To describe a universal truth: The earth revolves around the sun; Man is Mortal; The sun rises in the east.
For an action happening in the present: Boys play a football match; I read a book; She sings a song.
Activities of habitual nature and those with adverbs like always, never, seldom and rarely. For example, I never tell a lie; She always speaks the truth; My office starts at 11 am.
For events scheduled shortly: My school opens next week; The third semester begins next month.
How to Form the Present Indefinite Tense? Except in the third-person singular, most regular verbs employ the root form in the simple present (which ends in -s).
How to Make Present Indefinite Tense Negative? Do/does + not + [root form of verb] is the formula for making a simple present verb negative. Instead of do not or does not, you can use the contraction don’t or doesn’t. Example:
Sara does not want to share the cake.
Mohan does not want to do his homework.
I do not want to eat anything right now.
To make the verb to be negative, the formula is [to be] + not. Example:
I am not a cake lover, but Sara sure is.
You aren’t ready for a such delicious cake.
How to Ask a Question Using Present Indefinite Tense? To ask questions in the present simple or present indefinite tense, we utilise the words do and does. For the third person singular (she/he/it), we use does, whereas, for the others, we use do. With question terms like where, what, and when, we use do and does. However, questions with who often don’t use do or does. (See table 1)
Rule: do/does + [subject] + [root form of verb] Table 1
