Purpose: This tense is used:
- To show the repetition of action.
- To express habitual action.
- To express truth.
- For future planned actions known to all (Public activities/Action of celebrities/Media savvy activities).
General Form:
Its general form is:
Subject + V1/V5
V5 – with third person singular number
V1 – others
Examples:
- I get up early in the morning at 06:30 AM.
- He takes walk every morning.
- Two and two makes four.
- The PM visits Manipur tomorrow.
- R. Raj Kumar releases in 25th December 2016.
Identifiers
Common identifiers of this tense are:
Every day, often, usually, regularly, occasionally, ever, never, seldom, seldom if ever, seldom or never, hardly, rarely, Once in a blue moon, by fits and starts.
Common Errors:
- The BSC Academy will remain closed tomorrow.
The BSC Academy remains closed tomorrow.
- Dhananajay leaves for Delhi after two days.
Dhananajay will leave for Delhi after two days.
- Mohit is studying English newspaper by fits and starts.
Mohit studies English newspaper by fits and starts.