Present simple
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This document discusses the present simple tense in English grammar. It explains that the present simple is used to talk about habits, frequent actions, and general truths. It provides examples of affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentence structures in the present simple. It also describes rules for forming the third person singular form for different types of verbs ending in vowels, consonants, and y. Finally, it notes that adverbs of frequency are used to express how often things happen and can come before verbs or after the verb "to be".
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Present simple
- 2. To refer to habitsor to things which happen frequently. To refer to permanent situations. To talk about general statementsof truth.
- 3. Affirmative . He/ She/ It plays. I / You / We/ They play. Negative. He/ She/ It doesn´t play . I / You / We/ They don´t play.
- 4. Interrogative: DoesHe/ She/ It play ? Do I / You / We/ They play? Short forms: Doesnot = Doesn´t Do not = don´t
- 5. How to makehe/ she/ it forms: General rule It takes–s. Example: Play → Plays.
- 6. With verbsending in :o, s, x, sh or ch: It takes– es. Example: Teach→ Teaches.
- 7. With verbsending in vowel + y: It takes– s. Example: Play→ Plays.
- 8. With verbsending in consonant + y: It changes–y into – I and takes –es. Example: Study → Studies.
- 9. Notethat: They come: Beforetheverb. For example: I usually go to school by bus. •After theverb To Be. For example: Sheisoften with her friendsat weekends. Adverbsof frequency like usually, sometimes, never, etc, areused to expresshow often thingshappen.
- 10. Notethat: They come: Beforetheverb. For example: I usually go to school by bus. •After theverb To Be. For example: Sheisoften with her friendsat weekends. Adverbsof frequency like usually, sometimes, never, etc, areused to expresshow often thingshappen.