PRESENT SIMPLE

Present Simple

Affirmative                         Negative                                Interrogative

I /you  GO                                                      I/you  DON´T GO                                             DO I/you                 GO?

He/She/ it  GOES                                          He/She/ it  DOESN´T GO                                  DOES He/She/ it    GO?

We/you/they GO                                           We/you/they DON´T  GO                                 DO We/you/they   GO?

USES:

-A regular habit or routine                   I go to work by bus

-A general truth or scientific fact        The sun is a star

-Stative verbs                                       I don´t feel well

Adverbs of frequency /Time expressions:

Always, usually, generally, regularly, occasionally, frequently, often, sometimes, rarely, seldom, never, at 1

o´clock, at night, in the morning, on Fridays, every week, once a month, how often…)

SPELLING RULES FOR THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

a.) Add –s for most verbs

work - works, buy - buys, ride - rides, return - returns

b.) Add –es for words that end in –ch, -s , -sh, -o, -x, or –z.

watch - watches, pass - passes, rush - rushes, relax - relaxes, buzz - buzzes

c.) Change the –y to –i and add –es when the base form ends in a consonant +y.

study - studies, hurry - hurries, dry - dries

Do not change the –y when the base form ends in a vowel +y. Add –splay - plays, enjoy – enjoys

d.) A few verbs have irregular forms.

be - is, do - does, go- goes, have - has