Learn Present Simple Tense | English Grammar Course 1

Hi, everybody.

大家好。

My name is Esther.

我的名字是埃丝特。

I'm so excited to teach you the present simple tense in today's video.

我很高兴能在今天的视频中教您一般现在时。

Now this lesson can be a little difficult,

现在这节课可能有点困难，

so I'll do my best to keep it easy and fun for you.

所以我会尽力让您轻松有趣。

My goal is for you to understand how and when to use this grammar by the end of the video.

我的目标是让您在视频结束时了解如何以及何时使用此语法。

Let's get started.

让我们开始吧。

Let's start with the first usage for the present simple tense.

让我们从一般现在时的第一个用法开始。

The first usage is pretty easy.

第一次使用非常简单。

We use it to talk about facts, truths, and generalizations.

我们用它来谈论事实、真理和概括。

Let's look at some examples.

让我们看一些例子。

‘The Sun is bright.’

“太阳很明亮。”

Now that's a fact.

现在这是事实。

It doesn't change.

它没有改变。

Everybody knows that the Sun is bright.

大家都知道，太阳是明亮的。

It was bright yesterday.

昨天天还很亮。

It's bright today.

今天天很亮。

And it will be bright tomorrow.

明天将会是光明的。

That makes it a fact.

这使它成为事实。

‘Pigs don't fly.’

“猪不会飞。”

That's also a fact.

这也是事实。

Everybody knows that pigs don't fly.

大家都知道猪不会飞。

‘Cats are better than dogs.’

“猫比狗好。”

Now this you may not agree with.

现在你可能不同意这一点。

This is my truth.

这是我的真心话。

I'm making a generalization about cats and dogs in this example.

在这个例子中我对猫和狗进行了概括。

And finally, ‘It's cold in winter.’

最后，“冬天很冷。”

This really depends on where you live, but for a lot of people, or let's say for

这确实取决于你住在哪里，但对于很多人来说，或者说对于

most people, it is cold in the winter,

大多数人来说，冬天很冷，

so that's the truth for some people.

所以这对某些人来说就是事实。

Now let's look back and see what verb I used in the present simple tense.

现在让我们回顾一下我在一般现在时中使用了什么动词。

For the first sentence, we have ‘is’.

对于第一句话，我们有“是”。

I use the ‘be’ verb ‘is’ to talk about the Sun.

我用“be”动词“is”来谈论太阳。

In the next sentence, I use the negative of do - ‘do not’

在下一个句子中，我使用了 do 的否定形式 - 'do not'

And you'll notice I use the contraction and put these two words together to make it ‘don't’.

你会注意到我使用了缩写形式并将这两个词放在一起使其成为 'don't'。

‘Cats are better than dogs.’

“猫比狗好。”

I use the ‘be’ verb "are" to talk about cats because ‘cats’ is plural.

我用“be”动词“are”来谈论猫，因为“cats”是复数。

And finally, it's cold and winter.

最后，冬天很冷。

Here I use the ‘be’ verb "is" again,

这里我再次使用了“be”动词“is”，

but I use the contraction to combine ‘it’ and ‘is’

但我使用缩写将“it”和“is”组合起来

and made ‘it’s’.

，制成“it's”。

Let's move on to the next usage.

让我们继续下一个用法。

We also use the present simple tense to talk about habits and routines.

我们还使用一般现在时来谈论习惯和惯例。

So things and actions that happen regularly.

所以经常发生的事情和行为。

Let’s look at the examples.

让我们看一下例子。

‘I always eat lunch at noon.’

“我总是在中午吃午餐。”

You'll notice I use the adverb ‘always’ because I'm talking about something that I do regularly.

你会注意到我使用副词“总是”，因为我正在谈论我经常做的事情。

What is that?

那是什么？

‘Eat lunch at noon.’

“中午吃午饭。”

So I use the present simple tense.

所以我用一般现在时。

And here I use the verb ‘eat’.

在这里我使用动词“吃”。

‘I eat…’

“我吃……”

The second example says you play games every day.

第二个例子说你每天都玩游戏。

Do you see the clue that helps you know that this is something that happens regularly?

您是否看到了一些线索可以帮助您知道这是经常发生的事情？

It's ‘every day’.

这是‘每一天’。

So it's something that happens as a routine or a habit,

所以这是一种例行公事或习惯发生的事情，

so you play games.

所以你玩游戏。

The verb here is ‘play’.

这里的动词是“玩”。

‘You play…’

“你玩……”

The next example says ‘Seth starts work at 9:00 a.m. daily.’

下一个例子说“Seth 每天上午 9:00 开始工作。”

Again this is something that happens regularly.

这又是经常发生的事情。

‘Seth goes to work at 9:00 a.m.’ every day.

“赛斯每天上午 9:00 上班”。

Now you'll notice I put a blue line under the ‘s’ in ‘starts’.

现在您会注意到我在“starts”中的“s”下方放了一条蓝线。

Can you figure out why?

