Present SimpleThe present simple is used to talk about habits, universal truths or states in the present.

The baby looks at his mother.

Look at the chart below, with the present simple in the affirmative form:

I lookYou lookHe looksShe looksIt looksWe lookYou lookThey look

Other verbs:

Tomiko cooks very well.

The kids play outside in the summer.

I don’t lookYou don’t lookHe doesn’t lookShe doesn’t lookIt doesn’t lookWe don’t lookYou don’t lookThey don’t look

Look at the chart below, with the present simple in the negative form:

Other verbs:Mark doesn’t study in the morning.

The students don’t have homework to do today.

Look at the chart below, with the present simple in the interrogative form:

Other verbs:

Do I look?Do you look?Does he look?Does she look?Does it look?Do we look?Do you look?Do they look?

Does the baby cry when he is hungry?

Do the Millers live in a big house?

Complete the sentences with the verb in the affirmative, interrogative and negative forms:

The Olsons ____ TV together. (aff)

They ___ TV in the morning. (neg)

__ they ___ TV until midnight? (int)

(verb to watch)

Belinda __ her son to the doctor every month. (aff)

She __ her son in the evening. (neg)

__ she __ her daughter too? (int)

(verb to take)

Complete the sentences with the verb in the affirmative, interrogative and negative forms:

The Olsons watch TV together. (aff)

They don’t watch TV in the morning. (neg)

Do they watch TV until midnight? (int)

(verb to watch)

Belinda takes her son to the doctor every month. (aff)

She doesn’t take her son in the evening. (neg)

Does she take her daughter too? (int)

(verb to take)

The workers __ the report carefully. (aff)They __ it only once. (neg)__ they __ the statistics too? (int)

(verb to read)

Oscar __ at a barber shop. (aff)He __ in the evening. (neg)__ he __ on Sundays? (int)

(verb to work)

The workers read the report carefully.They don’t read it only once.Do they read the statistics too?

(verb to read)

Oscar works at a barber shop.He doesn’t work in the evening.Does he work on Sundays?

(verb to work)