The present tense | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy Video Lecture | Complete Course on English Grammar: Upgrade your Speaking & Listening - Personal Skills

hello grammarians welcome to the present
tense or that which is happening all
right
no the present tense is how we talk
about things that are happening in the
present moment like I eat a doughnut if
I say that and you know if I say it that
way it means it's happening right now in
the present as opposed to happening
later in the future or before now in the
past the present tense is what's
happening right now if you can just
imagine just put the just put the words
right now at the end of anything that
takes place in the present should work I
eat a doughnut right now Louise doesn't
want a catapult right now the water is
super cold right now
birdy is singing in the shower right now
all of these sentences are taking place
in what we call the present there are a
couple ways to form the present tense
and I've demonstrated two of them here
so we can say you know eat or doesn't or
is but we can also say is singing so
when you when you generally have
something that has is and ing in it
means it's happening right now it's
happening in the present tense so yeah
but those are two of the the ways to
form the present is if the verb is you
know kind of unadorned if it's kind of
plain I eat a doughnut not I was eating
a doughnut or I ate a doughnut or I will
eat a doughnut just I eat a doughnut if
it's just sort of on its own like this
it's probably going to be in the present
tense likewise if you see the word is
and then ing that also means it's in the
present tense that's what you got to
know about the present tense it's
happening now you can learn anything
Dave it out