simple present tense

Timeless action conjugation

The simple present tense is a verb form expressing habitual actions, general truths, or states that hold across time rather than at a specific moment: Water boils at 100 degrees, She works downtown, I don't like olives.

It also narrates scheduled future events (The train leaves at noon) and appears in sports commentary and storytelling for immediacy: He passes to the wing, she shoots—goal!

habitualDone by routine
routineRegular sequence of actions
dailyPer diem, repeated
every dayOn all occasions
alwaysAt all times

usually · often · sometimes · never · everyday · fact · truth · universal truths · water boils · schedule · regular · repeats · verb · action · state · permanent · general · timetable

Opposites

grammatical aspect

simple present tensepresent progressive

Verb form showing ongoing action

present perfect · progressive aspect

temporal reference

simple present tensepast tense

Verb form for before

future tense · preterite · simple past

Family

simple, present, tense, simply, simplicity, simplify, simplified, simplifies, simplifying

Familiarity: Top 200,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Rated G