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Simple Present Tense
Simple Present Tense
Affirmative form
singular
plural
I work
we work
you work
you work
he/she/it works
they work
Simple Present Tense
• Third person singular: verb + s/es
• Most verbs add -s: works, drives, plays,
runs
• Verbs ending in –o, -s(s), -x, -ch, -sh add
-es: does, misses, mixes, catches,
pushes
* When there is a consonant before –y
change y to –ies (cry - cries)
Simple Present Tense
• Negative form
I/you don’t work
we/you/they don’t work
he/she/it doesn’t work
* do not = don’t
does not = doesn’t
Simple Present Tense
• Interrogative form
do I/you work
do we/you/they work
does he/she/it work
Simple Present Tense
USE
• Statements that are always true.
e.g. Summer follows spring.
• Events, actions, actions or situations
which are true in present period.
e.g. My sister wears glasses.
• Habitual actions, things that happen
repeatedly.
e.g. I get up at 7 o’clock.
Simple Present Tense
USE
* Adverbs and prepositional phrases:
always, never, sometimes, from time to
time, every day...
• To ask and answer questions which begin
with ‘How often’
e.g. How often do you go to the dentist?
I go every six months.
Simple Present Tense
USE
• Questions relating to habit can be asked
with ever and answerd with never.
e.g. Do you ever eat meat?
No, I never eat meat.
• For timetables and programs or events in
the calendar.
e.g. The concert begins at 7.30 and ends
in 9.30.
Simple Present Tense
USE
• For observations and declarations.
e.g. I love you. I hate him.
I hope everything will be all right.