This document summarizes the formation and uses of the present simple tense in English. It outlines the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms for the third person singular. It also discusses time expressions like frequency adverbs that are commonly used with the present simple tense. Examples are provided to illustrate uses for habits, general truths, opinions/feelings, and schedules.

1. PRESENT SIMPLE Mar Pérez Martínez

2. FORMATION AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE I play I do not / don’t play Do I play? You play You do not / don’t play Do you play? He plays He does not / doesn’t play Does he play? She plays She does not / doesn’t play Does she play? It plays It does not / doesn’t play Does it play? We play We do not / don’t play Do we play? You play You do not / don’t play Do you play? They play They do not / don’t play Do they play?

3. 3rd person singular AFFIRMATIVE When you write the verb in third person singular you add an –s PLAY PLAY S READ READ S SPEAK SPEAK S In some cases you add –es Verbs ending in consonant + -y : the third person changes the -y to -ies: FLY FL IES CRY CR IES 2. Add -es to verbs ending in:-ss, -x, -sh, -ch, -o: PASS PASS ES CATCH CATCH ES FIX FIX ES PUSH PUSH ES GO GO ES

4. What’s the 3 rd person singular? 1. push 2. sneeze 3. glorify 4. annoy 5 . kiss 6. deny 7. marry push es sneeze s glorif ies annoy s kiss es den ies marr ies

5. 3rd person singular NEGATIVE and INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE: We use the auxiliary verb DOES + NOT or DOESN’T “ She does not play the guitar” “ He doesn’t speak very much” INTERROGATIVE We use the auxiliary DOES before the subject “ Does she play the guitar?” “ Does he speak three languages?”

6. USES: We use the present simple in these cases: Habits (usually with frequency adverbs ) He usually plays baseball

7. General truths “ The Earth revolves around the Sun”

8. Opinions, likes and feelings Opinions, likes and feelings “ I like skiing”

9. TIME EXPRESSIONS FREQUENCY ADVERBS: ALWAYS, OFTEN, GENERALLY, USUALLY, NORMALLY, SOMETIMES, NEVER. He usually dances Hip Hop OTHER TIME EXPRESSIONS : EVERY DAY, EVERY MONTH, EVERY YEAR, ON SUNDAYS, AT THE WEEKENDS ETC. He plays tennis everyday

10. Let's practice!

11. What do they do? The dog has a bath

12. The girl eats a banana The boy drinks

13. They fish in the river He listens to the music

14. He washes his teeth The man watches TV

15. The baby laughs He cooks chicken