This document discusses the use of the present simple tense in English. It is used to talk about habits, routines, and regular actions. The forms section outlines the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. It includes the subjects and verbs used, as well as question words and short answer forms. Finally, it discusses common time expressions used with the present simple and rules for verbs ending in certain letters.

2. USE
We use the Present Simple to
talk about habits, routines and
regular actions.

3. FORMS

4. AFFIRMATIVE
I, you,
we,they play football
He, she, it goes to school
SUBJECT + VERB + COMPLEMENTS
s

5. NEGATIVE
I, you,
we, they don’t play football.
He, she doesn’t go to school
it
SUBJECT + don’t/doesn’t + VERB + COMPLEMENTS

6. QUESTIONS
Do you play football?
Does he go to school?
SHORT ANSWERS
Y
Yes, I do No, I don’t
Yes, he does No, he doesn’t
Do/Doesn’t + SUBJECT + VERB+ COMPLEMENTS + ?
YES, SUBJECT+ do/does NO, SUBJECT+ don’t/doesn’t

7. TIME EXPRESSIONS
- Always, usually, often, sometimes, never
- Everyday, every week, in the morning, on
Mondays…

8. 1.General rule: +s
Read-reads
2. Verbs ending in ch,
s, sh, o, x
add – es
• watch – watches
•finish – finishes
• go – goes
• do- does
3. Verbs ending in a
consonant +Y
change y to ies
study – studies
carry – carries
Fly – flies
4. Irregular verbs:
be- is
Have- has