Present Simple (I do/He does) 一般现在时
● The Present Simple tense is the most basic tense in English and uses the base form of the verb (except for the verb BE). We only conjugate the main verb by adding S/ES to the third person singular.
● 一般现在时是英语中最基本的时态，动词用原形即可（BE动词: am/is/are），当主语为第三人称单数时，在动词后+S/ES。
一般现在时肯定句、否定句和疑问句形式：
● For positive sentences肯定句:
◇ There is no auxiliary verb.
◇ 无助动词。
◇ Use the base form of the verb (except for the verb BE: am/is/are). We only conjugate the main verb by adding S/ES to the third person singular.
◇ 动词用原形即可（BE动词: am/is/are），当主语为第三人称单数时，在动词后+S/ES。
★ The earth revolves around the sun.
★ 地球围绕太阳转。
◇ For negative and question sentences否定句和疑问句:
◇ The auxiliary verb DO is conjugated in the Present Simple: do/does
◇ 使用助动词DO的一般现在时形式：do/does
◇ The main verb is invariable in base form.
◇ 主动词使用动词原形。
◇ For negative sentences, we insert NOT between the auxiliary verb and the main verb.
◇ 否定句，助动词和主动词之间加NOT。
★ Salt water does not freeze at the same temperature as freshwater.
★ 海水和淡水结冰的温度不同。
◇ For question sentences, we exchange the subject and the auxiliary verb.
◇ 疑问句，主语和助动词调换位置。
★ Do you have your seat belt on?
★ 您系上安全带了吗？
● We use the Present Simple to describe things that are always true or general truth, or situations that exist now and as far as we know, will go on definitely.
● 一般现在时表示某种情况在过去、现在或将来都是如此，表达的是客观事实和普遍真理，或者某种目前存在的情况会继续存在下去。
★ Trees grow more quickly in summer than in winter.
★ 树木在夏天比在冬天长得更快。
★ On average, a person blinks more than 20,ooo times a day.
★ 一个人平均每天眨眼超过20,ooo次。
★ Our noses don’t grow longer as we age.
★ 我们的鼻子不会随着年龄的增长而变长。
★ Water consists of hydrogen and oxygen.
★ 水由氢气和氧气组成。
★ It takes me five minutes to get to school on foot.
★ 我步行到学校需要5分钟。
★ Andy is an excellent linguist. He speaks five languages fluently.
★ 安迪是一名优秀的语言学家，能流利地讲五种语言。
● We use the Present Simple to talk about habits or things that happen on a regular basis.
● 一般现在时用来表达习惯性的或经常发生的事情。
★ I leave work at 5:30 most days.
★ 我大多数时候都是5:30下班。
★ Each July we go to Turkey for a holiday.
★ 每年七月我们都会去土耳其度假。
★ My mother shuts all the doors and windows before she goes to bed.
★ 我母亲在睡觉前会关上所有的门窗。
● We usually use the Present Simple with performative verbs such as accept, acknowledge, advise, apologize, assume, deny, guarantee, hope, inform, predict, promise, recommend, suggest, suppose, warn, admit, refuse.
● 施为动词（accept接受、acknowledge承认、advise建议、apologize道歉、assume假定、deny否认、guarantee保证、hope希望、inform告知、predict预测、promise承诺、recommend建议、suggest提议、suppose假设、warn警告、admit承认、refuse拒绝）通常使用一般现在时。
★ I admit I can’t see as well as I used to.
★ 我承认我的视力不如以前好了。
★ I refuse to believe that he didn’t know the car was stolen.
★ 我不相信他不知道车是偷来的。
● We can also use modals with performative verbs to make what we say more polite.
● 可在施为动词前加情态动词来使我们所说的话更有礼貌。
★ I would advise you to arrive at the airport two hours before the flight leaves.
★ 我建议你在飞机起飞两小时前到达机场。
★ I’m afraid I have to inform you that your application for funding has been turned down.
★ 恐怕我不得不通知你，你的资助申请已被拒绝。
● We often prefer to use the Present Simple with stative verbs, which is also called non-action verbs. If you like chocolate, that’s a state that exists. It doesn’t involve action. Eating chocolate involves action. Stative verbs aren’t used in progressive tenses. Common stative verbs include be, have, own, belong, exist, possess, hold, own, consist of, contain; cost, weigh, measure; see, hear, taste, smell, feel; know, understand, believe, doubt, recognize, realize, remember, agree, disagree, like, dislike, prefer, enjoy, fear, hate, desire, need, want, wish, seem, look like, resemble.
● 静态动词，亦称非行为动词，表示一种存在的状态，通常使用一般现在时。如喜欢巧克力，就是一种存在的状态，不涉及到动作；吃巧克力则涉及到动作。静态动词不用于进行时态中，常见的静态动词： be, have, own, belong, exist, possess, hold, own, consists of, contain（表存在或拥有）; cost, weigh, measure（表度量）; see, hear, taste, smell, feel（表五感）; know, understand, believe, doubt, recognize, realize, remember, agree, disagree, like, dislike, prefer, enjoy, fear, hate, desire, need, want, wish, seem, look like, resemble（表心理状态）。
★ I really enjoy travelling.
★ 我非常喜欢旅行。
★ The group currently consists of five people, but we hope to get more members soon.
★ 我们小组目前有五位成员，我们希望很快有更多的成员加入。
★ The house belongs to his father. 这幢房子属于他的父亲。
★ This typewriter costs 200 dollars. 这台打字机值200美元。
● The Present Simple is used to report what we have heard or what we have read.
● 转述我们所听到的或所读到的内容，用一般现在时。
★ This article explains why unemployment has been rising so quickly.
★ 这篇文章解释了为什么失业率上升得如此快。
If you found this article useful, please like and share it. Thanks a million.
如若觉得这篇文章有所帮助，麻烦亲爱的亲亲们帮忙点赞和分享!!! 万分感谢!!!
标签： t t
