Present Simple Tense | English Basics

English Basics is a series of videos helping beginners understand English grammar in a simple clear way. This lesson shows you how the present simple tense works in English and how you can use it in 5 different ways + there is a quiz at the end!
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[@RECAMPAIRE]

Tom is good: that’s always true. This is an example to illustrate the present tense.

[@jwb52z9]

It's so easy to forget that the basic tenses that a native speaker learns in English first as they grow up learning to speak aren't always as well known or understood to those learning English as a second language. Foundations are so important in language. Tom, do you ever encounter the argument regarding "to be" where some people want to say something like "Two plus three are" and some people want to say "two plus three is"? There were times back in the early 20th century in primary schools in the US where you would hear teachers saying "are" instead of "is" during a class about arithmetic. I think it was even written that way in some very old textbooks of the time. Lovely video!

[@ceciliamendez4780]

Hi Tom!! Nice video!! you forgot to include how verbs like FLY-CRY change in the affirmative form for the 3rd person singular! the bird FLIES ... the baby CRIES ... see you!!

[@mamymimma]

Back to basics! That's always useful, thanks Tom😊

[@fatimanoman151]

I am so happy that u made a video on tenses And yeah please make more videos about tenses , grammatical mistakes, direct indirect,active passive (mostly english basics) ☺😊 And yeah really nice channel ..subscribed 😇

[@alicerossi_ap]

I have a feeling........I'm pretty sure that we learners will love this series really much as well as the final quiz with the reconstruction of the decomposed phrases: it's stimulating and very very useful. Always and only lots of thanks for you 🙂 and......jolly good class! 😃

[@Patricia-kl3mz]

It's always useful to remember the many ways we can use a tense!! Thanks a lot!!! I was needing it! 👍👍👍

[@sarablue4213]

I so need a refresher on tenses!!! Thanks for the series!

[@SharonH11100]

Thanks so much for this. I’m a native speaker of American English who got her introduction to linguistics by taking French in high school, without which I doubt that I would ever have gotten my B.A. in English at U.C. Berkeley. I would encourage everyone to study a second language or risk not understanding their own💁🏼‍♀️

[@jwb52z9]

You are so right. I took a lot of Spanish in High School and at my university in Texas. You learn a huge amount about construction and usage by learning a second language that teachers seem to just gloss over or leave out and assume you understand by default because you speak the language. From editing people's essays and research papers I edited and proofread for people at my university, I know all too well that even native English speakers don't quite get the fundamentals, including spelling. If it weren't for spell check now, some people would have almost indecipherable written language skills.

[@yanwu115]

Thank you for making an incredible video on tenses. Please upload more videos in this series. Loving it!

[@maherocha]

I can't wait for the next lesson. Thank you!

[@Zarwarians]

Another amazing video Tom! 🌟

[@pattygalarce8019]

Thank you Tom. Good lesson

[@mihira9303]

This must've helped many! Like it did for me:-)

[@CarlosSantos-cx3we]

Top. Perfect tips

[@marygriahay4057]

So helpful thank you 🙏🏻

[@twinworld452]

This is so amazing thank you

[@Dazzling_Shadow]

Thanks so much!!! :)

[@_hamz3270]

Thank you for your useful lesson💚

[@RaMbappss7]

Thanx man you really helped me for my English exam.

[@Bollywoodwo]

thanks for lessons.it is very useful❤❤❤❤

[@kemo1407]

Thanks 👍

[@vzfism2646]

Thank you Tom 😊

[@juliaarias9213]

You are very good teacher Tom!

[@Wonders_of_Reality]

Tom, thank you very much for the new series! Repeating basics bever hurts... Well, not quite. Now I have terrible flashbacks from my childhood! Nightmares from the school in Moscow are coming back! Big thumbs up anyway!

[@Chynatown85]

Thank God Tom you're gonna talk about tenses ❗I'm so anxious to see the next chapter 🙌🙌🙌😀

[@kishor2764]

Thanks sir

[@berdancifci698]

Thx

[@sumitkumar-px6mo]

Very very.........good sir

[@ILOCANONGENGLISHERO]

This is lovely 🥰🥰🥰

[@ipsashandilya]

Tom please upload more videos in this series. (English Grammar)

[@user-iy4ib8zy4y]

Hey Tom , I reccomend you to make lots of videos about tenses and explain them well and try to make much easier

[@ii11ii]

Thank you from Iraq🌼🌼

[@mate6079]

two and two make four; two plus two equals four. the same meaning but different grammar. zero degree with S to the end, interesting!

[@juliaarias9213]

From Argentina!

[@anilbishtanil866]

Can we categories is,are and am under this tense because they don't have any tense verbs in them.

[@ahmetselim1166]

8:45 click sound on keyboard

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[@dominikkowal1087]

Hello Tom! Why did you use the American pronunciation of the word 'schedule'? Do you always say it this way? Greetings from Poland!

[@ipsashandilya]

Hi, Tom at 9:21- why is it " Does she go to university" and not "Does she goes to university". With 3rd person singular with add s/es to the verb.

[@BirBey-ik1wj]

Hello From Antalya(Turkey) ..but we cannot understand londonCocney Accent ..ı d love it .. please make much more linking(reduced,catanation) words for nativ understanding ,,pleasee

[@mikhaelganapolsky755]

It was a very nice video, I’d to ask you: Do schools still teach cursive?

[@jwb52z9]

You would say it more like "Does a school still teach cursive?" or "Do schools still teach cursive?". You don't use the form "do" with a singular subject in cases like this. "School" is one thing in a sentence like this. I know Tom will correct anything I might have missed. It might be that in British English you wouldn't need the "a" before "school" in the first sentence I gave as an example. Learning articles is a difficult part of any language to learn and it can be different in dialects of English as to when you use them and when you don't. I hope this helped and Tom doesn't mind.

[@mikhaelganapolsky755]

Jwb52z xDDD I forgot to put S lololol

[@premanand5161]

Sir u r one damn good looking english bastard God bless u sir

[@lindenbeck]

Funny thing is you can say Every Tuesday I play tennis too. It depends what you'd like to stress.

[@sunkaraeliya2889]

What does "intend to do something " mean in English? Does it mean "want to do something " or " already decided to do something "?I intend to arrive after 3.I intend to go to England next week.. could you please explain "intend to do something "?

[@arjaygee]

Intending to do something means that doing that thing is your purpose or your objective. It is somewhat stronger than simply wanting to do something. I can want to become a physician without ever taking any action to achieve that goal. However, *intending* to become a physician implies that I am taking steps or making plans to achieve the goal.

[@jwb52z9]

If you "intend" to do something, it is your goal or purpose, but it doesn't mean that it will always actually end up happening because something can stop it in most cases. Wanting something doesn't have to include an action.

[@arjaygee]

@@jwb52z9 Agreed.

[@lindenbeck]

H2O boiles at 100 Celsius

[@riwaalhaddad8831]

Thanks from Syria Tom ... I am continuing study English after graduation from Oxford and how to pronounce the same accent whether B or Us ... Jesus bless you dear🕆🕇🤗