Present Simple - Positive / Negative / Questions

1. T H E P R E S E N T S I M P L E T E N S E
P O S I T I V E / N E G AT I V E / Q U E S T I O N S
B E T U L T U R K M E N

2. Uses of the Present Simple Tense
- To describe repeated actions, habits and routines:
I get up at 7:00 every morning
I drink tea every day
The school opens every morning at 8
- To talk about things that are always or generally true:
Water boils at 100 C
The capital of Turkey is Ankara
Cats like milk

3. - To describe a permanent situation or a condition with no
definite start or finish but which is true now:
My family live in Istanbul
I live in New York
- To express future meaning with actions and events that are part
of a fixed timetable or a schedule:
The train leaves at 8’30
The party starts at midnight

4. The present simple is used with adverbs of frequency:
- Always
- Often
- Usually
- Sometimes
- Rarely
- Never
- Every day
He usually eats dinner at 7:00 a.m
She always wakes up early
He rarely goes out at night

5. Positive Sentences
We use Subject and a Verb to form a positive sentence in the present simple tense.
I like cheese
You like cheese
In 3rd
person singular with the personal pronouns she, he and it we add -S at the end of the
verb.
She likes cheese
He likes cheese
It likes cheese

6. If the ending is a consonant + y we remove the y and
add ie + s
study - studies - I study - He / She studies
If the ending is a vowel + y we just add -s
Play - plays - I play - He / She plays

7. But when the verb ends in o , ss, sh, ch, x we add -es
Go - Goes
Kiss - Kisses
Watch - Watches
Wash - Washes
Fix - Fixes

8. Negative sentences
When we form negative sentences we introduce the
auxiliary verb ‘to do’.
Auxiliary verb: Helping verb - helps express the main
verbs tense, mood or voice.
In 3rd person singular ‘do’ turns into ‘does’ - this means
we need to add -es and the verb that follows is in the
infinitive.

9. I don’t like cheese.
You don’t like cheese.
She doesn’t like cheese.
He doesn’t like cheese.
It doesn’t like cheese.
We don’t like cheese.
You don’t like cheese.
They don’t like cheese.

10. W O R D O R D E R F O R P R E S E N T S I M P L E
Q U E S T I O N S
Auxiliary Verb + Subject + Infinitive
Do You Speak English?
(aux) (subject) (infinitive)
Does She Live Here?