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  2. Simple present - Wikipedia

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    The simple present, present simple or present indefinite is one of the verb forms associated with the present tense in modern English. It is commonly referred to as a tense, although it also encodes certain information about aspect in addition to the present time. The simple present is the most commonly used verb form in English, accounting for ...

  3. Present tense - Wikipedia

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    Simple present : The simple present tense is employed in a sentence to represent an action or event that takes place in the present regularly. Present perfect : The present perfect tense is utilized for events that begin in the past and continue to the moment of speaking, or to express the result of a past situation.

  4. Uses of English verb forms - Wikipedia

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    The simple present or present simple is a form that combines present tense with "simple" (neither perfect nor progressive) aspect. In the indicative mood it consists of the base form of the verb, or the -s form when the subject is third-person singular (the verb be uses the forms am, is, are).

  5. Grammatical tense - Wikipedia

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    Classical Irish had a three-way aspectual contrast of simple–perfective–imperfective in the past and present tenses. Modern Scottish Gaelic on the other hand only has past, non-past and 'indefinite', and, in the case of the verb 'be' (including its use as an auxiliary), also present tense.

  6. English verbs - Wikipedia

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    The pronunciation of the past tense ending follows similar rules to those for the third person present tense ending described above: if the base form ends in /t/ or /d/ then a new syllable /ɪd/ or /əd/ is added (as in drifted, exceeded); if the base form ends in an unvoiced consonant sound other than /t/ then the ending is pronounced /t/ (as ...

  7. Simple present tense - Wikipedia

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  8. This is why you should give your dog choices when training ...

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    “By doing this simple exercise, he learned that I’m not trying to trick him, I’m not forcing him outside of his comfort zone, and he has the option to go where he feels safe if he wants to ...

  9. Grammatical aspect - Wikipedia

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    Perfective verbs cannot generally be used with the meaning of a present tense – their present-tense forms in fact have future reference. An example of such a pair of verbs, from Polish, is given below: Infinitive (and dictionary form): pisać ("to write", imperfective); napisać ("to write", perfective)