{"id":5918,"date":"2015-07-15T06:04:58","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T05:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/?page_id=5918"},"modified":"2019-07-08T12:57:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T11:57:22","slug":"simple-present-erklarungen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/simple-present-erklarungen\/","title":{"rendered":"simple present - explanations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/unterschied-simple-present-present-progressive\/\"><button>simple present \u2013 present progressive contrast<\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>simple present<\/h1>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">The <strong>simple present <\/strong> is mostly used when actions are executed regularly.<\/p>\n<p><em>typical signal words:<\/em>: sometimes, usually, never, always, often, every day, mostly<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/simple-present-Beispiel.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6294\" src=\"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/simple-present-Beispiel.png\" alt=\"simple present-Beispiel\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/simple-present-Beispiel.png 300w, https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/simple-present-Beispiel-20x14.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">example: He alwas <em>goes<\/em> to the gym.<\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">He goes to the gym on a regular basis, therefore: simple present.<\/p>\n<h2>formation:<\/h2>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">The formation of the<em> simple present <\/em> is not really a big problem. All you have to do is to add an <strong>\"s\"<\/strong> in the third person singular. All other forms use just the infitive.<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-44\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-44\">\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">I\/you\/we\/they<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">drink<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">he\/she\/it<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">drinks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-44 from cache -->\n<p>Of course, there are some exceptions:<\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">After a sibilant, such as <strong>(sh, ch)<\/strong>, you will have to add <strong>- es<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-1\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-1\">\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">I\/you\/\/we\/they<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">catch<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">wash<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">he\/she\/it<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">catches<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">washes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-1 from cache -->\n<p class=\"translation-block\">If the penultimate letter is a consonant, <strong>-y<\/strong> +<strong> s<\/strong> turns into <strong>-ies<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-2\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-2\">\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">I\/we\/you\/they<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">fly<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">try<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">hurry<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">study<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">he\/she\/it<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">flies<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">tries<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">hurries<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">studies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-2 from cache -->\n<p class=\"translation-block\">but: If the penultimate letter before <strong>-y <\/strong> is a <strong>vowel <\/strong>, <strong> -y<\/strong> remains:<strong> plays, stays, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong>have,<\/strong> <strong>do<\/strong> use special forms in the third person singular<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-3\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-3\">\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">I\/you\/we\/they<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">an offer<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">go<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">do<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">he\/she\/it<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">has<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">goes<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">does<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-3 from cache -->\n<p><strong>To be <\/strong> is completely irregular. <strong>be<\/strong> ist komplett unregelm\u00e4\u00dfig:<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-36\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-36\">\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">I<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">I am<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">he\/she\/it<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">is<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">we\/you\/they<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">are<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-36 from cache -->\n<h2>negation<\/h2>\n<p>The English language negates a statement by using the auxiliary <em>do<\/em>. So if you <em>don't<\/em> like Coke, you don't <em>not like<\/em> Coke. Makes sense? <em>do not<\/em> <em>(don\u2019t)<\/em> respectively <em>does not (doesn\u2019t)<\/em> .<em>I don\u2019t like Coca<\/em> <em>Cola.<\/em>\u201d also \u201c<em>Ich tue Coca Cola nicht m\u00f6gen.<\/em>\u201d bedeuten. Etwas merkw\u00fcrdig, aber mit etwas \u00dcbung kein Problem.<br \/>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-42\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-42\">\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">I\/you\/we\/they<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">do not<br \/>\ndon't<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">play.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">he\/she\/it<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">does not<br \/>\ndoesn't<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">play.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-42 from cache --><\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">! Therefore, do not negate like this: I not play football. Or: I play football not. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Also, pay attention to the third person singular:<\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">After the negation by <em>does not, doesn\u2019t<\/em> the main verb loses its dangling <strong>-s<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">She <em>doesn\u2019t<\/em> like<em>(no s)<\/em> football.<\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">The third person singular is sufficiently defined by the -s <\/strong>inside the auxiliary <em>doesn't<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>Question<\/h2>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Just as the negation, also the question, uses the auxiliary <strong>do<\/strong> to turn a statement into a question.<\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">For example: <strong>Do<\/strong> you like Coca Cola?<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-43\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-43\">\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Do<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">I\/you\/we\/they<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">play?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Does<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">he\/she\/it<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">play?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-43 from cache -->\n<div id=\"attachment_7220\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/simple_present-bell.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7220\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7220\" src=\"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/simple_present-bell-120x300.jpg\" alt=\"simple-present-overview\" width=\"120\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/simple_present-bell-120x300.jpg 120w, https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/simple_present-bell-768x1920.jpg 768w, https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/simple_present-bell-410x1024.jpg 410w, https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/simple_present-bell-624x1560.jpg 624w, https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/simple_present-bell-8x20.jpg 8w, https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/simple_present-bell.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">simple present &#8211; Bildung \u00dcbersicht<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/simple-present-bejahte-aussagesatze\/\"><button> simple present affirmative exercises <\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/5416-2\/\"><button> simple present negation exercises <\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/ubungen-simple-present-frage\/\"><button> simple present questions exercises <\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/simple-present-gemischte-ubungen\/\"><button> simple present mixed exercises <\/button><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>simple present &#8211; present progressive Gegen\u00fcberstellung simple present (einfache Form) Verwendet wird das simple present immer dann, wenn man eine T\u00e4tigkeit regelm\u00e4\u00dfig, bzw. gewohnheitsm\u00e4\u00dfig ausf\u00fchrt. typische Signalw\u00f6rter: sometimes, usually, never, always, often, every day, mostly zum Beispiel: He alwas goes to the gym. Er geht immer ins Fitnesstudio, regelm\u00e4\u00dfig, also simple present. Bildung Die Bildung [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-5918","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5918"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7221,"href":"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5918\/revisions\/7221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}