Present Indefinite Tense

বর্তমান কালে কোন কাজ করা হয়ে থাকে, অথবা অভ্যাসগতভাবে করা হয়, অথবা চির সত্য কোন কাজ বোঝালে তাকে Present Indefinite Tense ব্যবহার করা হয়।

It describes an action that is true, regular or normal. It uses the main verb or base form of the verb or the root verb.

বাংলায় চেনার উপায়: Verb এর শেষে অ, আ, এ, ই, এন, ও,এস,আয়,আন থাকবে।

 Example:

• I go to School - আমি স্কুলে যাই।
• He goes to school - সে স্কুলে যায়।
• They play cricket - তারা ক্রিকেট খেলে।

Structure of the sentence: Base/root form of the verb is used as the main verb.

Positive Sentence:

Subject + main verb + complement

Note: In a sentence, if the subject is a third person singular number (he, she, it, or a singular noun), then ‘s’, ‘es’, ‘ies’ is added with the main verb in the sentence. But, if the subject is plural, there will be no addition of ‘s’, ‘es’, or ‘ies’.

Example:

• I go to the market. (using the root form ‘go’)
• He goes to the market. (root form of the verb is ‘go’ but ‘he’ is a third person singular number that’s why an extra ‘es’ is added with the verb)
• Hasina wants a cup of tea. (Hasina is third person singular number)
• The boys play cricket. (‘the boys’ = a third person plural number, that’s why there is no ‘s’ with the verb)

Negative Sentence:

Subject + Do not/Does not + main verb + object

Note: If the subject is ‘he/she/it or a singular noun’ then ‘Does not’ will be used to make it negative. If the subject of a sentence is ‘I/you/we/they’ or a plural noun, then ‘Do not’ will be used to make it negative.

Example:

• Positive: I eat rice.
  Negative: I do not eat rice.
• Positive: He goes to School.
  Negative: He does not go to School.
• Positive: He walks in the evening.
  Negative: He does not walk in the evening.
• Positive: They like to dance.
  Negative: They do not like to dance.

Question Sentence:

Do/ Does + Subject + Main verb + Object + Note of interrogation (?)

Note: If the sentence starts with the subject ‘he/she/it or a singular noun’ then ‘Does’ is used to make it Interrogative. If the sentence starts with the subject ‘I/we/you/they or a plural noun’ then ‘Do’ is used to make it Interrogative.

Example:

• Positive: He sings a song.
  Interrogative: Does he sing a song?
• Positive: She likes to talk to you.
  Interrogative: Does she like to talk to you?
• Positive: We try to do the assignment.
  Interrogative: Do we try to do the assignment?
• Positive: They love you.
  Interrogative: Do they love you?

Using ‘Be verb’ (am/is/are):

Subject + be verb (am/is/are) + object

Note: ‘am’ is used with the subject ‘I’. ‘is’ is used with the subject ‘he/she/it or the singular form of nouns. ‘are’ is used with the ‘we/you/they or the plural form of nouns.

Example:

• I am a musician.
• It is my pen
• You are a fraud.

Negative sentence:

Subject + am not/is not/are not + object

Example:

• Positive: I am a good boy.
  Negative: I am not a good boy.
• Positive: It is her book.
  Negative: It is not her book.
• Positive: You are my friend.
  Negative: You are not my friend.

Interrogative:

Am/is/are + subject + object + Note of Interrogation (?)

Example:

• Positive: I am an intelligent boy.
  Interrogative: Am I an intelligent boy?
• Positive: He is angry.
  Interrogative: Is he angry?
• Positive: They are my friends.
  Interrogative: Are they my friends?