Present simple
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This document summarizes the rules for using the present simple tense in grammar. It outlines that the present simple is used to talk about habits, permanent situations, and general truths. It provides examples of affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentence structures in the present simple. It also describes the different verb conjugations in the third person singular including adding -s, -es, and changing the final letter. Adverbs of frequency are described as expressing how often an action occurs, and examples are given of their placement in sentences.
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Present simple
- 1. Grammar Study: Present Simple
- 2. To refer to habits or to things which happen repeatedly. To refer to permanent situations. To talk about general statements of 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: Does He / She / It play ? Do I / You / We / They play? Short forms: Does not = Doesn´t Do not = don´t
- 5. How to make he / she/ it forms: General rule It takes –s. Example: Play → Plays.
- 6. With verbs ending in :o, s, x, sh or ch: It takes – es . Example: Teach→ Teaches.
- 7. With verbs ending in vowel + y: It takes – s . Example: Play→ Plays.
- 8. With verbs ending in consonant + y: It changes –y into – I and takes –es. Example: Study → Studies.
- 9. Note that: Adverbs of frequency like usually, sometimes, almost, never, etc, are used to express how often things happen. They come: Before the verb. For example: I usually go to school by bus. •After the verb To Be. For example: She is often with her friends at weekends.
- 10. Note that: Adverbs of frequency like usually, sometimes, almost, never, etc, are used to express how often things happen. They come: Before the verb. For example: I usually go to school by bus. •After the verb To Be. For example: She is often with her friends at weekends.