你能弄清楚为什么吗？

Well remember that when the subject of a sentence is ‘he’, ‘she’, or ‘it’,

请记住，当句子的主语是“he”、“she”或“it”时，

we need to add an ‘s’ or ‘es’ to the end of the verb in the present simple tense.

我们需要在现在简单时态的动词末尾添加“s”或“es”。

Seth is a ‘he’, so we need to add an ‘s’.

Seth 是一个“he”，所以我们需要添加一个“s”。

‘Seth starts work at 9:00 a.m. daily.’

“赛斯每天上午 9:00 开始工作。”

And the last example: ‘They study English every Monday.’

最后一个例子：“他们每周一学习英语。”

Again, ‘every Monday’ means that they do it regularly,

同样，“每周一”意味着他们定期这样做，

and that's why we use the present simple tense.

这就是我们使用现在简单时态的原因。

‘They study…’.

'他们学习…'。

So as a review, remember we use the present simple tense

因此，作为回顾，请记住我们使用一般现在时

to talk about habits and routines that happen regularly.

来谈论经常发生的习惯和惯例。

Let's move on.

让我们继续。

We also use the present simple tense with non-continuous verbs.

我们还对非连续动词使用一般现在时。

These are verbs that we don't use in the continuous form,

这些动词我们不会以连续形式使用，

even if they're happening right now.

即使它们现在正在发生。

They're also called stative verbs.

它们也称为静态动词。

These are connected with thoughts, opinions, feelings, emotions, and our five senses.

这些与思想、观点、感觉、情绪和我们的五种感官有关。

Let's look at these examples.

让我们看看这些例子。

‘I love my mom.’

'我爱我妈。'

The verb here is ‘love’.

这里的动词是“爱”。

That's an emotion, so I use the present simple tense.

那是一种情感，所以我用现在简单时态。

‘It smells good.’

'闻起来好香。'

‘Smell’ is one of the five senses, so I use the present simple tense.

“气味”是五种感官之一，所以我用现在简单时态。

You'll notice I underlined the ‘s’ because remember the subject is ‘it’.

您会注意到我在“s”下划了线，因为记住主语是“it”。

‘Kelly feels happy.’

“凯莉感到很高兴。”

This is talking about a feeling.

这是在讲一种感觉。

Again the subject here is ‘Kelly’ which is a ‘she’,

这里的主语再次是“Kelly”，它是“她”，

so I added an ‘s’ to the verb.

所以我在动词后添加了“s”。

And finally, ‘They need help.’

最后，“他们需要帮助。”

We don't say, ‘they are needing help’ even though it's happening right now.

我们不会说“他们需要帮助”，尽管这种情况现在正在发生。

‘Need’ is non-continuous, so we say, ‘they need help’,

“需要”是非连续性的，所以我们说“他们需要帮助”，所以

so remember you also use the present simple tense with non-continuous verbs,

请记住，您还可以使用现在简单时态和非连续性动词，

connected with thoughts, opinions, feelings, emotions, and our five senses.

与思想、观点、感觉、情绪和我们的五种感官相关。

Let's move on.

让我们继续。

Speakers occasionally use the present simple tense to talk about something that will happen

演讲者偶尔会使用一般现在时来谈论

in the near future.

不久的将来会发生的事情。

Now this can be a little confusing, but we're not using the future tense,

现在这可能有点令人困惑，但我们没有使用将来时，

we're using the present simple tense.

我们使用的是现在简单时。

It's possible to do that and it's actually common for people to do that.

这是可能的，而且人们这样做实际上很常见。

Again, for something that will happen in the near future.

再次，对于不久的将来会发生的事情。

Let's look at the examples.

让我们看一下例子。

‘I have class at 6 p.m.’

“我下午 6 点有课”

‘6 p.m.’ that's pretty soon, so I can say,

“下午 6 点”很快，所以我可以说，

'I have class.' - the present simple tense.

“我有课。” - 一般现在时。

‘Lisa arrives on Sunday.’

“丽莎周日抵达。”

Again the near future, ‘Sunday’.

又是不久的将来，“星期日”。

So I use the present simple tense.

所以我用一般现在时。

I added an ‘s’ at the end of arrive, because Lisa, the subject, is a ‘she’.

我在到达末尾添加了一个“s”，因为主语丽莎是“她”。

‘We start work soon.’

“我们很快就开始工作了。”

Again, the near future, ‘soon’,

同样，不久的将来，“很快”，

so I use the present simple verb ‘start’.

所以我使用现在的简单动词“开始”。

And finally, ‘My students come tomorrow.’

最后，“我的学生明天来。”

This is something that will happen in the near future,

这是不久的将来会发生的事情，

so I use the verb ‘come’.

所以我用动词“来”。

So remember it is possible, and it is common to use the present simple tense

因此请记住这是可能的，并且通常使用现在简单时态

to talk about something that will happen in the near future.

来谈论不久的将来会发生的事情。

Let's go to the next usage.

