singular in Present Indefinite Tense.

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English Explanation

Urdu Explanation

Present Indefinite Tense:

Usage:

There are different uses of Present Indefinite Tense, like it can be used for showing Past and sometimes Future.In this lesson we shall learn a very simple and daily life use of Present indefinite tense which is, showing or describing Daily Life or Habitual Activities.

So it means that we can use Present Indefinite Tense to show daily life routine or habitual actions.Please oberve the following examples:

I wake up at 7 in the morning. (daily life action)
The above sentence tells us about when a person usually wakes up.In this sentence I am talking about an ordinary day in my life.
Observe the next sentence:
I visit my uncle twice a week.(habitual action)
In this sentence I am not describing a daily life action, instead I am describing a habitual action which I do twice a week.
In both of the above examples, There is no time mentioned.I mean to say that both of the sentences do not show any time because when I say , I wake up at 7 in the morning I am not talking about Yesterday , Today or Tomorrow actually I am talking about everytime. This means that this action was present in Past ,it is in Present and most probably will be in Future.
So, remember that when you want to express daily life routine or habitual action ,use Present Indefinite Tense.When you use Present Indefinite Tense to show daily life routine or habitual actions it does not show any time, instead it shows all of the times.

Structure:

(Affirmative Sentences)

Subject + 1st form of a verb + Object
add (s/es with Verb 1st form in case of 3rd Person Singular)

For Example:
(a)I eat 2 eggs everyday.
(b)He eat(s) 2 eggs everyday. observe sentence (b) in which we have added (s) with the first form of verb (eat) because the subject is 3rd Person Singular, so always remember this rule that when you have 3rd Person Singular as a Subject you must add (s/es) with the main verb this rule of adding (s/es) is only for 3rd Person Singular and it does not apply to other Persons.

Here, a question arises, With which verbs we add (s) and with which verbs we add (es).

The usual rule is to add (s)
e.g. He drinks 2 cups of coffee everyday.
but if a verb ends at:
sh, ch, s, o , x we add (es) with verb
He teach(es). The verb teach ends at (ch) that is why we added (es) instead of adding (s)
Some verbs end with Y.
If a verb ends with (vowel + Y) e.g. (Play) We will only add (s).But if,
a verb ends with (consonant + Y) e.g (Fly) We will change (Y) into (I) and then add (es)e.g. He fl(ies) a kite.
Again,I would like to inform you not to add (s/es) with any other person even with Third Person Plural.This rule of adding (s/es) is only for Third Person Singular.

Exercise 1: Use the VERBS in italics to complete the sentences.

1. (brush)        Anita   brushes   her hair every morning.
2. (teach)        Alex    English.
3. (fix)          A mechanic    cars.
4. (drink)        Sonya    tea every afternoon.
5. (watch)        Ali often    television at night.
6. (kiss)         Peter always    his children goodnight.
7. (wear)         Tina usually    jeans to class.
8. (wash)         Erica seldom    dishes.
9. (walk)         Jessica    her dog twice each day.
10.(stretch,     When Don gets up in the morning,he    and 
   yawn)         

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Exercise 2:Use the words in italics to complete the sentences.

 1.(pay)       Boris  his bills on time.
 2.(cry)       Our baby  at night.
 3.(study)     Paul  at the library every day.
 4.(stay)      Jean  home at night.
 5.(fly)       Aslam is a pilot.He  a plane.
 6.(carry)     Carol  her books to class.
 7.(pray)      Jack  every day.
 8.(worry)     Ann is a good student, but she  about her grades.
 9.(buy)       Tina   new clothes.
10.(enjoy)     Don  good food.

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Exercise 3:Use the the given VERBS to complete the sentences.

 1. do           Perry always  does his homework.
 2. do           We always  do  our homework.
 3. have         Yoko and Ali  their books.
 4. have         Aslam  a car.
 5. go           Bill  to school every day.
 6. go           My friends often  to the beach.
 7. do           Anna seldom  her homework.
 8. do           We  exercises in class every day.
 9. go,go        Roberto  downtown every weekend.He and his wife  shopping.
10. have         Jessica  a snack every night around ten.

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