The Present Simple We use the PRESENT SIMPLE

The Present Simple

We use the PRESENT SIMPLE when we talk about facts, actions that we do all the time, everyday, every month, usually, etc. We go to school every morning. How are you? Gabi speaks English well. My Mom works is a hospital. She is a nurse.

Form: I He You + Verb We They For Example: She + Verb + s It I see a movie every week. We study English 5 times a week. But: Dan collects stamps. Edna does her HW all the time.

QUESTIONS. To form questions in the PRESENT SIMPLE, we need an auxiliary verb: Do I You We They Do Does He She It Does

For Example: Do you study English 4 times a week? . Or: How often do you study English? And… Does a writer write novels? Or: What does a writer do / write?

NEGATIVE FORM. To form sentences in the negative form, we put the word not between the auxiliary verb and the verb. For Example: Pupils do not go to school in the summer. Or: Pupils don't go to school in the summer. My mother does not work in the bank. Or: My mother doesn't work in the bank.

What do these people do? You’re right! The man talks on the phone every day. Great! The people meet and work every month. Wonderful! The boy visits the dentist every six months.

Spelling Rules In order to add S to the verb in THIRD PERSON SINGULAR ( He She It ) We need to remember the following rules: watches ch, ss, sounds. cry cries ( a consonant before the Y ) plays ( a vowel before the Y )