让我们进入下一个用法。

Let's talk about a possible negative usage for the present simple tense,

我们来谈谈现在简单时态的一种可能的否定用法，

and that is ‘do not’ and ‘does not’.

那就是“do not”和“does not”。

The first example says, ‘Mike eats bread.’

第一个例子说：“迈克吃面包。”

I put an ‘s’ at the end of ‘eat’ because the subject is Mike which is a ‘he’.

我在“eat”后面加了一个“s”，因为主语是 Mike，是一个“he”。

Now that's not a negative statement.

现在这不是一个消极的说法。

What happens when I want to turn it into a negative statement?

当我想把它变成否定陈述时会发生什么？

Well I change it like this - ‘Mike doesn't eat bread.’

好吧，我这样改——“迈克不吃面包。”

So you'll notice that I didn't move the ‘s’ here, okay.

所以你会注意到我没有把 's' 移到这里，好吧。

Instead I added ‘doesn't’.

相反，我添加了“不”。

I took ‘does’ and ‘not’ and I turned it into a contraction by combining the two

我把“does”和“not”结合起来，把它变成了缩写

and making it ‘doesn't’.

，把它变成了“doesn't”。

So if the subject is ‘he’, ‘she’, or ‘it’,

因此，如果主语是“他”、“她”或“它”，

we use ‘does not’ or ‘doesn't’ to make it negative.

我们就使用“不”或“不”来使其否定。

‘You swim well.’

“你游得很好。”

In this case, I don't need to put an ‘s’ at the end of ‘swim’ because the subject is ‘you’.

在这种情况下，我不需要在“swim”末尾添加“s”，因为主语是“you”。

If I want to make this sentence negative, I use ‘don't’.

如果我想让这句话变得否定，我会用“don't”。

‘You don't swim well.’

“你游得不好。”

I use the contraction for ‘do’ and ‘not’.

我用缩写来表示“做”和“不”。

I combine them to make ‘don't’,

我将它们组合成“don't”，

so if the subject is ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘we’, or ‘they’, we use ‘do not’ or ‘don't’.

所以如果主语是“我”、“你”、“我们”或“他们”，我们就使用“do not”或“don't”。

So to review ‘do not’ and ‘does not’ or ‘don't’ and ‘doesn't’

因此，回顾“do not”和“does not”或“don't”和“doesn't”

is a possible usage for the negative for present simple tense.

是现在简单时态否定的可能用法。

Let's continue on.

我们继续吧。

Now I'll talk about one possible question form for the present simple tense

现在我将讨论现在简单时态的一种可能的问题形式

and that is by using ‘do’ or ‘does’.

，即使用“do”或“does”。

So let's look at the example, ‘They live here.’

让我们看一下这个例子，“他们住在这里。”

That's not a question, right?

这不是一个问题，对吧？

'They live here’

“他们住在这里”

In order to turn it into a question, it's really simple.

要变成一个问题，其实很简单。

All I have to do is add ‘do’ to the beginning and add a question mark at the end.

我所要做的就是在开头添加“do”并在末尾添加一个问号。

‘Do they live here?’

“他们住在这里吗？”

So if the subject is ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘we’, or ‘they’,

因此，如果主语是“我”、“你”、“我们”或“他们”，

simply add ‘do’ to the beginning of the question.

只需在问题开头添加“do”即可。

How about this one, ‘He plays soccer.’

怎么样，“他踢足球。”

In this statement, the subject is ‘he’ and that's why you should know by now,

在这个陈述中，主语是“he”，这就是为什么你现在应该知道，

I have an ‘s’ at the end of ‘play’.

“play”末尾有一个“s”。

However, to turn this into a question, I add ‘does’ at the beginning.

然而，为了把它变成一个问题，我在开头添加了“does”。

‘Does he play soccer?’

“他踢足球吗？”

What you'll notice here is that I no longer have the ‘s’ at the end of play.

你会注意到这里我在游戏结束时不再有“s”。

Instead I just used ‘does’ at the beginning,

相反，我只是在开头使用“does”，

so for ‘he’, ‘she’, or ‘it’, put ‘does’ at the beginning,

因此对于“he”、“she”或“it”，将“does”放在开头，

and don't worry about putting an ‘s’ or ‘es’ at the end of the verb.

并且不用担心在后面加上“s”或“es”动词的结尾。

So to review, one possible way of forming a question for the present simple tense is

因此回顾一下，形成现在简单时态问题的一种可能方法是

using ‘do’ or ‘does’ at the beginning.

在开头使用“do”或“does”。

Alright let's move on.

好吧，让我们继续吧。

Good job guys.

干得好，伙计们。

You put in a lot of practice today.

你今天做了很多练习。

The present simple tense is not easy,

现在简单时态并不容易，

and I'm really happy to see how hard you guys worked on mastering it.

我很高兴看到你们为掌握它而付出的努力。

Be sure to check out my other videos and thank you for watching this video.

请务必查看我的其他视频，感谢您观看此视频。

I'll see you next time.

下次见。

Bye.

再见。