Simple Present Tense

The following mistakes should be avoid when using the Simple Present Tense:

• Forgetting the -s/-es in third-person singular

Example: She go to school. (Incorrect)

She goes to school. (Correct)

• Using do/does in affirmative sentences

Example: She does eat the dinner. (Incorrect)

She eats dinner. (Correct)

• Incorrect word order in questions

Example: He goes where? (Incorrect)

Where does he go? (correct)

Simple Present Tense is the kind of verb tense which is used in our everyday life. The scenarios where Simple Present Tense can be used are:

• To describe daily routine 
• To describe facts or universal truths
• To describe scheduled events
• To describe feelings and state of being
• To describe directions and instructions
• To describe habits

There are three kinds of simple present tense in the English language. The structure for each is as follows:

Affirmative: Subject + base verb (add -s/-es for third-person singular)

Negative: Subject + do/does + not + base verb

Interrogative: Do/Does + subject + base verb +?

Using the tenses correctly is important to make proper grammatically correct sentences. To know how to use tenses, understand the time they indicate when an action has happened or is about to happen. 

In English, there are three main types of tenses, i.e. Present, Past and Future. Each of these tenses have different forms to indicate how is the action occuring or its relation with time. 

Knowing how to identify tenses is important to complete understand what are tenses. Focusing on the verb form and how it relates to the action's time (past, present or future) can help in identifying the tenses in a sentence. Auxiliary verbs such as have, be, will, etc. help in identifying the tense and its aspect -simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous.