A chart of the simple present of ordinary verbs; structure,forms, adverbs of frequency,time adverbs ,phonetic transcriptions and phonetic and spelling rules of the third person singular.

1. Simple present
Si
tenseordinaryverbs
Prof. Stella Maris Berdaxagar
(Quemú Quemú,La Pampa,Argentina)
It is a chart for students to learn the structure of the simple present tense with operators,
frequencyadverbs, time exprexxions, phonetic transcriptions.

2. What happens?
Simple Present tense (habitual) Ordinary verbs
Time reference:
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
Form Y Form
What
What Form N
e o,
(do)
I  I do not  Whom Do I  ?
Whose
You  S, You do not  Do you  ?
He He
Where
he __
__
When
Who She  She does not How
How many …s
Does she  ? __
It
We  __ It
We do not  How much
It
Do we  ? __
How long
You  You do not  Why Do you  ?
They  They do not  Do they  ?
////
In the morning-every day-at /// In winter-on December 25th-In May-
noon-at night-on Sunday-
Once a week-twice a month
/// At six o’clock-After dinner .Before lunch
///
Contractions: don’t doesn’t d’
frequency adverbs:
always-usually-generally- often- sometimes - rarely- seldom -ever- hardly ever-never.
/  / /  / // / / / / /
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3. .Pronunciation of the Present Simple
The final -s is pronounced as /z/, if the preceding sound is voiced : vowels, diphthongs, triphthongs //, //, /v/, /g/ // ,/ /, /  /  /  / /
e.g.
goes ,adds , robs ,loves, comes, runs, sings, spells, devours, bathes
After the sounds /t/, /p/, /f/, /k// it is pronounced as /s/,
e.g.
cuts stops, laughs,looks, froths
After the sounds //,/,/,/,/,/, -es is pronounced as / / or / /
e.g.
hisses, buzzeswashes massages watches, changes,
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4. Some verbs change their spelling when s is added in the third person singular.
Verbs ending in y
When a verb ends in y immediately preceded by a consonant, the y is changed to ie before the ending s is added. In each of the
following examples, the consonant immediately preceding the final y is underlined.Bare Infinitive Third Person Singular
study studies
fly flies
carry carries
However, when a verb ends in y immediately preceded by a vowel, the y is not changed before the ending s is added. In each of
the following examples, the vowel immediately preceding the final y is underlined.Bare Infinitive Third Person Singular
say says
enjoy enjoys
buy buys
b. Verbs ending in o
When a verb ends in o, the letter e is added before the s ending. For example:Bare Infinitive Third Person Singular
do does
echo echoes
go goes
c. Verbs ending in ch, s, sh, x or z
When a verb ends in a sibilant sound such as ch, s, sh, x or z, the letter e is added before the s ending. For example:Bare
Infinitive Third Person Singular
pass passes
push pushes
watch watches
fix fixes
buzz buzzes
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