This document provides information about the present simple tense in English including its use, form, examples in a chart, and common time adverbials. The present simple is used to talk about regular or repeated actions, facts, and things that are generally true. It follows consistent verb conjugation rules and uses auxiliary verbs like "do" and "does" in questions and negatives. Common time adverbials used with the present simple include always, usually, often, sometimes, and never.

1. Present Simple Tense Teacher: Jose Luis Parada Romero.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Use
Form
Chart
Time adverbials

2. Present Simple Tense
USE:
We use the simple Present Simple to talk about:
•Things that we do regularly
Ex. I play tennis every weekend.
•Facts or things that are true in general:
Ex. 1.- I like music.
2.- We live next to Monica and Rachel.
3.- Dogs have four legs.

3. Present Simple Tense
FORM:
Statements: We add –s or –es to verbs with he/she/it: He/She
sings. It sleeps on the bed.
For verbs that end in –y, change –y to –ies: I carry; He carries.
QUESTIONS AND NEGATIVES.
We use the auxiliary do to form negatives and questions: does
for the third person singular and do for other persons..

4. Present Simple Tense
CHART:
.I Like
You don’t like Milk
We
They
He Likes Milk
She doesn’t like
It
Yes, I/You/We/They do.
Do I/You/We/They like Milk? No, I/You/We/They don’t.
Yes, He/ She/ It does.
Does He/ She/ It like Milk? No, He/ She/ It doesn’t.

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TIME ADVERBIALS:
Time adverbials: with the Present Simple we use: always,
usually, often, sometimes, never.
Ex. I always play tennis on Sunday afternoon.
He is never late.
He isn’t often late.
Is He often late?
We usually go out with my friends on Saturdays.
We sometimes go to the cinema on Sundays.
In a sentence we put the time adverbs after the subject and
before the verb, but after the verb to be.
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