This document provides information about using the present simple tense in English, including affirmative and negative sentences, questions and answers, frequency adverbs, and spelling rules for verbs. It explains that the present simple is used to describe general truths and habitual or repeated actions. It provides examples of affirmative and negative sentence structures and questions and short/long answers. It also lists common frequency adverbs and expressions and the rules for adding -s or -es to regular and irregular verbs in the third person singular.

2.  Use
 Affirmative Sentences
 Negative Sentences
 Questions and short answers
 Questions and long answers
 Frequency adverbs and expressions
 Spelling of final -s

3. Use:
 The Present Simple is used to talk about general
truths.
 A general truth may be:
1. A permanent situation:
 John lives in London.
2. Repeated actions (habits)
 I get up at 8 o’clock.

4. Affirmative sentences:
He in London.lives
I live in London.

5. Affirmative sentences (continued):
He
She
It
Cooks
Plays
Runs
Cooks
Plays
Runs
I
You
We
They
Cook
Play
Run

6. Negative sentences:
He in London.live
I live in London.do not
does not

7. Negative sentences (continued):
I
You
We
They
do* not
Cook
Play
Rundon’t
*auxiliary verb: do

8. He
She
It
Cook
Play
Run
does* not
doesn’t
*auxiliary verb: does

9. Questions and short answers:
Do you live in London?
Does he live in London?
Yes, I do.
No, I don’t
Yes, he does.
No, he doesn’t

10. Questions and long answers:
live?do youWhere
I live in London.
Where does he live?
He lives in London.

11. Frequency adverbs and expressions:
She always has milk for breakfast.
He usually gets up at 7 o’clock.
We often go shopping.
I sometimes go to the cinema.
Mary seldom watches TV.
John rarely washes his car.
Susan never plays the piano.
75% - 90%
90% - 99%
100%
0%
1% - 10%
5% - 25%
25% - 75%

12. Spelling of final –s:
Run  runs
Love  loves Add -s
Meet  meets
Fight  fights
Miss  misses
Fix  fixes Add -es
Watch  watches
Wash  washes
Try  tries
Study  studies
Change –y to –i
Add –es
Pay  pays
Buy  buys
Add –s