Present tense text.

We use the p[blank_start]resent[blank_end] tense to talk about something that is true in the present, for example : I’m nineteen years old. He l[blank_start]ives[blank_end] in London. I’m a student. Something that happens again and again in the present, for example: I p[blank_start]lay[blank_end] football every weekend. We use words like sometimes, often. always, and never (adverbs of f[blank_start]requency[blank_end]) with the present tense, for example: I sometimes g[blank_start]o[blank_end] to the cinema. She never p[blank_start]lays[blank_end] football.

Something that is always true, for example: The adult human b[blank_start]ody[blank_end] contains 206 bones. Light t[blank_start]ravels[blank_end] at almost 300,000 kilometres per second. Something that is fixed in the future, for example: The school term s[blank_start]tarts[blank_end] next week. The train l[blank_start]eaves[blank_end] at 1945 this evening. We fly to Paris next week.

present tense Questions and negatives, for example: [blank_start]Do[blank_end] you play the piano? Where [blank_start]do[blank_end] you live? [blank_start]Does[blank_end] Jack play football? Where [blank_start]does[blank_end] he come from? D[blank_start]o[blank_end] Rita and Angela live in Manchester? [blank_start]Where[blank_end] do they work? With the present tense, we use [blank_start]do[blank_end] and does to make questions. We use [blank_start]does[blank_end] for the third person (she/he/it) and we use do for the others.

present tense Look at these sentences: I like tennis, but I do[blank_start]n’t[blank_end] like football. (don’t = do not) I [blank_start]don’t[blank_end] live in London now. I [blank_start]don’t[blank_end] play the piano, but I play the guitar. They don’t work at the weekend. John d[blank_start]oesn’t[blank_end] live in Manchester. (doesn’t = does not) Angela do[blank_start]esn’t[blank_end] drive to work. She goes by bus. With the present tense we use do and does to make negatives. We use does [blank_start]not[blank_end] (doesn’t) for the third person (she/he/it) and we use [blank_start]do not[blank_end] (don’t) for the others.