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Present Simple Grammar Guide

The document discusses the present simple tense in English grammar. It notes that the present simple is used to talk about habits, permanent situations, and general truths. It provides examples of affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentence structures in the present simple. It also explains rules for forming the third-person singular of regular and irregular verbs in the present simple tense.

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Present Simple Grammar Guide

The document discusses the present simple tense in English grammar. It notes that the present simple is used to talk about habits, permanent situations, and general truths. It provides examples of affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentence structures in the present simple. It also explains rules for forming the third-person singular of regular and irregular verbs in the present simple tense.

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Grammar Study:

Present
Simple
To refer to habits or to things which
happen repeatedly.

To refer to permanent situations.

To talk about general statements of


truth.
Affirmative .
He / She / It plays .
I / You / We / They play.

Negative.
He / She / It doesnt play .
I / You / We / They dont play.
Interrogative:
Does He / She / It play ?
Do I / You / We / They play?

Short forms:
Does not = Doesnt

Do not = dont
How to make he / she/ it
forms:
General rule

It takes s.
Example:

Play Plays.
With verbs ending in :o, s, x, sh or ch:

It takes es .

Example:

Teach Teaches.
With verbs ending in vowel + y:

It takes s .

Example:

Play Plays.
With verbs ending in consonant + y:

It changes y into I and takes es.

Example:

Study Studies.
Note that:
Adverbs of frequency like usually,
sometimes, almost, never, etc, are used to
express how often things happen.

They come:
Before the verb. For example: I usually go
to school by bus.
After the verb To Be. For example: She is
often with her friends at weekends.

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