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The Present Simple tense is used to describe habits, permanent situations, and general truths. In affirmative sentences, we say "He/She/It plays" and "I/You/We/They play." For negatives, we use "doesn't" (He/She/It doesn't play) and "don't" (I/You/We/They don't play). To form questions, we ask "Does He/She/It play?" and "Do I/You/We/They play?" Remember the conjugation rules: add "s" for he/she/it (e.g., "play" becomes "plays") and modify as needed with verbs ending in specific letters. Adverbs of frequency like "usually" and "sometimes" indicate how often actions occur.
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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 doesn´t play . I / You / We / They don´t play.
Interrogative: Does He / She / It play ? Do I / You / We / They play? • Short forms: Does not = Doesn´t Do not = don´t
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.
