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Understanding Present Simple Usage

The present simple tense is used to describe general facts, repeated actions, habits, and things that are always true. It is formed by using the base form of the verb. Questions are formed with auxiliary verbs like "do" or "does" and negatives use "do not" or "does not". There are also rules for conjugating third person singular verbs, such as adding "-s" or changing the verb ending before adding "-s" or "-es".

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Understanding Present Simple Usage

The present simple tense is used to describe general facts, repeated actions, habits, and things that are always true. It is formed by using the base form of the verb. Questions are formed with auxiliary verbs like "do" or "does" and negatives use "do not" or "does not". There are also rules for conjugating third person singular verbs, such as adding "-s" or changing the verb ending before adding "-s" or "-es".

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PRESENT

SIMPLE
Use the present simple:

The simple present (also called present simple or present


indefinite) is a verb tense which is used to describes general
facts, repetead actions and habits and things that are always
true.
General I like milk

facts: They speak Spanish

Maria plays basketball


Repeated
actions and
habits:
I usually get up at 7:30.

Jossi walks to school every


day.

Harry often arrives late. 4


Things that are
always true:
The sun rises in the east.

The earth goes round the sun


Rules:
 The simple present is just the base form of the verb.
You +  speak +  English.
You speak English
(subject pronoun or subject + verb + complement)

 Questions are made with do or does:


. Do +  you +  speak +  English?
Do you speak English?
Does she speak English?
(Auxiliar + subject pronoun or subject + verb + complement?)

 Negative forms are made with do not (don´t) or does not


 You +  do not  + speak + English.
She + does not speak + English.
(subject pronoun or subject + negative form + verb + complement)
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Rules for third persons:
Rule 1: 
For most verbs, we add -s to the base form to make the third person singular (she, he, it) form
.
to want - wants
to sit – sits
to eat- eats
She + speaks + English
to speak- speaks My brother + works + every day
to work- works My mom + cooks + always the dinner.
to cook- cooks

Rule 2:
When the verb ends in "a vowel + y" we only add "s"
to play - plays
to pay - pays
to say- says She + plays + videogames
to buy- buys My brother + pays + the rent of the house.
My mom + buys+ fresh fruit at the market.
Rule 3: 
When the verb ends in "a consonant + y" we change "y" to "i" and add -es..

to study - studies
to hurry – hurries She + studies+ English
to cry- cries The bird + flies + high
To fly- flies

Rule 4:When the verb ends in -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, -o or -zz, we add -es.
to pass - passes
to wash - washes My brother + watches+ the tv.
to watch – watches
My mom + goes+ to the hospital.
to go- goes

 Rule 5: Irregular verbs change completely


to be - am is are
to have - has

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